Quick Definition
συγκάμπτω v. I oppress, bend together
Strong's Definition
from 4862 and 2578; to bend together, i.e. (figuratively) to afflict
KJV Usage: bow down
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | κάμπτω
24.94 · Sensory Events and States · Pain, Suffering
Collocation: συγκάμπτω τὸν νῶτον
to be overwhelmed with trouble, to be bent down with difficulties (an idiom, literally: to bend the back) to undergo particularly difficult hardships, possibly implying forced labor
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
συγ-κάμπτω [T WH ovr (cf. σύν, IT. fin.)]: 1 aor. impv. σύγκαμψον ; lo bend together, to bend completely: τὸν νῶτόν τινος, [A. V. to bow down one’s back] i.e. metaph. to subJect one to error and hardness of heart, a fig. taken from the bowing of the back by captives compelled to pass under the yoke, Ro. xi. 10, fr. Ps. Ixviii. (Ixix.) 24. (Xen., Plat., Aristot., al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
συγκάμπτω synkamptō 1x
to bend or bow together; to bow down the back of any one afflictively, Rom. 11:10*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
συν-κάμπτω
(Rec. συγκ-), [in LXX: Ps 68:10, 23(מעדhi.), etc. ;]
to bend completely, bend together: τ. νῶτον, fig., Ro 11:10 (LXX).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
συνκάμπτω, “*bend completely ” (Rom 1119): cf. Sy// 802(= * 1168)28 (c. 111/B.C.) συγκάμψας τὰν χῆρα.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
συγκάμπτω (sugkamptō) — to bend. συγ-κάμπτω, bend, τὸ σκέλος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of legs, arms, spine, etc., [LXX]: intransitive, bend down,[LXX]passive, opposed to ἐκτείνεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; συγκεκαμμένος τοῖς δακτύλοις with the fingers doubled up. [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; especially of the action of sitting down, συγκαμφθεὶς κάθημαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the foetus in the womb, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of the chest in phthisis, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of animals lying down with their knees bent under them, σ. ἡ βοῦς [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—in passive also, bend together with, ἐπιφανείας -εσθαι τοῖς σώμασιν [Refs 1st c.AD+]