κολλάω
kollaō
to join
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
SupportedThe Greek word κολλάω (kollaō), with the Strong's number G2853, literally means "to join." It's a physical action verb that indicates the process of connecting or uniting two or more objects, people, or concepts together. This verb appears 12 times in the Bible, often used in a literal sense to describe objects being joined together, such as sticks, stones, or even human bodies. However, it can also be used metaphorically to convey a sense of unity or attachment between people, ideas, or emotions. In its various contexts, κολλάω highlights the action of bringing things together in a cohesive or connected state. The significance of this word is that it underscores the value of union, cohesion, and connection. In both literal and figurative contexts, it emphasizes the idea that when disparate elements come together, they form a stronger whole. This idea is fundamental to human experience, from the physical bonds of community to the abstract bonds of thought and emotion.
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Occurrences in Scripture
12 total occurrences across the text
and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?’
Luke 10:11‘Even the dust from your city that clings to us, we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that God’s Kingdom has come near to you.’
Luke 15:15He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
Acts 5:13None of the rest dared to join them, however the people honored them.
Acts 8:29The Spirit said to Philip, “Go near, and join yourself to this chariot.”
Acts 9:26When Saul had come to Jerusalem, he tried to join himself to the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.
Acts 10:28He said to them, “You yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to join himself or come to one of another nation, but God has shown me that I shouldn’t call any man unholy or unclean.
Acts 17:34But certain men joined with him and believed, among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Romans 12:9Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.
1 Corinthians 6:16Or don’t you know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, “The two”, he says, “will become one flesh.”
1 Corinthians 6:17But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.
Revelation 18:5for her sins have reached to the sky, and God has remembered her iniquities.