Quick Definition
προσκολλάω v. I join closely, cleave to
Strong's Definition
from 4314 and 2853; to glue to, i.e. (figuratively) to adhere
KJV Usage: cleave, join (self)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | κλίνω
34.22 · (προσκλίνομαι) · Association · Join, Begin To Associate
to join, to join oneself to, to become a part of to begin an association with someone, whether temporary or permanent
verb | κολλάομαι
34.22 · (προσκολλάομαι) · Association · Join, Begin To Associate
to join, to join oneself to, to become a part of to begin an association with someone, whether temporary or permanent In rendering προσκολλάομαι in EPH 5:31, it is necessary to avoid an expression which will refer merely to sexual relations. The focus is upon interpersonal relations rather than upon the sexual act.
1 προσκολλάομαι may very well differ from κολλάομαι[a] by suggesting a more permanent association, with focus upon reciprocal relations.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προσ-κολλάω, -@: 1 aor. pass. προσεκολλήθην; 1 fut. pass. προσκολληθήσομαι; Sept. for p27s ἰο glue upon, glue to, (cf. πρός, IV. 4]; prop. Joseph. antt. 7, 12, 4; trop. in the pass. with a reflexive force, to join one’s sely to closely, cleave to, stick to, (Plato) : w. dat. of a pers. (Sir. vi. 34; xiii. 16), Acts v. 36 Rec. (see προσκλίνω, 2); τῇ γυναικί, Mt. xix. 5 Ree. [al. κολληθήσεται, q. ν.}; Mk. x. 7 Lehm.; Eph. v. 31 LT Tr WH mrg.; πρὸς τὴν γυν. (fr. Gen. ii. 24), Mk. x. 7 RG Tr txt.; Eph. v. 31 RGWHtxt. [Cf. W. § 52, 4, 14.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προσκολλάω proskollaō 2x
pr. to glue to; to cleave closely to, Mk. 10:7; Eph. 5:31*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** προσ-κλίνω,
[in LXX: II Mac 14:24*;]
to make to lean against.
to make the scale incline one way or another; hence, metaph., of persons, to incline (sc. ἑαυτόν) towards: pass., Ac 5:36.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
προσκολλάω, **stick to,” ‘‘cleave to,” is used metaphorically, as in Eph 581 (cf. Mk τοῦ D) guater ina vi/a.p. Will, P Oxy XVI. 1901, in which a man makes certain dispositions with regard to the wife who had been ‘‘ joined” to him, e.g. 2° τὴν πρ]οσκωλληθεῖσάν μοι γυναῖκα. For the subst. προσκόλAnois see P Lond 11779 (a.D. 113) (ΞΞ 111. p. 189). Cf. σῦς κολλάω.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
προσκολλάω (proskollaō) — to join. προσκολλ-άω, glue on or to, τι πρός τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, generally, to be stuck to, stick or cleave to, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπὸ τοῦ αἵματος προσκολληθῆναι τὴν ῥομφαίαν αὐτοῦ τῇ δεξιᾷ [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of a snail, τοῖς θαμνίσκοις π. [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of a husband, π. τῇ γυναικί [LXX+NT+1st c.AD+]
II. intransitive of style, to be compact, [Refs 1st c.BC+]