Gloss
(mid.) to join, associate with, cling to; (pass.) to be united, stuck to, piled up; to stay near, follow; to be hired out
Forms of the word
Dictionary
κολλάω
Greek transliteration
kollaō
Simplified transliteration
kollao
Principal Parts
-, -, -, -, ἐκολλήθην
Numbers
Strong's number
2853
GK Number
3140
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
12
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-1d(1a)
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for κολλάω
| Matthew 19:5 | And he added, “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined (kollēthēsetai | κολληθήσεται | fut pass ind 3 sg) to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ |
| Luke 10:11 | ‘Even the dust of your town that clings (kollēthenta | κολληθέντα | aor pass ptcp acc sg masc) to our feet we wipe off against you. But know this: the kingdom of God has come near.’ |
| Luke 15:15 | So he (ekollēthē | ἐκολλήθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) went and hired (ekollēthē | ἐκολλήθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs. |
| Acts 5:13 | But of the others no one dared to join (kollasthai | κολλᾶσθαι | pres pass inf ) them; however, the people held them in high regard, |
| Acts 8:29 | And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join (kollēthēti | κολλήθητι | aor pass imperative 2 sg) this carriage.” |
| Acts 9:26 | When he came to Jerusalem, he attempted to join (kollasthai | κολλᾶσθαι | pres pass inf ) the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple. |
| Acts 10:28 | And he said to them, “You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a man who is a Jew to associate (kollasthai | κολλᾶσθαι | pres pass inf ) with or to visit anyone of another race, but God showed me that I should call no person common or unclean. |
| Acts 17:34 | But some men joined (kollēthentes | κολληθέντες | aor pass ptcp nom pl masc) him and believed; among whom also were Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them. |
| Romans 12:9 | Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold (kollōmenoi | κολλώμενοι | pres pass ptcp nom pl masc) fast to what is good. |
| 1 Corinthians 6:16 | Or do you not know that he who joins (kollōmenos | κολλώμενος | pres pass ptcp nom sg masc) himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For it says, “The two will become one flesh.” |
| 1 Corinthians 6:17 | But the one who joins (kollōmenos | κολλώμενος | pres pass ptcp nom sg masc) himself to the Lord is one spirit with him. |
| Revelation 18:5 | for her sins are heaped up (ekollēthēsan | ἐκολλήθησαν | aor pass ind 3 pl) as high as heaven, and God has remembered her crimes. |
