recumbo. Fig. to be in or on the bosom of any one, to be cherished by him; a bosom-friend. John 1:18, ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ Πατρὸς, equiv. to ὁ μονογενὴς υἱός. So Lu. 16:22, εἰς τὸν κόλπον Ἀβραὰμ, and ver. 23, Λάζαρον ἐν τοῖς κόλποις αὐτοῦ, i.e. ‘in near and intimate communion with Abraham,’ as one of his beloved children. So Jos. de Macc. § 13, [4 Macc. 13:16,] οὕτω γὰρ θανόντας, ἡμᾶς Ἀβραὰμ καὶ Ἰσαὰκ καὶ Ἰακὼβ ὑποδέξονται εἰς τοὺς κόλπους αὐτῶν. Sept.
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