Topic
Join
6 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 2:24ISBE
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
- Matthew 19:6ISBE
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
- Mark 10:9ISBE
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
- Luke 15:15ISBE
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
- 1 Corinthians 6:16ISBE
What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
- Ephesians 5:31ISBE
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
join: Of the New Testament words, kollao, literally, "glue," "weld together," and its compounds, designate the closest form of personal union, as in Lu 15:15; 1Co 6:16; Eph 5:31. In the words of institution of marriage, suzeugnumi is used (Mt 19:6; Mr 10:9, literally, "yoke together"; compare Ge 2:24).
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.