Greek verb · G4851
συμφέρω
sympherosoom-fer'-o
trans. to bring together; Intrans., and mostly impers., συμφέρει
17 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: symphérō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4851is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4851
to bear together (contribute), i.e. (literally) to collect, or (figuratively) to conduce; especially (neuter participle as a noun) advantage
The King James renders it: be better for, bring together, be expedient (for), be good, (be) profit(-able for).
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
symphero is rendered "trans. to bring together; Intrans., and mostly impers., συμφέρει". It stands 17 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Five of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "trans. to bring together".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 5:29If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
Matthew 5:29συμφέρει
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's seventeen uses are in 1 Corinthians.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: trans. to bring together, and Intrans., and mostly impers., συμφέρει.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| trans. to bring togetherwith accusative of thing(s), Act.19:19. | Tagged as
| WhereActs 19:19And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front… |
| Intrans., and mostly impers., συμφέρειit is expedient, profitable or an advantage | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 5:29If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away… |
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| συμφωνέω | symphoneo | to agree with | Uses6 |
| συμφύω | symphyo | to grow with | Uses1 |
| σύμφημι | symphemi | to agree | Uses1 |
| σύμφυτος | symphytos | united | Uses1 |
| συμφωνία | symphonia | music | Uses1 |
| σύμφωνος | symphonos | mutual consent | Uses1 |
| συμφυλέτης | symphyletes | fellow countryman | Uses1 |
| συμφώνησις | symphonesis | harmony | Uses1 |
All 17, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 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
- συμφέρει10
- συμφέρον3
- σύμφορον2
- συμφερόντων1
- συνενέγκαντες1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular10V-PAI-3S
- verb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular2V-PAP-ASM
- verb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singular2V-PAP-ASN
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-2AAP-NPM
- verb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural1V-PAP-GPN
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1V-PAP-NSN
Matthew
four uses
If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
- συμφέρειsumphereiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it is better
And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to depart into hell.
- συμφέρειsumphereiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it is better
But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
- συμφέρειsumphereiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it is better
His disciples said to Him, “If this is the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry.”
- συμφέρειsumphereiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it is better
John
three uses
You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
- συμφέρειsumphereiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it is profitable
But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.
- συμφέρειsumphereiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it is profitable
Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be better if one man died for the people.
- συμφέρειsumphereiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it is profitable
Acts
two uses
And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.
- συνενέγκαντεςsunenegkantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having brought together
I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,
- συμφερόντωνsumpherontonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: being profitable
1 Corinthians
five uses
“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.
- συμφέρειsumphereiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: do profit
I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but in order to promote proper decorum and undivided devotion to the Lord.
- σύμφορονsumphoronverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: benefit
“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.
- συμφέρειsumphereiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: are profitable
as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.
- σύμφορονsumphoronverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: profiting
Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.
- συμφέρονsumpheronverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: common profiting
2 Corinthians
two uses
And this is my opinion about what is helpful for you in this matter: Last year you were the first not only to give, but even to have such a desire.
- συμφέρειsumphereiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is profitable
I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to gain, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.
- συμφέρονsumpheronverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: is it profitable
Hebrews
one use
Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.
- συμφέρονsumpheronverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: is benefitting
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.