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Strong's #2859: kolpos (pronounced kol'-pos)

apparently a primary word; the bosom; by analogy, a bay:--bosom, creek.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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kolpos

1) the front of the body between the arms

2) the bosom of a garment, i.e. the hollow formed by the upper forepart of a rather loose garment bound by a girdle or sash, used for keeping and carrying things (the fold or pocket)

3) a bay of the sea

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: apparently a primary word

Citing in TDNT: 3:824, 452




Usage:

This word is used 6 times:

Luke 6:38: "shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure"
Luke 16:22: "angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also"
Luke 16:23: "and Lazarus in his bosom."
John 1:18: "which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared"
John 13:23: "leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples,"
Acts 27:39: "but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which"









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