κάμπτωkámptō
to bend
Greek (New Testament) · G2578
Meanings
to bend, bow: with accusative of thing, γόνυ, τὰ γ.; with dative of person, τῇ Βάαλ, Romans 11:4(LXX); πρὸς τ. πατέρα, Ephesians 3:14; by by metonymy, πᾶν γόνυ for πᾶς, Romans 14:11(LXX), Philippians 2:10 (cf. ἀνα-, συν-κάμπτω).
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Romans 11:4 And do you remember God’s reply? He said, “No, I have 7,000 others who have never bowed down to Baal!”
- Romans 14:11 For the Scriptures say, “‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bend to me, and every tongue will declare allegiance to God.’”
- Ephesians 3:14 When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father,
- Philippians 2:10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.