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Strong's G2859 κόλπος (kolpos)

Kolpos means “bosom” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2859 — chathan (“join in affinity”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2859
Language Greek
Linked Usages 41
Books 19

Strong's G2859 Quick Answer

Strong's G2859 κόλπος (kolpos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. kolpos (kol'-pos) n. 1. the bosom 2. (by analogy) a bay It has 41 linked Bible usages across 19 books. Visible English usage signals include bosom and creek. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
kolpos (kol'-pos) n. 1. the bosom 2. (by analogy) a bay
Usage
41 linked usages
Books
19 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
bosom and creek

Meaning and Definition

kolpos (kol'-pos) n. 1. the bosom 2. (by analogy) a bay [apparently a primary word] KJV: bosom, creek

Original Word
κόλπος
Transliteration
kolpos
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2859. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

bosom

Usage: κόλπος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for חֵיק ;] __1. prop., the bosom: Jhn.13:23; fig., of close association, ἐν (εἰς τὸν) τοῖς κ. Ἀβραάμ, Luk.16:22-23 (cf. 4Ma.13:16); ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κ. τ. πατρός, Jhn.1:18 __2. The bosom or fold of a loose garment falling over a girdle, used as a pocket, hence figuratively, εἰς τὸν κ. Isa.65:6, Jer.32:18 : Luk.6:38 __3. A bosom-like hollow, as a bay or gulf: Act.27:39.† (AS)

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How Strong's G2859 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kolpos, 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.

bosom Luke 6:38 creek Acts 27:39

How Strong's G2859 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. 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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 34 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2859 (κόλπος) appears 41 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2859 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2859 in the New Testament

6 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 6:38 KJV

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

Luke 16:22 KJV

And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

Luke 16:23 KJV

And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Strong's G2859 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

34 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 16:5 Septuagint / Brenton

And Sarai said to Abram, I am injured by thee; I gave my handmaid into thy bosom, and when I saw that she was with child, I was dishonored before her. The Lord judge between me and thee.

Exodus 4:6 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Lord said again to him, Put thy hand into thy bosom; and he put his hand into his bosom, and brought his hand out of his bosom, and his hand became as snow.

Exodus 4:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And he said again, Put thy hand into thy bosom; and he put his hand into his bosom, and brought his hand out of his bosom, and it was again restored to the complexion of his other flesh.

Strong's G2859 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Wisdom of Sirach 9:1 Septuagint / Brenton

Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, And teach her not an evil lesson against thyself.

Usage Excerpts

First 41 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2859.

Genesis 16:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Sarai said to Abram, I am injured by thee; I gave my handmaid into thy bosom, and when I saw that she was with child, I was dishonored before her. The Lord judge between me and thee.
Exodus 4:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said again to him, Put thy hand into thy bosom; and he put his hand into his bosom, and brought his hand out of his bosom, and his hand became as snow.
Exodus 4:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said again, Put thy hand into thy bosom; and he put his hand into his bosom, and brought his hand out of his bosom, and it was again restored to the complexion of his other flesh.
Numbers 11:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Have I conceived all this people, or have I born them? that thou sayest to me, Take them into thy bosom, as a nurse would take her suckling, into the land which thou sworest to their fathers?
Deuteronomy 13:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if thy brother by thy father or mother, or thy son, or daughter, or thy wife in thy bosom, or friend who is equal to thine own soul, entreat thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known,
Deuteronomy 28:54 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He that is tender and very delicate within thee shall look with an evil eye upon his brother, and the wife in his bosom, and the children that are left, which may have been left to him;
Deuteronomy 28:56 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she that is tender and delicate among you, whose foot has not assayed to go upon the earth for delicacy and tenderness, shall look with an evil eye on her husband in her bosom, and her son and her daughter,
Ruth 4:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Naomi took the child and laid it in her bosom, and became a nurse to it.
2 Kingdoms 12:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the poor man had only one little ewe lamb, which he had purchased, and preserved, and reared; and it grew up with himself and his children in common; it ate of his bread and drank of his cup, and slept in his bosom, and was to him as a daughter.
2 Kingdoms 12:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and I gave thee the house of thy lord, and the wives of thy lord into thy bosom, and I gave to thee the house of Israel and Judah; and if that had been little, I would have given thee yet more.
3 Kingdoms 3:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she arose in the middle of the night, and took my son from my arms, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom.
3 Kingdoms 17:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Elijah said to the woman, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and took him up to the chamber in which he himself lodged, and laid him on the bed.
3 Kingdoms 22:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the war was turned in that day, and the king was standing on the chariot against Syria from morning till evening; and he shed the blood out of his wound, into the bottom of the chariot, and died at even, and the blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot.
Job 19:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Which mine eye has seen, and not another, But all have been fulfilled to me in my bosom.
Job 23:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Neither shall I transgress; But I have hidden his words in my bosom.
Job 31:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
(For I did not stand in awe of a great multitude, so as not to declare boldly before them): And if too I permitted a poor man to go out of my door with an empty bosom
Psalms 34:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But I, when they troubled me, put on sackcloth, And humbled my soul with fasting: And my prayer shall return to my own bosom.
Psalms 73:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherefore turnest thou away thy hand, And thy right hand from the midst of thy bosom forever?
Psalms 78:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Repay to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, With which they have reproached thee, O Lord.
Psalms 88:51 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of thy servants, Which I have borne in my bosom, even the reproach of many nations;
Psalms 128:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, Nor he that makes up the sheaves, his bosom.
Proverbs 6:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And not burn his garments?
Proverbs 16:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All evils come upon the ungodly into their bosoms; But all righteous things come of the Lord.
Proverbs 17:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
his bosom do not prosper; And an ungodly man perverts the ways of righteousness.
Proverbs 19:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He that unjustly hides his hands in his bosom, Will not even bring them up to his mouth.
Proverbs 30:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who has gone up to heaven, and come down? who has gathered the winds in his * bosom? who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? who has dominion of all the ends of the earth? what is his name? or what is the name of his children?
Proverbs 33:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ecclesiastes 7:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: For anger will rest in the bosom of fools.
Isaiah 49:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord, even the Lord, Behold, I lift up my hand to the nations, and I will lift up my signal to the islands: and they shall bring thy sons in their bosom, and shall bear thy daughters on their shoulders.
Isaiah 65:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, it is written before me: I will not be silent until I have recompensed into their bosom,
Isaiah 65:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
their sins and the sins of their fathers, saith the Lord, who have burned incense on the mountains, and reproached me on the hills: I will recompense their works into their bosom.
Jeremiah 39:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Granting mercy to thousands, and recompensing the sins of the fathers into the bosoms of their children after them: the great, the strong God;
Lamentations 2:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They said to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? While they fainted like wounded men In the streets of the city, While their souls were poured out Into their mother’s bosom.
Hosea 8:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He shall come into their midst as the land, as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and have sinned against my law.
Luke 6:38 New Testament, KJV
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
Luke 16:22 New Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
Luke 16:23 New Testament, KJV
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
John 1:18 New Testament, KJV
No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
John 13:23 New Testament, KJV
Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.
Acts 27:39 New Testament, KJV
And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
Wisdom of Sirach 9:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, And teach her not an evil lesson against thyself.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2859, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ruth 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 3 usages, New Testament
John 2 usages, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2859 FAQ

What does kolpos (κόλπος) mean?

Kolpos (Strong's G2859) is a Greek word most simply glossed "bosom". kolpos (kol'-pos) n. 1. the bosom 2. (by analogy) a bay

How many times is kolpos (κόλπος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 41 linked usages for Strong's G2859 across 19 books.

Where can I study kolpos (κόλπος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2859 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate kolpos (κόλπος)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as bosom and creek. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2859 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 34 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2859, with linked reader references where each row is available.