κολλάω kollaō

Greek word for “to join” · Strong’s G2853 · used 12 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

κολλάω, -ῶ; (κόλλα, glue);

How it is translated

Glosses given for kollaō in context, with how often each is used:

• join 2
• being joined 2
• will be joined with 1
• having clung 1
• joined himself 1
• do be joined 1
• unite himself 1
• having joined themselves 1
• cleaving to 1
• heaped 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Corinthians 6 (2), Matthew 19 (1), Luke 10 (1), Luke 15 (1), Acts 5 (1), Acts 8 (1), Acts 9 (1), Acts 10 (1), Acts 17 (1), Romans 12 (1)

Forms

• κολλᾶσθαι 3
• κολλώμενος 2
• κολληθήσεται 1
• κολληθέντα 1
• ἐκολλήθη 1
• κολλήθητι 1
• κολληθέντες 1
• κολλώμενοι 1
• ἐκολλήθησαν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with kollaō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• εἷς ehis “one” 4
• φημί phēmi “to assert” 2
• προσέρχομαι proserchomai “to come near/agree” 2
• δύο duo “two” 2
• σάρξ sarx “flesh” 2
• γυνή gunē “woman” 2
• ἀνήρ anēr “man” 2
• πιστεύω pisteuō “to trust (in)” 2
• ἤ ē “or” 2
• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 2

Key verses

The verses using kollaō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 19:5 — And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
• Luke 10:11 — Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh…
• Luke 15:15 — And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
• Acts 5:13 — And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.
• Acts 8:29 — Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
• Acts 9:26 — And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.
• Acts 10:28 — And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath…
• Acts 17:34 — Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
• Romans 12:9 — Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
• 1 Corinthians 6:16 — What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
• 1 Corinthians 6:17 — But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
• Revelation 18:5 — For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.