κάμπτω; future καμψω; 1 aorist ἐκαμψα; a. to bend, bow: τό γόνυ (and τά γούνατα), the knee (the knees), used by Homer of those taking a seat or sitting down to rest (Iliad 7, 118; 19, 72); in Biblical Greek with the dative of person to one i. e. in honor of one, in religious veneration; used of worshippers: Rom_11:4 and 1Ki_19:18 (where for λΘΜψΗς followed by μΐ); πρός τινα, toward (unto) one, Eph_3:14. b. reflexively, to bow oneself: κάμψει πᾶν γόνυ ἐμοί, shall bow to me (in honor), i. e. everyone shall worship me, Rom_14:11 (from Isa_45:23); ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ, in devout recognition of the name (of κύριος) which Jesus received from God, Php_2:10 (cf. Winers Grammar, 390 (365); Lightfoot, Meyer, in the place cited; also ὄνομα, especially sub at the end. Compare: ἀνακάμπτω, συγκάμπτω).

κάμπτω kamptō 4x trans. to bend, inflect the knee, Rom_11:4 ; Eph_3:14 intrans. to bend, bow, Rom_14:11 ; Php_2:10

κάμπτω , [in LXX chiefly for H3766 , 2Ki_1:13 , 2Ch_29:29 , Isa_45:24 (23), al. ;] to bend, bow: c . acc rei , γόνυ , τὰ γ .; c. dat. pers ., τῇ Βάαλ , Rom_11:4 ( LXX ); πρὸς τ . πατέρα , Eph_3:14 ; by meton ., πᾶν γόνυ for πᾶς , Rom_14:11 ( LXX ) Php_2:10 ( cf. ἀνα -, συν -κάμπτω ).†

κάμπτω [page 320] P Tebt II. 397 .6 (A.D. 198) κεκαμμένον δάκτυλον μικρὸν χειρὸς ἀριστερᾶς , a bent little finger on the left hand, similarly CPR I. 170 .3 (A.D. 97 117), P Oxy X. 1287 .4 (early iii/A.D.) καμψάντων (gen. abs.) ἐπὶ βορ (ρᾶν ), ib. .15 καμψάντων ἐπ᾽ ἀπηλ (ιώτην ).

κάμπτω [Etym: lengthd. from Root ΚΑΜΠ, v. καμπή] "to bend, curve", ὄφρα ἰτὺν κάμψηι "that he may bend" it into a chariot-rail, Il. ; γόνυ κ. "to bend" the knee so as to sit down and rest, id=Il. ; οὐ κάμπτων γόνυ, i. e. never resting, Aesch. ; so, κ. κῶλα Soph. ; then, κάμπτειν alone, "to sit down, rest", id=Soph. ;—also, γόνυ κ. "to bend" the knee in worship, NTest. "to turn or guide" a horse or chariot "round" the turning-post (καμπή II); hence, of the horse or chariot, κάμψαι διαύλου θάτερον κῶλον πάλιν "to double" the post (καμπτήρ) and return along the second half of the δίαυλος, Aesch. ; κάμπτοντος ἵππου as the horse "was turning", Soph. :—metaph., κ. βίον "to" make the "last turn in the course" of life, id=Soph. ; κ. βίου τέλος Eur. so also of seamen, "to double" a headland, ἄκρην κ. Hdt. ; also, κ. περὶ ἄκραν Ar. ; κ. κόλπον "to wind round" the bay, Hdt. absol., πάλιν κ. "to turn" back, Eur. ; ἐγγὺς τῶν ἐμῶν κάμπτεις φρενῶν thou "comest" near my meaning, id=Eur. metaph., like Lat. flectere, κάμπτειν τινά "to bend or bow" one "down", Pind. :—Pass. "to be bowed down", Aesch. , Thuc. ; κάμπτομαι "I submit", Plat.

κάμπτω [in LXX chiefly for כָּרַע, 4Ki.1:13, 2Ch.29:29, Isa.45:24 (23), al. ;] to bend, bow: with accusative of thing(s), γόνυ, τὰ γ.; with dative of person(s), τῇ Βάαλ, Rom.11:4 (LXX); πρὸς τ. πατέρα, Eph.3:14; by meton., πᾶν γόνυ for πᾶς, Rom.14:11 (LXX) Php.2:10 (cf. ἀνα-, συν-κάμπτω).† (AS)