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Lexicon :: Strong's G4851 - sympherō

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συμφέρω
Transliteration
sympherō (Key)
Pronunciation
soom-fer'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From σύν (G4862) and φέρω (G5342) (including its alternate)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:69,1252

Strong’s Definitions

†συμφέρω symphérō, soom-fer'-o; from G4862 and G5342 (including its alternate); to bear together (contribute), i.e. (literally) to collect, or (figuratively) to conduce; especially (neuter participle as a noun) advantage:—be better for, bring together, be expedient (for), be good, (be) profit(-able for).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's G4851 in the following manner: be expedient (7x), profit (4x), be profitable (3x), bring together (1x), be better (1x), be good (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's G4851 in the following manner: be expedient (7x), profit (4x), be profitable (3x), bring together (1x), be better (1x), be good (1x).

  1. to bear or bring together

  2. to bear together or at the same time

    1. to carry with others

    2. to collect or contribute in order to help

    3. to help, be profitable, be expedient

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†συμφέρω symphérō, soom-fer'-o; from G4862 and G5342 (including its alternate); to bear together (contribute), i.e. (literally) to collect, or (figuratively) to conduce; especially (neuter participle as a noun) advantage:—be better for, bring together, be expedient (for), be good, (be) profit(-able for).
STRONGS G4851:
συμφέρω; 1 aorist participle συνενέγκαντες (Acts 19:19); from (Homer (in middle)), Aeschylus, Herodotus down; to bear or bring together (Latinconfero), i. e.
1. with a reference to the object, to bring together: τί, Acts 19:19.
2. with a reference to the subject, "to bear together or at the same time; to carry with other's; to collect or contribute in order to help, hence, to help, be profitable, be expedient"; συμφέρει, it is expedient, profitable, and in the same sense with a neuter plural: with the subject πάντα, 1 Corinthians 6:12; 1 Corinthians 10:23; τί τίνι, 2 Corinthians 8:10; with an infinitive of the object (as in Greek writings), Matthew 19:10; 2 Corinthians 12:1 (where L T Tr WH have συμφέρον); with the accusative and infinitive John 18:14; συμφέρει τίνι followed by ἵνα (see ἵνα, II. 2c. (Buttmann, § 139, 45; Winer's Grammar, 337 (316))), Matthew 5:29; Matthew 18:6; John 11:50; John 16:7. τό συμφέρον, that which is profitable (Sophocles, Euripides, Xenophon, Demosthenes, others): 1 Corinthians 12:7; plural (Plato, de rep. 1, p. 341 e.), Acts 20:20; advantage, profit, Hebrews 12:10; τό... σύμφορον τίνος (often in Greek writings) the advantage of one, one's profit, 1 Corinthians 7:35; 1 Corinthians 10:33 (in both passaagaes, L T Tr WH read σύμφορον, which see).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
5:29; 18:6; 19:10
John
11:50; 16:7; 18:14
Acts
19:19; 19:19; 20:20
1 Corinthians
6:12; 7:35; 10:23; 10:33; 12:7
2 Corinthians
8:10; 12:1
Hebrews
12:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4851 matches the Greek συμφέρω (sympherō),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:29 - But if thy right eye be a snare to thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:30 - And if thy right hand be a snare to thee, cut it off and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:6 - But whosoever shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me, it were profitable for him that a great millstone had been hanged upon his neck and he be sunk in the depths of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:10 - His disciples say to him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:50

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:50 - nor consider that it is profitable for you that one man die for the people, and not that the whole nation perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:7 - But I say the truth to you, It is profitable for you that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I go I will send him to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:14 - But it was Caiaphas who counselled the Jews that it was better that one man should perish for the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:19 - And many of those that practised curious arts brought their books of charms and burnt them before all. And they reckoned up the prices of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:20 - how I held back nothing of what is profitable, so as not to announce it to you, and to teach you publicly and in every house,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:12 - All things are lawful to me, but all things do not profit; all things are lawful to me, but *I* will not be brought under the power of any.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:35 - But I say this for your own profit; not that I may set a snare before you, but for what is seemly, and waiting on the Lord without distraction.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:23 - All things are lawful, but all are not profitable; all things are lawful, but all do not edify.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:33 - Even as *I* also please all in all things; not seeking my own profit, but that of the many, that they may be saved.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:7 - But to each the manifestation of the Spirit is given for profit.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:10 - And I give my opinion in this, for this is profitable for you who began before, not only to do, but also to be willing, a year ago.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:1 - Well, it is not of profit to me to boast, for I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:10 - For they indeed chastened for a few days, as seemed good to them; but he for profit, in order to the partaking of his holiness.
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