Strong's Concordance kolpos: the bosom Original Word: κόλπος, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: kolpos Phonetic Spelling: (kol'-pos) Short Definition: bosom, bosom of a garment, a bay, gulf Definition: (a) sing. and plur: bosom; (sinus) the overhanging fold of the garment used as a pocket, (b) a bay, gulf. HELPS Word-studies 2859 kólpos – properly, the upper part of the chest where a garment naturally folded to form a "pocket" – called the "bosom," the position synonymous with intimacy (union). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2859: κόλποςκόλπος, κόλπου, ὁ (apparently akin to κοῖλος hollow, (yet cf. Vanicek, p. 179; Liddell and Scott, under the word)), Hebrew חֵיק; the bosom (Latinsinus), i. e. as in the Greek writings from Homer down: 1. the front of the body between the arms hence ἀνακεῖσθαι ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ τίνος, of the one who so reclines at table that his head covers the bosom as it were, the chest, of the one next him (cf. B. D. under the word 2. the bosom of a garment, i. e. the hollow formed by the upper forepart of a rather loose garment bound by a girdle, used for keeping and carrying things (the fold or pocket; cf. B. D. under the word 3. a bay of the sea (cf. Italiangolfo (English gulf — which may be only the modern representatives of the Greek word)): Acts 27:39. Apparently a primary word; the bosom; by analogy, a bay -- bosom, creek. Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 28596 Occurrences κόλπῳ — 1 Occ. κόλποις — 1 Occ. κόλπον — 4 Occ. Luke 6:38 N-AMS GRK: εἰς τὸν κόλπον ὑμῶν ᾧ NAS: to you. They will pour into your lap a good KJV: into your bosom. For with the same INT: into the lap of you with that Luke 16:22 N-AMS Luke 16:23 N-DMP John 1:18 N-AMS John 13:23 N-DMS Acts 27:39 N-AMS |