Dictionary entry

κάμπτω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

κάμπτω,

[in LXX chiefly for כּרע, IV Ki 1:13, II Ch 29:29, Is 45:24(23), al.;]

to bend, bow: c. acc. rei, γόνυ, τὰ γ.; c. dat. pers., τῇ Βάαλ, Ro 11:4(LXX); πρὸς τ. πατέρα, Eph 3:14; by meton., πᾶν γόνυ for πᾶς, Ro 14:11(LXX), Phl 2:10 (cf. ἀνα-, συν-κάμπτω).†