κόλπος, κόλπου, ὁ (apparently akin to κοῖλος hollow, (yet cf. Vanicek, p. 179; Liddell and Scott, under the word)), Hebrew ηΕιχ; the bosom (Latinsinus), i. e. as in the Greek writings from Homer down: 1. the front of the body between the arms hence ἀνακεῖσθαι ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ τίνος, of the one who so reclines at table that his head covers the bosom as it were, the chest, of the one next him (cf. B. D. under the word ), Joh_13:23. Hence the figurative expressions, ἐν τοῖς κόλποις (on the plural, which occurs as early as Homer, Iliad 9, 570, cf. Winers Grammar, § 27, 3; (Buttmann, 24 (21))) τοῦ Ἀβραάμ εἶναι, to obtain the seat next to Abraham, i. e. to be partaker of the same blessedness as Abraham in paradise, Luk_16:23; ἀποφέρεσθαι ... εἰς τόν κόλπον Ἀβραάμ, to be borne away to the enjoyment of the same felicity with Abraham, Luk_16:22 (οὕτω γάρ παθόντας according to another reading θανόντας Ἀβραάμ καί Ἰσαάκ καί Ἰακώβ ὑποδέξονται εἰς τούς κόλπους αὐτῶν, 4Ma_13:16; (see B. D. under the phrase, Abraham's bosom, and) on the rabbinical phrase ΰαψδν ωΡμ αΜηιχε, in Abraham's bosom, to designate bliss in paradise, cf. Lightfoot, Horace, Hebrew et Talmud., p. 851ff); ὁ ὤν εἰς τόν κόλπον τοῦ πατρός, lying (turned) unto the bosom of his father (God), i. e. in the closest and most intimate relation to the Father, Joh_1:18 (Winers Grammar, 415 (387)); cf. Cicero, ad div. 14,4iste vero sit in sinu semper et complexu meo. 2. the bosom of a garment, i. e. the hollow formed by the upper forepart of a rather loose garment bound by a girdle, used for keeping and carrying things (the fold or pocket; cf. B. D. under the word ) (Exo_4:6; Pro_6:27); so, figuratively, μέτρον καλόν διδόναι εἰς τόν κόλπον τίνος, to repay one liberally, Luk_6:38 (ἀποδιδόναι εἰς τόν κόλπον, Isa_65:6; Jer_39:18 ()). 3. a bay of the sea (cf. Italiangolfo (English gulf which may be only the modern representatives of the Greek word)): Act_27:39.

κόλπος kolpos 6x the bosom, Luk_16:22-23 ; Joh_1:18 ; Joh_13:23 ; the bosom of a garment, Luk_6:38 ; a bay, creek, inlet, Act_27:39

κόλπος , -ου , ὁ , [in LXX chiefly for H2436 ;] 1. prop ., the bosom: Joh_13:23 ; fig ., of close association, ἐν (εἰς τὸν ) τοῖς κ . Ἀβραάμ , Luk_16:22-23 ( cf. 4Ma_13:16 ); ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κ . τ . πατρός , Joh_1:18 2. The bosom or fold of a loose garment falling over a girdle, used as a pocket, hence fig ., εἰς τὸν κ . ( Isa_65:6 , Jer_32:18 : Luk_6:38 3. A bosom-like hollow, as a bay or gulf : Act_27:39 .†

κόλπος [page 353] With the figurative use of κόλπος in the NT ( Luk_16:22 f al .) we may compare its occurrence in sepulchral epitaphs, e.g. Preisigke 2034 .11 ἀνάπαυσον τὴν ψυχὴν τοῖς δούλοις σου πιστὰ ἐν κόλποις Ἀβρὰμ καὶ Ἰσὰκ καὶ Ἰακώβ , and Kaibel 292 .1 Τύ ]μβος μὲν κρύ [πτ ]ει με τὸν ἐν κόλπ [οισι ] τραφέντα , where the editor draws attention to the frigidum acumen with which τύμβος and κόλποι are contrasted. On the other hand κόλπος is used of a sepulchre in id. 1135 .2 , and in ib. 237 .3 (ii/i B.C.) we have Ἀίδεω νυχίοιο μέλας κόλπος : cf. ib. 56 .1 Σῶμα σὸν ἐν κόλποις , Καλλιστοῖ , γαῖα καλύπτει , with reference to the bosom of mother Earth. See also Herondas vi. 101 f. οὐ γὰρ ἀλλὰ πορθεῦ [σι ] ὡρν [ι ]θο [κ ]λέ [π ]ται , κἢν τρέφῃ τις ἐν κόλπῳ , for the bird-stealers will plunder out of one s very lap (Nairn). For the meaning bay, gulf, as in Act_27:39 , cf. OGIS 441 .218 (B.C. 81) Σελεύκεια [ἡ π ]ρὸς τῶι Ἰσσικῶ [ι κ ]όλπωι .

κόλπος κόλπος, ὁ, Lat. sinus: "the bosom", Il. "the womb", Eur. "the fold formed by a loose garment", as it fell over the girdle, Il. :—this fold sometimes served for "a pocket", Od. , Hdt. ; κόλπον ἀνιεμένη letting down "her robe so as to form a fold", i. e. baring her breast, Il. ; κόλπῳ πεπλώματος under the "deep-folded" robe, Aesch. ; ἐπὶ σφυρὰ κόλπον ἀνεῖσαι having let "their folded robes" fall down to their ankles, Theocr. "any hollow", as of the sea, first, in a half-literal sense, Θέτις ὑπεδέξατο κόλπῳ received him "in her bosom", Il. ; then, of "the deep hollow between waves", Hom. "a bay or gulf" of the sea, Il. , Aesch. "a vale", κ. Ἀργεῖος Pind. ; Ἐλευσινίας Δηοῦς ἐν κόλποις Soph.

κόλπος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for חֵיק ;] __1. prop., the bosom: Jhn.13:23; fig., of close association, ἐν (εἰς τὸν) τοῖς κ. Ἀβραάμ, Luk.16:22-23 (cf. 4Ma.13:16); ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κ. τ. πατρός, Jhn.1:18 __2. The bosom or fold of a loose garment falling over a girdle, used as a pocket, hence figuratively, εἰς τὸν κ. Isa.65:6, Jer.32:18 : Luk.6:38 __3. A bosom-like hollow, as a bay or gulf: Act.27:39.† (AS)