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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 - quod si oculus tuus dexter scandalizat te erue eum et proice abs te expedit enim tibi ut pereat unum membrorum tuorum quam totum corpus tuum mittatur in gehennam

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:30 - et si dextera manus tua scandalizat te abscide eam et proice abs te expedit tibi ut pereat unum membrorum tuorum quam totum corpus tuum eat in gehennam

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:6 - qui autem scandalizaverit unum de pusillis istis qui in me credunt expedit ei ut suspendatur mola asinaria in collo eius et demergatur in profundum maris

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:10 - dicunt ei discipuli eius si ita est causa homini cum uxore non expedit nubere

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:50

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:50 - nec cogitatis quia expedit nobis ut unus moriatur homo pro populo et non tota gens pereat

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:7 - sed ego veritatem dico vobis expedit vobis ut ego vadam si enim non abiero paracletus non veniet ad vos si autem abiero mittam eum ad vos

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:14 - erat autem Caiaphas qui consilium dederat Iudaeis quia expedit unum hominem mori pro populo

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:19 - multi autem ex his qui fuerant curiosa sectati contulerunt libros et conbuserunt coram omnibus et conputatis pretiis illorum invenerunt pecuniam denariorum quinquaginta milium

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:20 - quomodo nihil subtraxerim utilium quo minus adnuntiarem vobis et docerem vos publice et per domos

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:12 - omnia mihi licent sed non omnia expediunt omnia mihi licent sed ego sub nullius redigar potestate

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:35 - porro hoc ad utilitatem vestram dico non ut laqueum vobis iniciam sed ad id quod honestum est et quod facultatem praebeat sine inpedimento Dominum observandi

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:23 - omnia licent sed non omnia aedificant

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:33 - sicut et ego per omnia omnibus placeo non quaerens quod mihi utile est sed quod multis ut salvi fiant

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:7 - unicuique autem datur manifestatio Spiritus ad utilitatem

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:10 - et consilium in hoc do hoc enim vobis utile est qui non solum facere sed et velle coepistis ab anno priore

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:1 - si gloriari oportet non expedit quidem veniam autem ad visiones et revelationes Domini

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:10 - et illi quidem in tempore paucorum dierum secundum voluntatem suam erudiebant nos hic autem ad id quod utile est in recipiendo sanctificationem eius
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