Is there a difference between “proskollethesetai” vs. “kollomenos”? The first one is in Ephesians 5:31 and the second is I Corinthians 6:16.<\/p>\n\t
The root word is\u00a0kollao<\/em>, which means “to glue or cement together.” Proskollaomai<\/em>\u00a0is related to\u00a0kollao<\/em>. The prefix\u00a0pros<\/em> means “to” or “toward” but doesn’t change the meaning of the root. It just makes it more emphatic.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question: Is there a difference between “proskollethesetai” vs. “kollomenos”? The first one is in Ephesians 5:31 and the second is I Corinthians 6:16. Answer: The root word is\u00a0kollao, which means “to glue or cement together.” Proskollaomai\u00a0is related to\u00a0kollao. The prefix\u00a0pros means “to” or “toward” but doesn’t change the meaning of the root. It just makes…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[1574],"class_list":["post-33094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-greek-language"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18148,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-is-the-difference-between-happy-and-joy\/","url_meta":{"origin":33094,"position":0},"title":"What is the difference between “happy” and “joy”?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 17, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I can't find a defined difference between happy or happiness and joy or joyfulness in the Bible. 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