Strong's Greek · G2853

κολλάω

kolláō

cleave, join (self), keep company

Definition

to glue, i.e. (passively or reflexively) to stick (figuratively)

Derivation

from ("glue");

Appears 12 times in Scripture

Acts 5:13

Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them.

Luke 15:15

So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.

Acts 9:26

When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

Acts 10:28

He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.

Revelation 18:5

For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.

Acts 8:29

The Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to that chariot and stay by it.”

1 Corinthians 6:16

Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”

Luke 10:11

‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.’

1 Corinthians 6:17

But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.

Romans 12:9

Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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