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Greek · G2578, G1119

κάμπτω τὰ γόνατά μου

To bend · the "knee"

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κάμπτω G2578 to bend
Pronunciation kámptō
To bend the knee in submission or worship, often metonymically representing the bender themselves.
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γόνυ G1119 the "knee"
Pronunciation góny
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What does κάμπτω τὰ γόνατά μου (kamptō ta gonata mou) mean in the Bible?

κάμπτω · γόνυ is a Greek phrase meaning "I bend my knees, kneel, bow in reverence".

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What does κάμπτω · γόνυ mean in the Bible?

κάμπτω · γόνυ is a Greek phrase meaning "I bend my knees, kneel, bow in reverence".

How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2578, G1119?

G2578, G1119 is connected to 4 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Greek phrase. I bend my knees, kneel, bow in reverence

Strong's G2578, G1119
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Word forms 2 forms 4 references

Source Gloss

I bend my knees, kneel, bow in reverence
Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.

Form groups 2 Aligned forms 4 Tenses Aorist, Future, Present Voices Active
Tenses
Aorist Future Present
Voices
Active
Indicative states a fact or reality 3×
Aorist Active Rom 11:4 1×
Future Active Rom 14:11 1×
Present Active Eph 3:14 1×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 1×
Aorist Active Phil 2:10 1×
4 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 4 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
completed 1 ongoing 1 prospective 1 subjunctive 1
Tense
aorist 2 present 1 future 1
Voice
active 4
Mood
indicative 3 subjunctive 1
NT Occurrences
Romans 11:4 ἔκαμψαν aorist active indicative completed Romans 14:11 κάμψει future active indicative prospective Ephesians 3:14 κάμπτω present active indicative ongoing Philippians 2:10 κάμψῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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