Strong’s G2853 · Greek
κολλάω
kolláō · kol-lah'-o
Origin from κόλλα ("glue");
Meaning to glue, i.e. (passively or reflexively) to stick (figuratively)
In the King James Version cleave, join (self), keep company.
In 10 verses of the King James Version
- Luke 10:11Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
- Luke 15:15And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
- Acts 5:13And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.
- Acts 8:29Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
- Acts 9:26And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.
- Acts 10:28And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
- Acts 17:34Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
- Romans 12:9Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
- 1 Corinthians 6:16What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
- 1 Corinthians 6:17But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.