Strong's Lexicon
G4347 — προσκολλάω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4347 |
|---|---|
| Word: | προσκολλάω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G4314 and G2853 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | proskollao |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pros-kol-lah'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to glue to 2. (figuratively) to adhere |
| KJV Renderings: | cleave, join (self) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προσκολλάω, προσκόλλω: 1 aorist passive προσεκολλήθην; 1 future passive προσκολληθήσομαι; the Sept. for ãÈÌáÇ÷; to glue upon, glue to (cf. πρός, IV. 4); properly, Josephus, Antiquities 7, 12, 4; tropical in the passive with a reflexive force, to join oneself to closely, cleave to, stick to (Plato): with the dative of a person (Sir 6:34 Sir 13:16), Act 5:36 Rec. (see προσκλίνω, 2); τῇ γυναικί, Mat 19:5 Rec. (others, κολληθήσεται, which see): Mar 10:7 Lachmann; Eph 5:31 L T Tr WH marginal reading; πρός τήν γυναῖκα (from Gen 2:24), Mar 10:7, R G Tr text; Eph 5:31 R G WH text (Cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 52,4,14.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
προσκολλάω (cleave)
Matthew 19:5
- KJV: 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
- GK: και είπεν ένεκεν τούτου καταλείψει άνθρωπος τον πατέρα και την μητέρα και προσκολληθήσεται τη γυναικί αυτού και έσονται οι δύο εις σάρκα μίαν
Mark 10:7
- KJV: For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife
- GK: ένεκεν τούτου καταλείψει άνθρωπος τον πατέρα αυτού και την μητέρα και προσκολληθήσεται προς την γυναίκα αυτού
Acts 5:36
- KJV: For 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
- GK: προ γαρ τούτων των ημερών ανέστη Θευδάς λέγων είναί τινα εαυτόν ω προσεκλήθη αριθμός ανδρών ωσεί τετρακοσίων ος ανηρέθη και πάντες όσοι επείθοντο αυτώ διελύθησαν και εγένοντο εις ουδέν
Ephesians 5:31
- KJV: For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother and shall be joined unto his wife and they two shall be one flesh
- GK: αντί τούτου καταλείψει άνθρωπος τον πατέρα αυτού και την μητέρα και προσκολληθήσεται προς την γυναίκα αυτού και έσονται οι δύο εις σάρκα μίαν