To bend/bow
κάμπτωStrong’s G2578kamptō
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kamptō is the Greek word usually translated “bowed”, “bow” and “may bow”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.”
Meaning
Usually translated “bowed”, “bow” and “may bow”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- bowed 1
- will bow 1
- i bow 1
- may bow 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 2
- Ephesians 1
- Philippians 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 14:11For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
- Ephesians 3:14For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Philippians 2:10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
Greek dictionary
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bowed” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BOW'ED, participle passive
Bent; crushed; subdued.
All definitions and other forms of “bowed”
BOWED, participle passive
Bent; like a bow.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.