The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

κόλπος

Lemmaκόλπος
Citation formκόλπος, ου, ὁ
Part of speechnoun
Glossbosom, bosom of a garment, a bay, gulf
Strong’sG2859
Transliterationkólpos
Definitionthe bosom; by analogy, a bay
KJV glosses:--bosom, creek.
Derivationapparently a primary word
SBLGNT occurrences6

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
κόλποις
noun, dative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----DPM-)Luke 16:23
κόλπον
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-)Luke 16:22
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-)Luke 6:38
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-)John 1:18
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-)Acts 27:39
κόλπῳ
noun, dative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----DSM-)John 13:23

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: κολπος.