kollaō (to join)

Meaning

Usually translated “join”, “joined with” and “having clung”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

to join 2
will be joined with 1
having clung 1
he joined himself 1
do be joined 1
to unite himself 1
having joined themselves 1
cleaving to 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Acts 5
Luke 2
1 Corinthians 2
Matthew 1
Romans 1
Revelation 1

6 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture

Luke 10:11Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
Luke 15:15And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Acts 5:13And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.
Acts 8:29Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
Acts 9:26And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.
Acts 10:28And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

All 12 verses, by book

Matthew 1: 19:5
Luke 2: 10:11 15:15
Acts 5: 5:13 8:29 9:26 10:28 17:34
Romans 1: 12:9
1 Corinthians 2: 6:16 6:17
Revelation 1: 18:5

Greek dictionary

κολλάω kollaō · to join

κολλάω, -ῶ (κόλλα, glue), [in LXX chiefly for דָּבַק ;] 1. to glue or cement together. 2. Generally, to unite, to join firmly. Pass., to cleave to, join (oneself to): with dative of person(s), Mat.19:5(LXX), Luk.10:11 15:15, Act.5:13 (but see Field, Notes, 118) Act.9:26 10:28 (see Field, l.with) Act.17:34; τ. πόρνῃ, 1Co.6:16; τ. Κυρίῳ, 1Co.6:17; with dative of thing(s), ἅρματι, Act.8:29; τ. ἀγαθῴ, Rom.12:9; of sins joining together, ἄχρι τ. οὐρανοῦ, Rev.18:5, of dust, Luk.10:11 (cf. τροσ-κολλάω).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “join” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

JOIN, verb transitive

[Latin jungo, jungere; jungo for jugo, jugum; Eng. yoke;

To set or bring one thing in contiguity with another.“Woe to them that join house to house, that lay field to field” Isaiah 5:8
To couple; to connect; to combine; as, to join ideas.
To unite in league or marriage.“Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab” 2 Chronicles 18:1“What God hath joined together, let not man put asunder” Matthew 19:6
To associate.“Go near and join thyself to this chariot” Acts 8:29

All definitions and other forms of “join”

To unite in any act.
To unite in concord.“But that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment” 1 Corinthians 1:10

JOIN, verb intransitive

To grow to; to adhere. The place where two bones of the body join is called a joint or articulation.

To be contiguous, close or in contact; as when two houses join
To unite with in marriage, league, confederacy, partnership or society.“Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations?” Ezra 9:14

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.