Verb kollaō (to cling to) in the New Testament

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Matthew

19: 5and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and cling (kollaō) to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'?

Luke

10: 11'Even the dust of your town that clings (kollaō) to our feet, we wipe off in protest against you. Yet know this: the kingdom of God has come near.'
15: 15So he went and clung (kollaō) to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed the pigs.

Acts

5: 13None of the rest dared to cling (kollaō) to them, but the people held them in high esteem.
8: 29Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go over to this chariot and cling (kollaō) to it."
9: 26When he had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to cling (kollaō) to the disciples; and they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple.
10: 28and he said to them, "You yourselves know that it is unlawful for a Jew to cling (kollaō) to the Gentile and visit them; but God has shown me that I should not call anyone profane or unclean.
17: 34But some of them clung (kollaō) to him and became believers, including Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

1 Corinthians

6: 16Do you not know that whoever is clung (kollaō) to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For it is said, "The two shall be one flesh."
6: 17But anyone clung (kollaō) to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.

Romans

12: 9Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, cling (kollaō) to what is good;

Revelation

18: 5for her sins are clung (kollaō) high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.