To bend
συγκύπτωStrong’s G4794sugkuptō
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Sugkuptō is the Greek word usually translated “bent over”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.”
Meaning
Usually translated “bent over”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- bent over 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
συγκύπτω sugkuptō · to bend
συν-κύπτω (Rec. συγκ-), [in LXX: Job.9:27 (עָזַב), Sir.12:11 19:26 * ;] 1. to bend forwards (Arist., al.). 2. to be bowed down: Luk.13:11.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bend” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BEND, verb intransitive
To be crooked; to crook, or be curving.
- To incline; to lean or turn; as, a road bends to the west.
- To jut over; as a bending cliff.
- To resolve, or determine.[See Bent on.]
- To bow or be submissive.
All definitions and other forms of “bend”
BEND,noun
A curve; a crook; a turn in a road or river; flexure; incurvation.
- In marine language, that part of a rope which is fastened to another or to an anchor. [See To bend No.8.]
- Bends of a ship, are the thickest and strongest planks in her sides, more generally called wales.
- In heraldry, one of the nine honorable ordinaries, containing a third part of the field, when charged, and a fifth, when plain.
BEND, noun
A band. [Not in use.]
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.