Strong's Lexicon
G4912 — συνέχω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4912 |
|---|---|
| Word: | συνέχω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G4862 and G2192 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 12 |
| Transliteration: | sunecho |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | soon-ekh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to hold together, i.e. to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner) 2. (figuratively) to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy |
| KJV Renderings: | constrain, hold, keep in, press, lie sick of, stop, be in a strait, straiten, be taken with, throng |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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, Act 7:57 (τό στόμα, Isa 52:15; τόν οὐρανόν, to shut, that it may not rain, Deu 11:17; 1Ki 8:35).
b. to press on every side: τινα, Luk 8:45; with πάντοθεν added, of a besieged city, Luk 19:43.
3. to hold completely, i. e.
a. to hold fast : properly, a prisoner, Luk 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, Act 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, Mat 4:24; πυρετῷ, Luk 4:38; δυσεντερίῳ, Act 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, Luk 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, 2Co 5:14 (A. V. constraineth); πῶς (how greatly, how sorely) συνέχομαι, Luk 12:50 (A. V. straitened); τῷ πνεύματι, Act 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), Php 1:23.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
συνέχω (constrain)
Matthew 4:24
- KJV: And his fame went throughout all Syria and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments and those which were possessed with devils and those which were lunatick and those that had the palsy and he healed them
- GK: και απήλθεν η ακοή αυτού εις όλην την Συρίαν και προσήνεγκαν αυτώ πάντας τους κακώς έχοντας ποικίλαις νόσοις και βασάνοις συνεχομένους και δαιμονιζομένους και σεληνιαζομένους και παραλυτικούς και εθεράπευσεν αυτούς
Luke 4:38
- KJV: And he arose out of the synagogue and entered into Simon’s house And Simon’s wife’s mother was taken with a great fever and they besought him for her
- GK: αναστάς δε εκ της συναγωγής εισήλθεν εις την οικίαν Σίμωνος η πενθερά δε του Σίμωνος ην συνεχομένη πυρετώ μεγάλω και ηρώτησαν αυτόν περί αυτής
Luke 8:37
- KJV: Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them for they were taken with great fear and he went up into the ship and returned back again
- GK: και ηρώτησαν αυτόν άπαν το πλήθος της περιχώρου των Γαδαρηνών απελθείν απ΄ αυτών ότι φόβω μεγάλω συνείχοντο αυτός δε εμβάς εις το πλοίον υπέστρεψεν
Luke 8:45
- KJV: And Jesus said Who touched me When all denied Peter and they that were with him said Master the multitude throng thee and press and sayest thou Who touched me
- GK: και είπεν ο Ιησούς τις ο αψάμενός μου αρνουμένων δε πάντων είπεν ο Πέτρος και οι μετ΄ αυτού επιστάτα οι όχλοι συνέχουσί σε και αποθλίβουσι και λέγεις τις ο αψάμενός μου
Luke 12:50
- KJV: But I have a baptism to be baptized with and how am I straitened till it be accomplished
- GK: βάπτισμα δε έχω βαπτισθήναι και πως συνέχομαι έως ου τελεσθή
Luke 19:43
- KJV: For the days shall come upon thee that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee and compass thee round and keep thee in on every side
- GK: ότι ήξουσιν ημέραι επί σε και περιβαλούσιν οι εχθροί σου χάρακά σοι και περικυκλώσουσί σε και συνέξουσί σε πάντοθεν
Luke 22:63
- KJV: And the men that held Jesus mocked him and smote
- GK: και οι άνδρες οι συνέχοντες τον Ιησούν ενέπαιζον αυτώ δέροντες
Acts 7:57
- KJV: Then they cried out with a loud voice stopped their ears and ran upon him with one accord
- GK: κράξαντες δε φωνή μεγάλη συνέσχον τα ώτα αυτών και ώρμησαν ομοθυμαδόν επ΄ αυτόν
Acts 18:5
- KJV: And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia Paul was pressed in the spirit and testified to the Jews Jesus Christ
- GK: ως δε κατήλθον από της Μακεδονίας ο τε Σίλας και οι Τιμόθεος συνείχετο τω πνεύματι ο Παύλος διαμαρτυρόμενος τοις Ιουδαίοις τον χριστόν Ιησούν
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