noun · masculine
kolpos
Strong’sG2859
bosom, bosom of a garment, a bay, gulf
stem kolp-6 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
κόλπος, -ου, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for חֵיק, חוֹק, חֵק;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2859 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkol'-pos
the bosom; by analogy, a bay
Fromapparently a primary word;
King Jamesbosom, creek.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
bosom, lap, παῖδ᾽ ἐπὶ κόλπῳ ἔχουσα Refs 8th c.BC+; ἱμάντα τέῳ ἐγκάτθεο κ. put the girdle in thy bosom,NT+6th c.BC+; frequently of pet birds or animals, τρέφειν ἐν κ. Refs 3rd c.BC+; κυνίδιον ἐν κόλπῳ τιθηνούμενον lap-dog, Refs 5th c.BC+; also τὰ ὑπὸ κόλπου, ={τὰ ἀφροδίσια}, Refs 2nd c.AD+
2 = {αἰδοῖον γυναικεῖον}, especially vagina, Refs 2nd c.AD+
2.b κόλποι τῆς ὑστέρας supposed sinuses in the womb, Refs 5th c.BC+
2.c in poets more vaguely of the whole sinus genitalis, womb, in plural, Refs 5th c.BC+: metaphorically, of the grave, σῶμα σὸν ἐν κόλποις.. γαῖα καλύπτει Refs; κ. ἡμερῶν, of the womb of time, Refs 2nd c.BC+
2.d of other cavities, οἱ κ. τῆς κοιλίας, in the ἐχῖνος, Refs 4th c.BC+; of the ventricles of the heart, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II fold of a garment, especially as it fell over the girdle, frequently in plural, δεύοντο δὲ δάκρυσι κ. Refs 8th c.BC+, etc.: also in singular, κ. βαθὺν καταλιπόμενος τοῦ κιθῶνος Refs 5th c.BC+; κόλπον ἀνιεμένη letting down the bosom of her robe, i.e. baring her breast, Refs 8th c.BC+; κρύψε δὲ παρθενίαν ὠδῖνα κόλποις, i.e. she concealed her pregnancy by the loose folds of her robe, Refs 8th c.BC+; ὑπὸ κόλπου (variant -ῳ) χεῖρας ἔχειν 'keep one's hand in one's pocket', of a stingy person, Refs 3rd c.BC+; ὑπὸ κόλπον Refs 2nd c.AD+
III any bosom-like hollow:
III.1 of the sea, first in a half-literal sense, of a sea-goddess, Θέτις δ᾽ ὑπεδέξατο κόλπῳ received him in her bosom, Refs 8th c.BC+
III.2 bay, gulf, Ἑρμιόνην Ἀσίνην τε, βαθὺν κατὰ κ. ἐχούσας, i.e. βαθὺν κατεχούσας κόλπον, Refs 8th c.BC+; κ. Ῥέας, i.e. the Adriatic, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.3 vale, κ. Ἀργεῖος Refs 5th c.BC+
III.4 of a fortified site, salient, Refs 3rd c.BC+
III.5 ὁ κ. τοῦ ἅρματος bottom of the chariot, LXX
III.6 fistulous ulcer which spreads under the skin, Refs 1st c.AD+
IV in Tactics, enveloping force, Refs 1st c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | kolpos | kolpois |
| object accusative | kolpon4×κόλπον | kolpoin |
| direct address vocative | kolpor | kolpoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | kolpou | kolpoiu |
| to, for dative | kolpo1×κόλπῳ | kolpoi1×κόλποις |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
kolpo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
kolpon“lap”objectaccusative singular4×
Luke 6:38… piezorēntem saleuorēntem huperekchunnorōntem dōali eis ton kolpon vu; he gar metre metravō antimetriti …… over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use …
Luke 16:22… auton hupo toiu angeloiu eis ton kolpon Abraam; apothnēskata de kai tos plousios …… carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died …
John 1:18“bosom”… monogenos theos tos arōntos eis ton kolpon tou patrou ekeinos exēgeta.… God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
Acts 27:39… hēmeras geneta, tan gēan ouk epignōskale, kolpon de tinon katanoale echarōnton aigialon eis …… the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they …
kolpo“bosom”to, fordative singular1×
John 13:23“bosom”… ek toiu mathētoiu autou en to kolpo tou Iēsu, hon agapate tos Iēsus;One of His disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was reclining …
kolpoi“side”to, fordative plural1×
Luke 16:23… apo makrothen kai Lazaron en toi kolpoi autou.… from afar, with Lazarus by his side.