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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 BoxMat 5:30 - 'And, if thy right hand doth cause thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna.

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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 with the woman is so, it is not good to marry.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:50

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:50 - nor reason that it is good for us that one man may die for the people, and not the whole nation perish.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:7 - 'But I tell you the truth; it is better for you that I go away, for if I may not go away, the Comforter will not come unto you, and if I go on, I will send Him unto you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:14 - and Caiaphas was he who gave counsel to the Jews, that it is good for one man to perish for the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:19 - and many of those who had practised the curious arts, having brought the books together, were burning them before all; and they reckoned together the prices of them, and found it five myriads of silverlings;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:20 - how nothing I did keep back of what things are profitable, not to declare 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 are not profitable; all things are lawful to me, but I -- I will not be under authority by any;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:35 - And this for your own profit I say: not that I may cast a noose upon you, but for the seemliness and devotedness to the Lord, undistractedly,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:23 - All things to me are lawful, but all things are not profitable; all things to me are lawful, but all things do not build up;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:33

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:7 - And to each hath been given the manifestation of the Spirit for profit;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:10 - and an opinion in this do I give: for this to you is expedient, who not only to do, but also to will, did begin before -- a year ago,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:1 - To boast, really, is not profitable for me, 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, for a few days, according to what seemed good to them, were chastening, but He for profit, to be partakers of His separation;
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