Strong G4347προσκολλάω
to join
- Transliteration
- proskollaō
- Pronunciation
- pros-kol-lay'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
προσ-κολλάω, -ῶ,
[in LXX chiefly for דָּבַק;]
to glue to; pass., reflexive, to stick to, cleave to (Plat.): metaphorically (with dative, Jos.23:8, Sir.6:34 al.), before πρός, Mrk.10:7 (R, txt.), Eph.5:31 (LXX).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for דָּבַק;]
to glue to; pass., reflexive, to stick to, cleave to (Plat.): metaphorically (with dative, Jos.23:8, Sir.6:34 al.), before πρός, Mrk.10:7 (R, txt.), Eph.5:31 (LXX).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4347 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- join2
- cleave1
- shall1
First verses
- Matthew 19:5And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
- Mark 10:7For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
- Acts 5:36For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.
- Ephesians 5:31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
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Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
προσκολλ-άω,
glue on or to, τι πρός τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 33)]:—passive, generally, to be stuck to, stick or cleave to, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 82e, “Lg.” 728b)]; ὑπὸ τοῦ αἵματος προσκολληθῆναι τὴν ῥομφαίαν αὐτοῦ τῇ δεξιᾷ [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 7.12.4)]; of a snail, τοῖς θαμνίσκοις π. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.9)]; of a husband, π. τῇ γυναικί [LXX+NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Matt.19.5, cf. LXX.Gen.2.24, NT.Mark.10.7, NT.Eph.5.31; τοῖς ἐπαοιδοῖς LXX.Lev.19.31; ψυχαὶ π. θεῷ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus “Fragmenta” 51 H.)]
II intransitive of style, to be compact, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Demosthene” 43.)]
glue on or to, τι πρός τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 33)]:—passive, generally, to be stuck to, stick or cleave to, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 82e, “Lg.” 728b)]; ὑπὸ τοῦ αἵματος προσκολληθῆναι τὴν ῥομφαίαν αὐτοῦ τῇ δεξιᾷ [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 7.12.4)]; of a snail, τοῖς θαμνίσκοις π. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.9)]; of a husband, π. τῇ γυναικί [LXX+NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Matt.19.5, cf. LXX.Gen.2.24, NT.Mark.10.7, NT.Eph.5.31; τοῖς ἐπαοιδοῖς LXX.Lev.19.31; ψυχαὶ π. θεῷ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus “Fragmenta” 51 H.)]
II intransitive of style, to be compact, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Demosthene” 43.)]