G2859 – kolpos – κόλπος – a chest, bay; fig; an embrace
- Strong’s ID:
- G2859
- Greek Word:
- κόλπος
- Transliteration:
- kolpos
- Pronunciation:
- kol’-pos
- Part of Speech:
- noun masculine
- Usage Count:
- 6
- Search:
- Find “kolpos” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
1) a chest
2) a bay
3) figuratively: an embrace (i.e., pulled to their chest with their arms wrapped around)
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
apparently a primary word; the bosom; by analogy, a bay:—bosom, creek.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) the front of the body between the arms
2) the bosom of a garment, i.e. the hollow formed by the upper forepart of a rather loose garment bound by a girdle or sash, used for keeping and carrying things (the fold or pocket)
3) a bay of the sea
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.