Kampto means “bow” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2578 — chamathtsobah in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2578 κάμπτω (kampto) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. kampto (kamp'-to) v. 1. to bend 2. (by extension) to bow It has 20 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include bow and bowed. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
kampto (kamp'-to) v. 1. to bend 2. (by extension) to bow [apparently a primary verb] KJV: bow
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to bend/bow
Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kampto, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2578 (κάμπτω) appears 16 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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4 indexed usages in 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.
For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
9 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And thou shalt strengthen me with power for the war; Thou shalt cause them that rise up against me to bow down under me.
And the king sent yet again a captain and his fifty. And the third captain of fifty came, and knelt on his knees before Elijah, and entreated him, and spoke to him and said, O man of God, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thine eyes.
And Jehu bent his bow with his full strength, and smote Joram between his arms, and his arrow went out at his heart, and he bowed upon his knees.
7 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
For both they and their sons have married with their daughters, and the holy seed is mixed with the strange people of the land; and from the beginning of this matter the rulers and the great men have been partakers of this iniquity.
Now was it that the high priest Simon bowed his knees over against the holy place, and spread out his hands in reverent form, and uttered the following supplication:
Any one of you may not be able to eradicate malice, but reasoning has force to work with you to prevent your yielding to malice.
First 20 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2578.
And thou shalt strengthen me with power for the war; Thou shalt cause them that rise up against me to bow down under me.
And the king sent yet again a captain and his fifty. And the third captain of fifty came, and knelt on his knees before Elijah, and entreated him, and spoke to him and said, O man of God, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thine eyes.
And Jehu bent his bow with his full strength, and smote Joram between his arms, and his arrow went out at his heart, and he bowed upon his knees.
And David said to the whole congregation, Bless ye the Lord our God. And all the congregation blessed the Lord God of their fathers, and they bowed the knee and worshiped the Lord, and did obeisance to the king.
And when they had done offering it, the king and all that were present bowed, and worshiped.
For if he has turned away his anger, The whales under heaven have stooped under him.
By myself I swear, righteousness shall surely proceed out of my mouth; my words shall not be frustrated; that to me every knee shall bend, and every tongue shall swear by God,
I have not chosen this fast, nor such a day for a man to afflict his soul; neither though thou shouldest bend down thy neck as a ring, and spread under thee sackcloth and ashes, neither thus shall ye call a fast acceptable.
And when Daniel knew that the decree was ordered, he went into his house; and his windows were opened in his chambers toward Jerusalem, and three times in the day he knelt upon his knees, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he used to do before.
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.
For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
For both they and their sons have married with their daughters, and the holy seed is mixed with the strange people of the land; and from the beginning of this matter the rulers and the great men have been partakers of this iniquity.
Now was it that the high priest Simon bowed his knees over against the holy place, and spread out his hands in reverent form, and uttered the following supplication:
Any one of you may not be able to eradicate malice, but reasoning has force to work with you to prevent your yielding to malice.
Hast thou children? instruct them, And bow down their neck from their youth.
For of heaviness cometh death, And the heaviness of the heart breaketh strength.
He fashioneth the clay with his arm, And boweth down his strength before his feet; He applieth himself to lead it over; And he is diligent to make clean the furnace:
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2578, grouped by book.
Kampto (Strong's G2578) is a Greek word most simply glossed "bow". kampto (kamp'-to) v. 1. to bend 2. (by extension) to bow
This page currently indexes 20 linked usages for Strong's G2578 across 14 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2578 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as bow and bowed. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 9 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 7 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2578, with linked reader references where each row is available.