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κάμπτω

MainId: 002583000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: κ

StrongCodes: G2578

Notes: {'Caller': 1, 'LanguageCode': 'en', 'LastEdited': '', 'LastEditedBy': '', 'References': [], 'Content': 'One may also interpret the idiom κάμπτω τὸ γόνυ as consisting of a metonymy in the case of τὸ γόνυ (in other words, knee as a substitute for person). Accordingly, κάμπτω to bend or to bow could then be interpreted as meaning simply to worship.'}

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 002583001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: verb

   RelatedLemmas: [{'Word': 'ἀνακάμπτω', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'συγκάμπτω', 'Meanings': []}]

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 002583001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 53.61

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Religious Activities

      LEXSubDomains: Worship, Reverence

      LEXCollocations: κάμπτω τὸ γόνυ

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-09-10 18:41:38

         DefinitionShort: (a Semitic idiom, literally: the knee bends, or: the knee bows) to bend or bow the knee as a symbol of religious devotion{N:001}

         Glosses: ['to worship', 'to bow before']

      LEXReferences: ROM 11:4, ROM 14:11, EPH 3:14, PHP 2:10