Strong G2578κάμπτω
to bend/bow
- Transliteration
- kamptō
- Pronunciation
- kamp'-to
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Apparently a primary verb; to bend: - bow.
Detailed definition
κάμπτω
[in LXX chiefly for כָּרַע, 4Ki.1:13, 2Ch.29:29, Isa.45:24 (23), al.;]
to bend, bow: with accusative of thing(s), γόνυ, τὰ γ.; with dative of person(s), τῇ Βάαλ, Rom.11:4 (LXX); πρὸς τ. πατέρα, Eph.3:14; by meton., πᾶν γόνυ for πᾶς, Rom.14:11 (LXX) Php.2:10 (cf. ἀνα-, συν-κάμπτω).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for כָּרַע, 4Ki.1:13, 2Ch.29:29, Isa.45:24 (23), al.;]
to bend, bow: with accusative of thing(s), γόνυ, τὰ γ.; with dative of person(s), τῇ Βάαλ, Rom.11:4 (LXX); πρὸς τ. πατέρα, Eph.3:14; by meton., πᾶν γόνυ for πᾶς, Rom.14:11 (LXX) Php.2:10 (cf. ἀνα-, συν-κάμπτω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2578 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bow4
- have1
First verses
- Romans 11:4But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
- Romans 14:11For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
- Ephesians 3:14For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Philippians 2:10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
κάμπτω,
future κάμψω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.118, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 91)]: aorist 1 ἔκαμψα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.453, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.51, etc.)]:—passive, future καμφθήσομαι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 77.33, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 2.15)]: aorist ἐκάμφθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 513, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.58)]: perfect infinitive κεκάμφθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 67)], participle κεκαμμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1016a12, (ἐπι-, συγ-) 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 3, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 7.2)]. (Cogn. with Lithuanian ka[mtilde]p-as 'corner', ku[mtilde]p-as 'curved', and probably Latin campus):—bend, curve, ὄφρα ἴτυν κάμψῃ that he may bend it into a chariot-rail, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.486 (so _metaphorically_, κ. νέας ἁψῖδας ἐπῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 53): frequently in phrase, γόνυ κ)]. bend the knee so as to sit down and rest, φημί μιν ἀσπασίως γόνυ κάμψειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.118, compare 19.72; ὁ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἄμφω γούνατ᾽ ἔκαμψε Χεῖράς τε στιβαράς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.453)]; οὐ κάμπτων γόνυ, i.e. never resting, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 32)]; ἄσμενός τἂν.. κάμψειεν γόνυ[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 398; ἵζω.. κάμψας γόνυ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1150; so κ. κῶλα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 19)]; then κάμπτειν alone, sit down, rest,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 85, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1080 (Lyric poetry))]; also γόνυ κ. bend the knee in worship, [LXX (LXX.Isa.45.23, etc.)]:—passive, bend oneself, opposed to ἐκτείνεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 74b; ὥσπερ ξύλον καμπτόμενον εὐθύνουσιν [prev. author] “Prt.” 325d)]; ἡ κεκαμμένη (i.e. γραμμή) a bent line, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphorical” [prev. cited])]
II turn or guide a horse or chariot round the turning-post [Refs (compare (καμπτήρ 11), κάμψαι διαύλου θάτερον κῶλον πάλιν)] to double the post and return along the second half of the δίαυλος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 344; κ. δρόμον 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 9.26)]; κάμπτοντος ἵππου as the horse was turning, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 744; κ. περὶ νύσσαν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 24.120: _metaphorically_, κ. βίον)] to make the last turn in the course of life, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 91; κ. βίου τέλος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 87, “El.” 956; ὅταν κάμψῃς καὶ τελευτήσῃς βίον [prev. author] “Hel.” 1666)]; ἑξηκοστὸν ἥλιον κ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 10.1)]; διὰ λόγου κάμψαι κακά to end evils by reasoning, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 748.)]
II.2 of seamen, double a headland, Ἡρακλέας στήλας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.42)]; τὸ ἀκρωτήριον, τὴν ἄκρην, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.43, 7.122; ὡς δὲ τὴν ἄκραν κάμπτοντας ἡμᾶς εἶδον 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 15, compare 4th c.BC: Aeschrio Lyricus 8.3)]; Μαλέαν κ. poetical cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.6.20, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.64, etc.; κ. περὶ ἄκραν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 96)]; κ. κόλπον wind round the bay, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.58.)]
II.3 absolutely, πάλιν κ. turn back, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1225, “Rh.” 234 (Lyric poetry))]; ἐγγὺς τῶν ἐμῶν κάμπτεις φρενῶν (κάμπτῃ codices) thou comest near my meaning, [Refs ([prev. author] “IT” 815.)]
III in Music, κάμπτων με καὶ στρέφων ὅλην διέφθορεν (i.e. Phrynis) with his turns and twists, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 145.15; κ. καμπήν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 969; κ. ᾠδάς 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 4.39.)]
IV metaphorically, κάμπτειν τινά bow down, humble, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.51; ὁ Χρόνος μ᾽ ἔκαμψε 4th c.BC: Crates Thebanus Poeta Philosophus 17)]:—passive, to be bent or bowed down, πημοναῖσι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 239, 308, compare 513)]; κάμπτομαι I submit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 320b, etc.; κάμπτεσθαι καὶ ἕλκεσθαι πρὸς φιλοσοφίαν [prev. author] “R.” 494e)]; πολλὰ κάμπτονται καὶ συγκλῶνται are warped, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tht.” 173b)]: absolutely, to be moved to pity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.58 (in full κ. εἰς ἔλεον 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 59.85).)]
future κάμψω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.118, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 91)]: aorist 1 ἔκαμψα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.453, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.51, etc.)]:—passive, future καμφθήσομαι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 77.33, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 2.15)]: aorist ἐκάμφθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 513, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.58)]: perfect infinitive κεκάμφθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 67)], participle κεκαμμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1016a12, (ἐπι-, συγ-) 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 3, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 7.2)]. (Cogn. with Lithuanian ka[mtilde]p-as 'corner', ku[mtilde]p-as 'curved', and probably Latin campus):—bend, curve, ὄφρα ἴτυν κάμψῃ that he may bend it into a chariot-rail, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.486 (so _metaphorically_, κ. νέας ἁψῖδας ἐπῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 53): frequently in phrase, γόνυ κ)]. bend the knee so as to sit down and rest, φημί μιν ἀσπασίως γόνυ κάμψειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.118, compare 19.72; ὁ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἄμφω γούνατ᾽ ἔκαμψε Χεῖράς τε στιβαράς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.453)]; οὐ κάμπτων γόνυ, i.e. never resting, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 32)]; ἄσμενός τἂν.. κάμψειεν γόνυ[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 398; ἵζω.. κάμψας γόνυ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1150; so κ. κῶλα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 19)]; then κάμπτειν alone, sit down, rest,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 85, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1080 (Lyric poetry))]; also γόνυ κ. bend the knee in worship, [LXX (LXX.Isa.45.23, etc.)]:—passive, bend oneself, opposed to ἐκτείνεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 74b; ὥσπερ ξύλον καμπτόμενον εὐθύνουσιν [prev. author] “Prt.” 325d)]; ἡ κεκαμμένη (i.e. γραμμή) a bent line, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphorical” [prev. cited])]
II turn or guide a horse or chariot round the turning-post [Refs (compare (καμπτήρ 11), κάμψαι διαύλου θάτερον κῶλον πάλιν)] to double the post and return along the second half of the δίαυλος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 344; κ. δρόμον 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 9.26)]; κάμπτοντος ἵππου as the horse was turning, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 744; κ. περὶ νύσσαν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 24.120: _metaphorically_, κ. βίον)] to make the last turn in the course of life, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 91; κ. βίου τέλος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 87, “El.” 956; ὅταν κάμψῃς καὶ τελευτήσῃς βίον [prev. author] “Hel.” 1666)]; ἑξηκοστὸν ἥλιον κ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 10.1)]; διὰ λόγου κάμψαι κακά to end evils by reasoning, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 748.)]
II.2 of seamen, double a headland, Ἡρακλέας στήλας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.42)]; τὸ ἀκρωτήριον, τὴν ἄκρην, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.43, 7.122; ὡς δὲ τὴν ἄκραν κάμπτοντας ἡμᾶς εἶδον 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 15, compare 4th c.BC: Aeschrio Lyricus 8.3)]; Μαλέαν κ. poetical cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.6.20, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.64, etc.; κ. περὶ ἄκραν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 96)]; κ. κόλπον wind round the bay, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.58.)]
II.3 absolutely, πάλιν κ. turn back, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1225, “Rh.” 234 (Lyric poetry))]; ἐγγὺς τῶν ἐμῶν κάμπτεις φρενῶν (κάμπτῃ codices) thou comest near my meaning, [Refs ([prev. author] “IT” 815.)]
III in Music, κάμπτων με καὶ στρέφων ὅλην διέφθορεν (i.e. Phrynis) with his turns and twists, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 145.15; κ. καμπήν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 969; κ. ᾠδάς 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 4.39.)]
IV metaphorically, κάμπτειν τινά bow down, humble, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.51; ὁ Χρόνος μ᾽ ἔκαμψε 4th c.BC: Crates Thebanus Poeta Philosophus 17)]:—passive, to be bent or bowed down, πημοναῖσι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 239, 308, compare 513)]; κάμπτομαι I submit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 320b, etc.; κάμπτεσθαι καὶ ἕλκεσθαι πρὸς φιλοσοφίαν [prev. author] “R.” 494e)]; πολλὰ κάμπτονται καὶ συγκλῶνται are warped, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tht.” 173b)]: absolutely, to be moved to pity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.58 (in full κ. εἰς ἔλεον 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 59.85).)]