Strong G2859κόλπος
bosom
- Transliteration
- kolpos
- Pronunciation
- kol'-pos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Apparently a primary word; the bosom; by analogy a bay: - bosom creek.
Detailed definition
κόλπος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for חֵיק;]
1. prop., the bosom: Jhn.13:23; fig., of close association, ἐν (εἰς τὸν) τοῖς κ. Ἀβραάμ, Luk.16:22-23 (cf. 4Ma.13:16); ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κ. τ. πατρός, Jhn.1:18
2. The bosom or fold of a loose garment falling over a girdle, used as a pocket, hence figuratively, εἰς τὸν κ. Isa.65:6, Jer.32:18: Luk.6:38
3. A bosom-like hollow, as a bay or gulf: Act.27:39.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for חֵיק;]
1. prop., the bosom: Jhn.13:23; fig., of close association, ἐν (εἰς τὸν) τοῖς κ. Ἀβραάμ, Luk.16:22-23 (cf. 4Ma.13:16); ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κ. τ. πατρός, Jhn.1:18
2. The bosom or fold of a loose garment falling over a girdle, used as a pocket, hence figuratively, εἰς τὸν κ. Isa.65:6, Jer.32:18: Luk.6:38
3. A bosom-like hollow, as a bay or gulf: Act.27:39.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2859 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bosom5
- creek1
First verses
- Luke 6:38Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
- Luke 16:22And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
- Luke 16:23And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
- John 1:18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
- John 13:23Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.
- Acts 27:39And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
κόλπος, ὁ,
bosom, lap, παῖδ᾽ ἐπὶ κόλπῳ ἔχουσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.400; ἂψ ὁ πάϊς πρὸς κόλπον ἐκλίνθη [prev. work] 467; ἡ δ᾽ ἄρα μιν κηώδεϊ δέξατο κόλπῳ (compare 111.1) [prev. work] 483)]; ἱμάντα τέῳ ἐγκάτθεο κ. put the girdle in thy bosom,[NT+6th c.BC+ (14.219; εἰς κόλπον πτύσαι 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 16.15 (compare πτύω); ἐν κόλπῳ εἶχες ὄφιν 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 602; ὁ κ. Αβραάμ NT.Luke.16.22)]; frequently of pet birds or animals, τρέφειν ἐν κ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 6.102)]; κυνίδιον ἐν κόλπῳ τιθηνούμενον lap-dog, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.472c; κίσσαν ἐκ μέσων τῶν κόλπων ἁρπάσας 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Jud.Voc.” 8; so τὸ θυγάτριον ἐκ κόλπων τῶν ἐμῶν ἀναρπάσαντα 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 4.14: _metaphorically_, εἰς τοὺς εὐανθεῖς κ. λειμώνων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 373 (Lyric poetry); λειμώνων φύλλων τ᾽ ἐν κόλποις ναίω [prev. author] “Av.” 1094 (Lyric poetry))]; also τὰ ὑπὸ κόλπου, ={τὰ ἀφροδίσια}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 39.)]
2 = {αἰδοῖον γυναικεῖον}, especially vagina, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.16, +others, 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 196, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.222: _plural_, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.70b, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 5.62.)]
2.b κόλποι τῆς ὑστέρας supposed sinuses in the womb, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φύσιος παιδίου” 31, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.9 (_sing._), 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 14.4.)]
2.c in poets more vaguely of the whole sinus genitalis, womb, in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1145 (Lyric poetry), 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Jovem” 15: _sing._, [prev. author] “Del.” 214; δεσποίνας ὑπὸ κόλπον ἔδυν 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 32c. 8; θεὸς διὰ κόλπου [prev. work] 31i24)]: metaphorically, of the grave, σῶμα σὸν ἐν κόλποις.. γαῖα καλύπτει [Refs (“IG” 2.3839, compare 3412, “epigram Gr.” 214.7 (from Rhenea))]; κ. ἡμερῶν, of the womb of time, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Ezekiel Poeta Judaeus “Exagoge - Mnemosyne” 39.)]
2.d of other cavities, οἱ κ. τῆς κοιλίας, in the ἐχῖνος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 530b27)]; of the ventricles of the heart, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.216.)]
II fold of a garment, especially as it fell over the girdle, frequently in plural, δεύοντο δὲ δάκρυσι κ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.570, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 539 (_anapaest meter_))], etc.: also in singular, κ. βαθὺν καταλιπόμενος τοῦ κιθῶνος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.125)]; κόλπον ἀνιεμένη letting down the bosom of her robe, i.e. baring her breast, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.80; ἐπὶ σφυρὰ κόλπον ἀνεῖσαι 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.134)]; κρύψε δὲ παρθενίαν ὠδῖνα κόλποις, i.e. she concealed her pregnancy by the loose folds of her robe, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.31; κατακρύψασ᾽ ὑπὸ κόλπῳ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.469; κόλπῳ φέρουσα.. πεπλώματος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1044)]; ὑπὸ κόλπου (variant -ῳ) χεῖρας ἔχειν 'keep one's hand in one's pocket', of a stingy person, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.16; ὑπὸ κόλπου 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 37, 81, “Hes.” 2, “Merc.Cond.” 27)]; ὑπὸ κόλπον [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see at {μασχαλοληπτεῖ}, variant in 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ind.” 12.)]
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+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.136, compare above 1.1: generally, δῦτε θαλάσσης εὐρέα κ. 18.140, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.435; εἴσω ἁλὸς εὐρέα κ. lines 21.125: in _plural_, κατὰ δεινοὺς κ. ἁλός 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.52; also κόλποι αἰθέρος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.88; Ἐρέβους ἐν ἀπείροσι κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 694.)]
III.2 bay, gulf, Ἑρμιόνην Ἀσίνην τε, βαθὺν κατὰ κ. ἐχούσας, i.e. βαθὺν κατεχούσας κόλπον, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.560; Μηλιεὺς κ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 486)]; κ. Ῥέας, i.e. the Adriatic, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pr.” 837; Τυρσηνικὸς κ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 598, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.11, 7.58, 198, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.90, etc.)]
III.3 vale, κ. Ἀργεῖος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.49; Νεμέας [prev. author] “O.” 9.87, compare 14.23; Ἐλευσινίας Δηοῦς ἐν κόλποις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1121 (Lyric poetry); κ. Τροίας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 130 (Lyric poetry); Πιερικὸς κ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.99, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.17.)]
III.4 of a fortified site, salient, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 86.8.)]
III.5 ὁ κ. τοῦ ἅρματος bottom of the chariot, [LXX (LXX.1Ki.22.35.)]
III.6 fistulous ulcer which spreads under the skin, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.128, 1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 44.8.22, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.125.)]
IV in Tactics, enveloping force, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 21.5.)]
bosom, lap, παῖδ᾽ ἐπὶ κόλπῳ ἔχουσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.400; ἂψ ὁ πάϊς πρὸς κόλπον ἐκλίνθη [prev. work] 467; ἡ δ᾽ ἄρα μιν κηώδεϊ δέξατο κόλπῳ (compare 111.1) [prev. work] 483)]; ἱμάντα τέῳ ἐγκάτθεο κ. put the girdle in thy bosom,[NT+6th c.BC+ (14.219; εἰς κόλπον πτύσαι 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 16.15 (compare πτύω); ἐν κόλπῳ εἶχες ὄφιν 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 602; ὁ κ. Αβραάμ NT.Luke.16.22)]; frequently of pet birds or animals, τρέφειν ἐν κ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 6.102)]; κυνίδιον ἐν κόλπῳ τιθηνούμενον lap-dog, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.472c; κίσσαν ἐκ μέσων τῶν κόλπων ἁρπάσας 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Jud.Voc.” 8; so τὸ θυγάτριον ἐκ κόλπων τῶν ἐμῶν ἀναρπάσαντα 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 4.14: _metaphorically_, εἰς τοὺς εὐανθεῖς κ. λειμώνων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 373 (Lyric poetry); λειμώνων φύλλων τ᾽ ἐν κόλποις ναίω [prev. author] “Av.” 1094 (Lyric poetry))]; also τὰ ὑπὸ κόλπου, ={τὰ ἀφροδίσια}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 39.)]
2 = {αἰδοῖον γυναικεῖον}, especially vagina, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.16, +others, 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 196, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.222: _plural_, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.70b, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 5.62.)]
2.b κόλποι τῆς ὑστέρας supposed sinuses in the womb, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φύσιος παιδίου” 31, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.9 (_sing._), 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 14.4.)]
2.c in poets more vaguely of the whole sinus genitalis, womb, in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1145 (Lyric poetry), 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Jovem” 15: _sing._, [prev. author] “Del.” 214; δεσποίνας ὑπὸ κόλπον ἔδυν 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 32c. 8; θεὸς διὰ κόλπου [prev. work] 31i24)]: metaphorically, of the grave, σῶμα σὸν ἐν κόλποις.. γαῖα καλύπτει [Refs (“IG” 2.3839, compare 3412, “epigram Gr.” 214.7 (from Rhenea))]; κ. ἡμερῶν, of the womb of time, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Ezekiel Poeta Judaeus “Exagoge - Mnemosyne” 39.)]
2.d of other cavities, οἱ κ. τῆς κοιλίας, in the ἐχῖνος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 530b27)]; of the ventricles of the heart, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.216.)]
II fold of a garment, especially as it fell over the girdle, frequently in plural, δεύοντο δὲ δάκρυσι κ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.570, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 539 (_anapaest meter_))], etc.: also in singular, κ. βαθὺν καταλιπόμενος τοῦ κιθῶνος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.125)]; κόλπον ἀνιεμένη letting down the bosom of her robe, i.e. baring her breast, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.80; ἐπὶ σφυρὰ κόλπον ἀνεῖσαι 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.134)]; κρύψε δὲ παρθενίαν ὠδῖνα κόλποις, i.e. she concealed her pregnancy by the loose folds of her robe, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.31; κατακρύψασ᾽ ὑπὸ κόλπῳ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.469; κόλπῳ φέρουσα.. πεπλώματος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1044)]; ὑπὸ κόλπου (variant -ῳ) χεῖρας ἔχειν 'keep one's hand in one's pocket', of a stingy person, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.16; ὑπὸ κόλπου 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 37, 81, “Hes.” 2, “Merc.Cond.” 27)]; ὑπὸ κόλπον [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see at {μασχαλοληπτεῖ}, variant in 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ind.” 12.)]
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+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.136, compare above 1.1: generally, δῦτε θαλάσσης εὐρέα κ. 18.140, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.435; εἴσω ἁλὸς εὐρέα κ. lines 21.125: in _plural_, κατὰ δεινοὺς κ. ἁλός 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.52; also κόλποι αἰθέρος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.88; Ἐρέβους ἐν ἀπείροσι κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 694.)]
III.2 bay, gulf, Ἑρμιόνην Ἀσίνην τε, βαθὺν κατὰ κ. ἐχούσας, i.e. βαθὺν κατεχούσας κόλπον, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.560; Μηλιεὺς κ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 486)]; κ. Ῥέας, i.e. the Adriatic, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pr.” 837; Τυρσηνικὸς κ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 598, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.11, 7.58, 198, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.90, etc.)]
III.3 vale, κ. Ἀργεῖος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.49; Νεμέας [prev. author] “O.” 9.87, compare 14.23; Ἐλευσινίας Δηοῦς ἐν κόλποις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1121 (Lyric poetry); κ. Τροίας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 130 (Lyric poetry); Πιερικὸς κ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.99, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.17.)]
III.4 of a fortified site, salient, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 86.8.)]
III.5 ὁ κ. τοῦ ἅρματος bottom of the chariot, [LXX (LXX.1Ki.22.35.)]
III.6 fistulous ulcer which spreads under the skin, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.128, 1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 44.8.22, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.125.)]
IV in Tactics, enveloping force, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 21.5.)]