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Greek verb · G4841

συμπάσχω

sympaschosoom-pas'-kho

to suffer together or with; to sympathize with (Plat., Arist.).†

2 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: sympáschō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4841is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 2 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 2
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G4841

to experience pain jointly or of the same kind (specially, persecution; to "sympathize")

The King James renders it: suffer with.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

sympascho is rendered "to suffer together or with; to sympathize with (Plat., Arist.).†". It stands 2 times in the Greek text, across two books.

  • One of the uses stand in Romans, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to suffer together or with".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Romans 8:17And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
  • The Greek text spells it two different ways.

The first use

And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.

Romans 8:17συμπάσχομεν

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

One of the word's two uses is in Romans.

The other 25 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to suffer together or with, and to sympathize with (Plat., Arist.).†.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
to suffer together or withRom.8:17, 1Co.12:28.Tagged as
  • suffer with1
  • we suffer with1
WhereRomans 8:17And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we…
to sympathize with (Plat., Arist.).†Tagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

συμπνίγωsympnigoto chokeUses5
συμπορεύομαιsymporeuomaito go withUses4
συμπαραλαμβάνωsymparalambanoto take along withUses4
συμπληρόωsymplerooto (ful)fillUses3
συμπαθέωsympatheoto sympathizeUses2
συμπέμπωsympempoto send withUses2
συμπόσιονsymposioncommon mealUses2
συμπίνωsympinoto drink withUses1
συμπαθήςsympathessympatheticUses1
συμπάρειμιsympareimibe present withUses1
συμπολίτηςsympolitesfellow citizenUses1
συμπαρακαλέωsymparakaleoto encourageUses1

and 4 more on the stem.

All 2, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

2 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • συμπάσχει1
  • συμπάσχομεν1

The grammar of each form

  • verb · present active, indicative · 1st person plural1V-PAI-1P
  • verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PAI-3S

Romans

one use
  • And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.

    Romans 8:17

    • συμπάσχομενsumpaschomenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we suffer with

1 Corinthians

one use
  • If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

    1 Corinthians 12:26

    • συμπάσχειsumpascheiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: suffer with

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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