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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:29 - “Now G1161 if G1487 your right G1188 eye G3788 is causing G4624 you to G4624 sin G4624, tear G1807 it out G1807 and throw G906 it away G575 from you; for it is G4851 better G4851 for you to lose G622 one G1520 of the parts G3196 of your body, [fn]than G2532 G3361 for your whole G3650 body G4983 to be thrown G906 into [fn]hell G1067.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:30 - “And if G1487 your right G1188 hand G5495 is causing G4624 you to G4624 sin G4624, cut G1581 it off G1581 and throw G906 it away G575 from you; for it is G4851 better G4851 for you [fn]to lose one G1520 of the parts G3196 of your body, [fn]than G2532 G3361 for your whole G3650 body G4983 to go G565 into [fn]hell G1067.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:6 - but whoever G3739 G302 causes G4624 one G1520 of these G3778 little G3398 ones G3398 who believe G4100 in Me to G4624 [fn]sin G4624, it is G4851 better G4851 for him that a [fn]heavy G3684 millstone G3458 be hung G2910 around G4012 his neck G5137, and that he be drowned G2670 in the depths G3989 of the sea G2281.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:10 -

The disciples G3101 *said G3004 to Him, “If G1487 the relationship G156 of the man G444 with his wife G1135 is like G3779 this G3779, it is G4851 better G4851 not to marry G1060.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:50 - nor G3761 are you taking G3049 into G3049 account G3049 that it is G4851 in G4851 your best G4851 interest G4851 that one G1520 man G444 die G599 for the people G2992, and that the whole G3650 nation G1484 not perish G622 instead.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:7 - “But I tell G3004 you the truth G225: it is G4851 to G4851 your advantage G4851 that I am leaving G565; for if G1437 I do not leave G565, the [fn]Helper G3875 will not come G2064 to you; but if G1437 I go G4198, I will send G3992 Him to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:14 - Now G1161 Caiaphas G2533 was the one who had advised G4823 the Jews G2453 that it was G4851 in G4851 their best G4851 interest G4851 for one G1520 man G444 to die G599 in behalf G5228 of the people G2992.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:19 - And many G2425 of those G3588 who practiced G4238 magic G4021 brought G4851 their books G976 together G4851 and began burning G2618 them in G1799 the G1799 sight G1799 of G1799 everyone G3956; and they added G4860 up G4860 the prices G5092 of [fn]the books and found G2147 it to be fifty G3461 G4002 thousand G3461 [fn]pieces of silver G694.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:20 - how G5613 I did not shrink G5288 from declaring G312 to you anything G3762 that was G4851 beneficial G4851, and teaching G1321 you publicly G1219 and [fn]from house G3624 to house G3624,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:12 -

All G3956 things G3956 are permitted G1832 for me, but not all G3956 things G3956 are G4851 of G4851 benefit G4851. All G3956 things G3956 are permitted G1832 for me, but I will not be mastered G1850 by anything G5100.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:35 - I say G3004 this G3778 for your own G846 benefit G4851, not to put G1911 a restraint G1029 on G1911 you, but [fn]to promote G4314 what G3588 is appropriate G2158 and to secure undistracted G563 devotion G2145 to the Lord G2962.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:23 -

All G3956 things G3956 are permitted G1832, but not all G3956 things G3956 are G4851 of G4851 benefit G4851. All G3956 things G3956 are permitted G1832, but not all G3956 things G3956 [fn]build G3618 people up G3618.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:33 - just G2531 as G2531 I also G2532 please G700 everyone G3956 in all G3956 things G3956, not seeking G2212 my own G1683 benefit G4851 but the benefit of the many G4183, so G2443 that G2443 they may be saved G4982.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:7 - But to each G1538 one G1538 is given G1325 the manifestation G5321 of the Spirit G4151 for the common G4851 good G4851.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:10 - I give G1325 my opinion G1106 in this G3778 matter, for this G3778 is G4851 to G4851 your advantage G4851, who G3748 were the first G4278 to G4278 begin G4278 a year G4070 ago G4070 not only G3440 to do G4160 this, but also G2532 to desire G2309 to do it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:1 -

Boasting G2744 is necessary G1163, though G3303 it is G4851 not beneficial G4851; but I will go G2064 on to visions G3701 and revelations G602 [fn]of the Lord G2962.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:10 - For they disciplined G3811 us for a short G3641 time G2250 as seemed G1380 best G1380 to them, but He disciplines us for our good G4851, so G1519 that G1519 we may share G3335 His holiness G41.
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