κολλάω kolláō
Meaning
to glue, i.e. (passively or reflexively) to stick (figuratively)
In the King James Version: cleave, join (self), keep company
Derivation: from ("glue");
Where it is used
- Matthew 19:5 and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and 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.’
- 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 5:13 Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them.
- Acts 8:29 The Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to that chariot and stay by it.”
- 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.
- Acts 17:34 But some joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others who were with them.
- Romans 12:9 Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
- 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.”
- 1 Corinthians 6:17 But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.
- Revelation 18:5 For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.