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It can also refer to a bay or inlet, indicating a curved geographical feature. The term is metaphorically used to denote a place of comfort and rest, as seen in the context of "Abraham's bosom."<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Jewish culture, reclining at a meal was a common practice, and the position of lying close to the host's bosom was one of honor and intimacy. This cultural practice is reflected in the New Testament, where being in someone's bosom signifies a special relationship or favor. The concept of "Abraham's bosom" in Jewish thought represented a place of comfort and rest for the righteous after death, akin to paradise.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>2859</b> <i>kólpos</i> – properly, the upper part of the chest where a garment naturally folded to form a "pocket" – called the "<i>bosom</i>," the position synonymous with <i>intimacy</i> (union). </p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>the bosom<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>bay (1), bosom (4), lap (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2859: κόλπος</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">κόλπος</span></span>, <span class="greek2">κόλπου</span>, <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> (apparently akin to <span class="greek2">κοῖλος</span> hollow, (yet cf. <span class="abbreviation">Vanicek</span>, p. 179; Liddell and Scott, under the word)), Hebrew <span class="hebrew">חֵיק</span>; <span class="accented">the bosom</span> (Latin<span class="latin">sinus</span>), i. e. as in the Greek writings from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down: <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> <span class="accented">the front of the body between the arms</span> hence <span class="greek2">ἀνακεῖσθαι</span> <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">τῷ</span> <span class="greek2">κόλπῳ</span> <span class="greek2">τίνος</span>, 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. <span class="abbreviation">B. D.</span> under the word <REFERENCE_WORK:Smith's Bible Dictionary><TOPIC:Meals>), <a href="/interlinear/john/13-23.htm">John 13:23</a>. Hence the figurative expressions, <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">τοῖς</span> <span class="greek2">κόλποις</span> (on the plural, which occurs as early as <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span>, Iliad 9, 570, cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, § 27, 3; (<span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 24 (21))) <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">Ἀβραάμ</span> <span class="greek2">εἶναι</span>, to obtain the seat next to Abraham, i. e. to be partaker of the same blessedness as Abraham in paradise, <a href="/interlinear/luke/16-23.htm">Luke 16:23</a>; <span class="greek2">ἀποφέρεσθαι</span> ... <span class="greek2">εἰς</span> <span class="greek2">τόν</span> <span class="greek2">κόλπον</span> <span class="greek2">Ἀβραάμ</span>, to be borne away to the enjoyment of the same felicity with Abraham, <a href="/interlinear/luke/16-22.htm">Luke 16:22</a> (<span class="greek2">οὕτω</span> <span class="greek2">γάρ</span> <span class="greek2">παθόντας</span> — according to another reading <span class="greek2">θανόντας</span> — <span class="greek2">Ἀβραάμ</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">Ἰσαάκ</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">Ἰακώβ</span> <span class="greek2">ὑποδέξονται</span> <span class="greek2">εἰς</span> <span class="greek2">τούς</span> <span class="greek2">κόλπους</span> <span class="greek2">αὐτῶν</span>, 4 Macc. 13:16; (see <span class="abbreviation">B. D.</span> under the phrase, Abraham's bosom, and) on the rabbinical phrase <span class="hebrew">אברהם</span> <span class="hebrew">שׁל</span> <span class="hebrew">בּחיקו</span>, <span class="accented">in Abraham's bosom,</span> to designate bliss in paradise, cf. <span class="abbreviation">Lightfoot</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Horace</span>, Hebrew et Talmud., p. 851ff); <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> <span class="greek2">ὤν</span> <span class="greek2">εἰς</span> <span class="greek2">τόν</span> <span class="greek2">κόλπον</span> <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">πατρός</span>, lying (turned) unto the bosom of his father (God), i. e. in the closest and most intimate relation to the Father, <a href="/interlinear/john/1-18.htm">John 1:18</a> (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, 415 (387)); cf. <span class="abbreviation">Cicero</span>, ad div. 14,4<span class="latin">iste vero sit in sinu semper et complexu meo</span>. <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> <span class="accented">the bosom of a garment,</span> 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. <span class="abbreviation">B. D.</span> under the word <TOPIC:Dress>) (<a href="/interlinear/exodus/4-6.htm">Exodus 4:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/6-27.htm">Proverbs 6:27</a>); so, figuratively, <span class="greek2">μέτρον</span> <span class="greek2">καλόν</span> <span class="greek2">διδόναι</span> <span class="greek2">εἰς</span> <span class="greek2">τόν</span> <span class="greek2">κόλπον</span> <span class="greek2">τίνος</span>, to repay one liberally, <a href="/interlinear/luke/6-38.htm">Luke 6:38</a> (<span class="greek2">ἀποδιδόναι</span> <span class="greek2">εἰς</span> <span class="greek2">τόν</span> <span class="greek2">κόλπον</span>, <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/65-6.htm">Isaiah 65:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/39-18.htm">Jeremiah 39:18</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Jer. 32:18>)). <p><span class="textheading">3.</span> <span class="accented">a bay of the sea</span> (cf. Italian<span class="latin">golfo</span> (English <span class="accented">gulf</span> — which may be only the modern representatives of the Greek word)): <a href="/interlinear/acts/27-39.htm">Acts 27:39</a>.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>bosom, breast, bay <p>Apparently a primary word; the bosom; by analogy, a bay -- bosom, creek. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>κολποις κόλποις κολπον κόλπον κόλπου κόλπους κολπω κόλπω κόλπῳ κόλπωμα kolpo kolpō kólpoi kólpōi kolpois kólpois kolpon kólpon<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/luke/6-38.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 6:38</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εἰς τὸν <b>κόλπον</b> ὑμῶν ᾧ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to you. They will pour <span class="itali">into your lap</span> a good<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> into your <span class="itali">bosom.</span> For with the same<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/6-38.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> into the <span class="itali">lap</span> of you with that<p><b><a href="/text/luke/16-22.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 16:22</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/16.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εἰς τὸν <b>κόλπον</b> Ἀβραάμ ἀπέθανεν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to Abraham's <span class="itali">bosom;</span> and the rich man<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Abraham's <span class="itali">bosom:</span> the rich man<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/16-22.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> into the <span class="itali">bosom</span> of Abraham died<p><b><a href="/text/luke/16-23.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 16:23</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Masculine Plural">N-DMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/16.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐν τοῖς <b>κόλποις</b> αὐτοῦ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> away and Lazarus <span class="itali">in his bosom.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/luke/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in his <span class="itali">bosom.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/16-23.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> in the <span class="itali">bosom</span> of him<p><b><a href="/text/john/1-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 1:18</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εἰς τὸν <b>κόλπον</b> τοῦ πατρὸς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> God <span class="itali">who is in the bosom</span> of the Father,<br><a href="/kjvs/john/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> is in <span class="itali">the bosom</span> of the Father, he<br><a href="/interlinear/john/1-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> in the <span class="itali">bosom</span> of the Father<p><b><a href="/text/john/13-23.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 13:23</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Masculine Singular">N-DMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐν τῷ <b>κόλπῳ</b> τοῦ Ἰησοῦ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> on Jesus' <span class="itali">bosom</span> one<br><a href="/kjvs/john/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> on Jesus' <span class="itali">bosom</span> one of his<br><a href="/interlinear/john/13-23.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> in the <span class="itali">bosom</span> of Jesus<p><b><a href="/text/acts/27-39.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 27:39</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/27.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">οὐκ ἐπεγίνωσκον <b>κόλπον</b> δέ τινα</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/27.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> but they did observe <span class="itali">a bay</span> with a beach,<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/27.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> a certain <span class="itali">creek</span> with<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/27-39.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> not they did recognize <span class="itali">bay</span> however a certain<p><b><a href="/greek/2859.htm">Strong's Greek 2859</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2859.htm">6 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/kolpo__2859.htm">κόλπῳ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/kolpois_2859.htm">κόλποις — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/kolpon_2859.htm">κόλπον — 4 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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