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Lexicon :: Strong's G4851 - sympherō

Aa
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 BoxMat 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:29 - And if your right eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:30 - And if your right hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:6 - But whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him to have a great stone fixed to his neck, and to come to his end in the deep sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:10 - The disciples say to him, If this is the position of a man in relation to his wife, it is better not to be married.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:50

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:50 - You do not see that it is in your interest for one man to be put to death for the people, so that all the nation may not come to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:7 - But what I am saying is true: my going is for your good: for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:14 - It was Caiaphas who had said to the Jews that it was in their interest for one man to be put to death for the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:19 - And a great number of those who were experts in strange arts took their books and put them on the fire in front of everyone: and when the books were valued they came to fifty thousand bits of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:20 - And how I kept back nothing which might be of profit to you, teaching you publicly and privately,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:12 - I am free to do all things; but not all things are wise. I am free to do all things; but I will not let myself come under the power of any.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:35 - Now I say this for your profit; not to make things hard for you, but because of what is right, and so that you may be able to give all your attention to the things of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:23 - We are free to do all things, but there are things which it is not wise to do. We are free to do all things, but not all things are for the common good.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:33 - Even as I give way to all men in all things, not looking for profit for myself, but for the good of others, that they may get salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:7 - But to every man some form of the Spirit's working is given for the common good.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:10 - And in this I give my opinion: for it is to your profit, who were the first to make a start a year before, not only to do this, but to make clear that your minds were more than ready to do it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:1 - As it is necessary for me to take glory to myself, though it is not a good thing, I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:10 - For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is.
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