kampto describes bending the knee, whether in personal address, refusal of homage, or the universal bowing portrayed in Scripture.

The four occurrences consistently depict bending the knee: personally before the Father, in refusal to bow to Baal, and in declarations that every knee will bend or bow. The evidence supports a single attested use rather than separate lexical senses.

1. Bending the knee in address or homage · dominant

   In Ephesians 3:14, the first-person present active form occurs in the clause that the speaker bends his knees to the Father. Romans 11:4 uses a third-person aorist active plural form for men who have not bowed a knee to Baal, while Philippians 2:10 and Romans 14:11 portray every knee bending or bowing in the stated declarations.

   Ephesians 3:14Philippians 2:10Romans 11:4Romans 14:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB renders the action with “bend” in Ephesians 3:14 and Philippians 2:10, and with “bowed” or “bow” in Romans 11:4 and Romans 14:11. These are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.