G2955: κύπτω
kýptō · “to stoop/bend down”
Definition
to bend forward
KJV translates it as: stoop (down)
Word origin: probably from the base of G2949 (κῦμα);
Extended definition
κύπτω
[in LXX chiefly for קָדַד ;]
to bow the head, stoop down: Mrk.1:7; before κάτω, Jhn.8:6, 8 (cf. ἀνα-, παρα-, συν-κύπτω).†
κατα-κύπτω,
[in LXX: 4Ki.9:32 (שָׁקַף hi.)* ;]
to bend down, stoop: Jhn.8:8 (κάτω κύψας, Rec., WH, mg.).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for קָדַד ;]
to bow the head, stoop down: Mrk.1:7; before κάτω, Jhn.8:6, 8 (cf. ἀνα-, παρα-, συν-κύπτω).†
κατα-κύπτω,
[in LXX: 4Ki.9:32 (שָׁקַף hi.)* ;]
to bend down, stoop: Jhn.8:8 (κάτω κύψας, Rec., WH, mg.).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G2955 is translated
- having stooped down ×1
- having stooped ×1
Bible verses with G2955 (kýptō)
Kýptō appears in 2 verses.
- Mark 1:7
And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
- John 8:6
This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.