προσκολλάωproskolláō
to glue to, i.e. (figuratively) to adhere
Greek (New Testament) · G4347
Meanings
1. to make to lean against.
2. to make the scale incline one way or another; hence, metaphorically, of persons, to incline (namely ἑαυτόν) towards: passive, Acts 5:36.
Same root
- πρόςprós · G4314a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e. pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of, i.e. near to; usually with the accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e. whither or for which it is predicated)
- κολλάωkolláō · G2853to glue, i.e. (passively or reflexively) to stick (figuratively)
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Mark 10:7 ‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife,
- Ephesians 5:31 As the Scriptures say, “A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.”
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.