Strong's Lexicon

G4347

G4347 — προσκολλάω

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekproskollaoverbOccurrences: 3

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

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

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
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