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κάμπτω

Strong’s: G2578

Associated OET lemmas: κάμπτω

Notes: 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.

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: ἀνακάμπτω · συγκάμπτω

Sense 1: to worship, to bow before

Semantic entry: 53.61

Semantic domains: Religious Activities

Subdomains: Worship, Reverence

Definition: (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}

Collocations: κάμπτω τὸ γόνυ

ROM 11:4: RV ROM 11:4 · LV ROM 11:4 · Read together ROM 11:4

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OET-RV ROM 11:4

4 But what was revealed to him? God said: ‘I’ve kept aside seven thousand others who haven’t worshipped Ba’al.’

OET-LV ROM 11:4

4 But what is _speaking to _him the revelation?
I _left to _myself seven _thousand men, who not bowed the_knee which to _Baal/(Baˊal).

ROM 14:11: RV ROM 14:11 · LV ROM 14:11 · Read together ROM 14:11

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OET-RV ROM 14:11

11 As it’s been written:
⇔ “Yahweh is telling me, ‘I am alive
⇔ and every person will bow to me,
⇔ and each one will confess to God.’ ”

OET-LV ROM 14:11

11 For/Because it _has _been _written:
˓Am˒_living I, is _saying the_master that to _me will _be _bowing every knee, and will _be _confessing every tongue to_ the _god.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

ROM: RV ROM 11:4 · RV ROM 14:11 · LV ROM 11:4 · LV ROM 14:11 · Read together ROM 11:4 · Read together ROM 14:11

EPH: RV EPH 3:14 · LV EPH 3:14 · Read together EPH 3:14

PHP: RV PHP 2:10 · LV PHP 2:10 · Read together PHP 2:10