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kamptō G2578

κάμπτω (kamptō) means “to bend/bow” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

κάμπτω Greek · G2578 4 tagged occurrences in 4 verses

Pronunciation guide: kamp'-to Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2578

κάμπτω · kamptō · to bend/bow

κάμπτω [in LXX chiefly for כָּרַע, 4Ki.1:13, 2Ch.29:29, Isa.45:24 (23), al. ;] to bend, bow: with accusative of thing(s), γόνυ, τὰ γ.; with dative of person(s), τῇ Βάαλ, Rom.11:4 (LXX); πρὸς τ. πατέρα, Eph.3:14; by meton., πᾶν γόνυ for πᾶς, Rom.14:11 (LXX) Php.2:10 (cf. ἀνα-, συν-κάμπτω).† (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I bend, bow.

John Jeffrey Dodson · CC0

How translators render G2578

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
bowed 1
i bow 1
should bow 1
will bow 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
bowed 1
have 1
i bow 1
shall bow 1
should bow 1

Verses containing G2578

Page 1 of 1. 4 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Romans 11:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”

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  2. Romans 14:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”

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  3. Ephesians 3:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father,

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  4. Philippians 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

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