Word Study · Strong's G4912 · Greek
συνέχω
synecho
soon-ekh'-o
Strong's 1890 spelling: synéchō
“to hold together, i.e. to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to hold together, i.e. to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner); figuratively, to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy
Rendered in the KJV as
constrain, hold, keep in, press, lie sick of, stop, be in a strait, straiten, be taken with, throng.
- 12occurrencesin the New Testament
- 5 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 11inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 11
- συνέχομαι2
- συνείχετο1
- συνείχοντο.¶1
- συνέξουσίν1
- συνέσχον1
- συνέχει1
- συνεχομένη1
- συνεχόμενον1
- συνεχομένους,1
- συνέχοντες1
- συνέχουσίν1
How it is rendered · 12
- are holding1
- compels1
- I am distressed1
- I am pressed1
- oppressed1
- oppressed with1
- oppressing,1
- surround1
- they held1
- they were seized.1
- they will hem in1
- was occupied1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 11
- verb · present passive, statement · 1st person singular2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person plural1
- verb · future active, statement · 3rd person plural1
- verb · imperfect passive, statement · 3rd person plural1
- verb · imperfect passive, statement · 3rd person singular1
- verb · present active, statement · 3rd person plural1
- verb · present active, statement · 3rd person singular1
- verb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1
- verb · present passive, participle (“the one who…”) · accusative (object) · masculine plural1
- verb · present passive, participle (“the one who…”) · accusative (object) · masculine singular1
- verb · present passive, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-PPI-1S · 2
- V-2AAI-3P · 1
- V-FAI-3P · 1
- V-IPI-3P · 1
- V-IPI-3S · 1
- V-PAI-3P · 1
- V-PAI-3S · 1
- V-PAP-NPM · 1
- V-PPP-APM · 1
- V-PPP-ASM · 1
- V-PPP-NSF · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Luke6 of 12 · 50%
- Acts3 of 12 · 25%
- Matthew1 of 12 · 8%
- 2 Corinthians1 of 12 · 8%
- Philippians1 of 12 · 8%
Luke carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Luke6 occurrences
- Luke 4:38συνεχομένηsunechomenēverb · present passive, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · feminine singularAfter Jesus had left the synagogue, He went to the home of Simon, whose mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever. So they appealed to Jesus on her behalf,here: oppressed with
- Luke 8:37συνείχοντο.¶suneichontoverb · imperfect passive, statement · 3rd person pluralThen all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to depart from them, because great fear had taken hold of them. So He got into the boat and started back.here: they were seized.
- Luke 8:45συνέχουσίνsunechousinverb · present active, statement · 3rd person plural“Who touched Me?” Jesus asked. But they all denied it. “Master,” said Peter, “the people are crowding and pressing against You.”here: surround
- Luke 12:50συνέχομαιsunechomaiverb · present passive, statement · 1st person singularBut I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!here: I am distressed
- Luke 19:43συνέξουσίνsunexousinverb · future active, statement · 3rd person pluralFor the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.here: they will hem in
- Luke 22:63συνέχοντεςsunechontesverb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralThe men who were holding Jesus began to mock Him and beat Him.here: are holding
Acts3 occurrences
- Acts 7:57συνέσχονsuneschonverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person pluralAt this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him.here: they held
- Acts 18:5συνείχετοsuneichetoverb · imperfect passive, statement · 3rd person singularAnd when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.here: was occupied
- Acts 28:8συνεχόμενονsunechomenonverb · present passive, participle (“the one who…”) · accusative (object) · masculine singularThe father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man.here: oppressed