κόλπος

kovlpo" kovlpo",
kovlpou,
oJ (apparently akin to
koi'lo" hollow, (yet cf. Vanicek, p. 179; Liddell and Scott, under the word)), Hebrew qyje; the bosom (Latin sinus), i. e. as in the Greek writings from Homer down:1. the front of the body between the arms hence
ajnakei'sqai
ejn
tw'/
kovlpw/
tivno", 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. B. D. under the word Meals), . Hence the figurative expressions,
ejn
toi'"
kovlpoi" (on the plural, which occurs as early as Homer, Iliad 9, 570, cf. Winer's Grammar, sec. 27, 3; (Buttmann, 24 (21)))
tou'
!Abraavm
ei\nai, to obtain the seat next to Abraham, i. e. to be partaker of the same blessedness as Abraham in paradise, ;
ajpofevresqai ...
eij"
tovn
kovlpon
!Abraavm, to be borne away to the enjoyment of the same felicity with Abraham, (
ou{tw
gavr
paqovnta" -- according to another reading
qanovnta" --
!Abraavm
kaiv
!Isaavk
kaiv
!Iakwvb
uJpodevxontai
eij"
touv"
kovlpou"
aujtw'n, ; (see B. D. under the phrase, Abraham's bosom, and) on the rabbinical phrase !hrba lv wqyjB, in Abraham's bosom, to designate bliss in paradise, cf. Lightfoot, Horace, Hebrew et Talmud., p. 851ff);
oJ
w[n
eij"
tovn
kovlpon
tou'
patrov", lying (turned) unto the bosom of his father (God), i. e. in the closest and most intimate relation to the Father, (Winer's Grammar, 415 (387)); cf. Cicero, ad div. 14,4 iste vero sit in sinu semper et complexu meo.2. the bosom of a garment, 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. B. D. under the word Dress) (f; ); so, figuratively,
mevtron
kalovn
didovnai
eij"
tovn
kovlpon
tivno", to repay one liberally, (
ajpodidovnai
eij"
tovn
kovlpon, ; ()).3. a bay of the sea (cf. Italian golfo (English gulf -- which may be only the modern representatives of the Greek word)): .*