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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).
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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:29 - If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:30 - If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into hell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:6 - "But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the open sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:10 - The disciples said to him, "If this is the case of a husband with a wife, it is better not to marry!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:50

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:50 - You do not realize that it is more to your advantage to have one man die for the people than for the whole nation to perish."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:7 - But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate 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 - (Now it was Caiaphas who had advised the Jewish leaders that it was to their advantage that one man die for the people.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:19 - Large numbers of those who had practiced magic collected their books and burned them up in the presence of everyone. When the value of the books was added up, it was found to total fifty thousand silver coins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:20 - You know that I did not hold back from proclaiming to you anything that would be helpful, and from teaching you publicly and from house to house,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:12 - "All things are lawful for me" - but not everything is beneficial. "All things are lawful for me" - but I will not be controlled by anything.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:35 - I am saying this for your benefit, not to place a limitation on you, but so that without distraction you may give notable and constant service to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:23 - "Everything is lawful," but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is lawful," but not everything builds others up.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:33 - just as I also try to please everyone in all things. I do not seek my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:7 - To each person the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the benefit of all.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:10 - So here is my opinion on this matter: It is to your advantage, since you made a good start last year both in your giving and your desire to give,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:1 - It is necessary to go on boasting. Though it is not profitable, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:10 - For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness.
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