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Lexicon :: Strong's G4912 - synechō

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συνέχω
Transliteration
synechō (Key)
Pronunciation
soon-ekh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:877,1117

Strong’s Definitions

συνέχω synéchō, soon-ekh'-o; from G4862 and G2192; to hold together, i.e. to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner); figuratively, to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy:—constrain, hold, keep in, press, lie sick of, stop, be in a strait, straiten, be taken with, throng.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G4912 in the following manner: be taken with (3x), throng (1x), straiten (1x), keep in (1x), hold (1x), stop (1x), press (1x), lie sick of (1x), constrain (1x), be in a strait (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G4912 in the following manner: be taken with (3x), throng (1x), straiten (1x), keep in (1x), hold (1x), stop (1x), press (1x), lie sick of (1x), constrain (1x), be in a strait (1x).

  1. to hold together

    1. any whole, lest it fall to pieces or something fall away from it

  2. to hold together with constraint, to compress

    1. to press together with the hand

      1. to hold one's ears, to shut the heavens that it may not rain

    2. to press on every side

      1. of a besieged city

      2. of a strait, that forces a ship into a narrow channel

      3. of a cattle squeeze, that pushing in on each side, forcing the beast into a position where it cannot move so the farmer can administer medication

  3. to hold completely

    1. to hold fast

      1. of a prisoner

    2. metaph.

      1. to be held by, closely occupied with any business

      2. in teaching the word

      3. to constrain, oppress, of ills laying hold of one and distressing him

      4. to be held with, afflicted with, suffering from

      5. to urge, impel

        1. of the soul

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
συνέχω synéchō, soon-ekh'-o; from G4862 and G2192; to hold together, i.e. to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner); figuratively, to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy:—constrain, hold, keep in, press, lie sick of, stop, be in a strait, straiten, be taken with, throng.
STRONGS G4912:
συνέχω; future συνεξω; 2 aorist συνέσχον; passive present συνέχομαι; imperfect συνειχομην; from Homer down;
1. to hold together; any whole, lest it fall to pieces or something fall away from it: τό συνέχον τά πάντα, the deity as holding all things together, Wis. 1:7 (see Grimm at the passage).
2. to hold together with constraint, to compress, i. e.,
a. to press together with the hand: τά ὦτα, to stop the ears, Acts 7:57 (τό στόμα, Isaiah 52:15; τόν οὐρανόν, to shut, that it may not rain, Deuteronomy 11:17; 1 Kings 8:35).
b. to press on every side: τινα, Luke 8:45; with πάντοθεν added, of a besieged city, Luke 19:43.
3. to hold completely, i. e.
α. to hold fast : properly, a prisoner, Luke 22:63 (τά αἰχμάλωτα, Lucian, Tox. 39); metaphorically, in the passive, to be held by, closely occupied with, any business (Wis. 17:19 (20); Herodian, 1, 17, 22 (9 edition, Bekker); Aelian v. h. 14, 22): τῷ λόγῳ, in teaching the word, Acts 18:5 G L T Tr WH (here R. V. constrained by).
β. to constrain, oppress, of ills laying hold of one and distressing him; passive, to be holden with equivalent to afflicted with, suffering from": νόσοις, Matthew 4:24; πυρετῷ, Luke 4:38; δυσεντερίῳ, Acts 28:8 (many examples from Greek writings from Aeschylus and Herodotus down are given in Passow, under the word συνέχω, I. a.; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, I. 4)); of affections of the mind: φόβῳ, Luke 8:37 (ὀδύρμω, Aelian v. h. 14, 22; ἀλγηδονι, Plutarch, de fluv. 2, 1; ἀθυμία, ibid. 7, 5; 19, 1; λύπη, 17, 3; for other examples see Grimm on Wis. 17:10).
γ. to urge, impel: tropically, the soul, ἡ ἀγάπη... συνέχει ἡμᾶς, 2 Corinthians 5:14 (A. V. constraineth); πῶς (how greatly, how sorely) συνέχομαι, Luke 12:50 (A. V. straitened); τῷ πνεύματι, Acts 18:5 Rec. συνέχομαι ἐκ τῶν δύο, I am hard pressed on both sides, my mind is impelled or disturbed from each side (R. V. I am in a strait betwixt the two), Philippians 1:23.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
11:17
1 Kings
8:35
Isaiah
52:15
Matthew
4:24
Luke
4:38; 8:37; 8:45; 12:50; 19:43; 22:63
Acts
7:57; 18:5; 18:5; 28:8
2 Corinthians
5:14
Philippians
1:23

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4912 matches the Greek συνέχω (synechō),
which occurs 41 times in 41 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:2 - And the fountains of the deep were closed up, and the flood-gates of heaven, and the rain from heaven was withheld.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:3 - And the five curtains shall be joined one to another, and the other five curtains shall be closely connected the one with the other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:7 - [fn]It shall have two shoulder-pieces joined together, fastened on the two sides.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:4 - (LXX 36:11) shoulder-pieces joined from both sides, a work woven by mutual twisting of the parts into [fn]one another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:21 - (LXX 36:28) And he fastened the oracle by the rings that were on it to the rings of the ephod, which were fastened with a string of blue, joined together with the woven work of the ephod; that the oracle should not be loosed from the ephod, as the Lord commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:17 - and the Lord be angry with you, and restrain the heaven; and there shall not be rain, and the earth shall not yield its fruit, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land, which the Lord has given you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:6 - And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armour, Come, let us go over to [fn]Messab of these uncircumcised, if peradventure the Lord may do something for us; for the Lord is not straitened to save by many or by few.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:7 - (LXX 21:8) And there was there on that day one of Saul's servants [fn]detained before the Lord, and his name was Doec the Syrian, tending the mules of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:8 - And Saul charged all the people to go down to war to Keila, to besiege David and his men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:3 - And David went into his house at Jerusalem: and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and he put them in a place of custody, and maintained them, and went not in to them; and they were kept living as widows, till the day of their death.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:21 - And Orna said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? and David said, To buy of thee the threshing-floor, in order to build an altar to the Lord, that the plague may be restrained from off the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:25 - And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered up whole-burnt-offerings and peace-offerings: and Solomon made an addition to the altar afterwards, for it was little at first. And the Lord hearkened to the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:10 - And he made the partitions through all the house, each five cubits high, and enclosed each partition with cedar boards.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:15 - And he framed the walls of the house within with cedar boards, from the floor of the house and on to the inner walls and to the beams: he lined the parts enclosed with boards within, and compassed the inward parts of the house with planks of fir.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:35 - When the heaven is restrained, and there is no rain, because they shall sin against thee, and they shall pray toward this place, and shall make confession to thy name, and shall turn from their sins when thou shalt have humbled them,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:21 - (LXX 20:21) behold, I bring [fn]evil upon thee: and I will kindle a fire after thee, and I will utterly destroy every male of Achaab, and him that is shut up and him that is left in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:8 - and at the hand of the whole house of Achaab: and thou shalt utterly cut off from the house of Achaab every male, and him that is shut up and left in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26 - For the Lord saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter, and that they were few in number, straitened and in want, and [fn]destitute, and Israel had no helper.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:1 - And these are they that came to Sikelag, when he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kis; and these were among the mighty, aiding him in war,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:26 - When heaven is restrained, and there is no rain, because they shall have sinned against thee, and when they shall pray towards this place, and praise thy name, and shall turn from their sins, because thou shalt afflict them;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:13 - If I should restrain the heaven and there should be no rain, and if I should command the locust to devour the trees, and if I should send pestilence upon my people;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:10 - And I came into the house of Semei the son of Dalaia the Son of Metabeel, and he was shut up; and he said, Let us assemble together in the house of God, in the midst of it, and let us shut the doors of it; for they are coming by night to slay thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:9 - And when much time had passed, his wife said to him, How long wilt thou hold out, saying, (LXX 2:9a) Behold, I wait yet a little while, expecting the hope of my deliverance? (2:9b) for, behold, thy memorial is abolished from the earth, even thy sons and daughters, the pangs and pains of my womb which I bore in vain with sorrows; (2:9c) and thou thyself sittest down to spend the nights in the open air among the corruption of worms, (2:9d) and I am a wanderer and a servant from place to place and house to house, waiting for the setting of the sun, that I may rest from my labours and my pangs which now beset me: (2:9e) but say some word against the Lord, and die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:24 - For my groaning comes before my food, and I weep being beset with terror.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:11 - Then neither will I refrain my mouth: I will speak being in distress; being in anguish I will disclose the bitterness of my soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:1 - Weary in my soul, I will pour my words with groans upon him: I will speak being straitened in the bitterness of my soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:13 - though he will not spare it, and will not leave it, but will keep it in the midst of his throat:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:23 - For the fear of the Lord constrained me, and I cannot bear up by reason of his burden.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:14 - For if he would confine, and restrain his spirit with himself;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:8 - But they that are bound in fetters shall be holden in cords of poverty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:2 - Who is this that hides counsel from me, and confines words in his heart, and thinks to conceal them from me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:17 - (LXX 41:9) They will remain united each to the other: they are closely joined, and cannot be separated.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:15 - (LXX 68:16) Let not the waterflood drown me, nor let the deep swallow me up; neither let the well shut its mouth upon me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:9 - (LXX 76:10) Will God forget to pity? or will he shut up his compassions in his wrath? Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:20 - Be not intimate with a strange woman, neither fold thyself in the arms of a woman not thine own.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:15 - Thus shall many nations wonder at him; and kings shall keep their mouths shut: [fn] for they to whom no report was brought concerning him, shall see; and they who have not heard, shall consider.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:13 - For my people has committed two faults, and evil ones: they have forsaken me, the fountain of water of life, and hewn out for themselves broken cisterns, which will not be able to hold water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:9 - My heart is broken within me; all my bones are shaken: I am become as a broken-down man, and as a man overcome with wine, because of the Lord, and because of the excellence of his glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:22 - Now the hand of the Lord had come upon me in the evening, before he came; and he opened my mouth, when he came to me in the morning: and my mouth was open, it was no longer kept closed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:8 - when they set my door-way by their door-way, and my thresholds near to their thresholds: and they made my wall as it were joining myself and them, and they profaned my holy name with their iniquities which they wrought: and I destroyed them in my wrath and with slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:18 - Who is a God like thee, cancelling iniquities, and passing over the sins of the remnant of his inheritance? and he has not kept his anger for a testimony, for he delights in mercy.
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