Greek noun (feminine) · G4907
σύνεσις
synesissoon'-es-is
a running or flowing together (Hom.).; (a) understanding
7 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: sýnesis
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4907is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4907
a mental putting together, i.e. intelligence or (concretely) the intellect
The King James renders it: knowledge, understanding.
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
synesis is rendered "a running or flowing together (Hom.).; (a) understanding". It stands 7 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Two of the uses stand in Colossians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a running or flowing together (Hom.).".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Mark 12:33and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, which is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, which is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
Mark 12:33συνέσεως
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's seven uses are in Colossians.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: a running or flowing together (Hom.)., and (a) understanding.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a running or flowing together (Hom.). | Tagged as
| WhereMark 12:33and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength… |
| (a) understandingLuk.2:47, 1Co.1:19" (LXX), Eph.3:4, Col.1:9 2:2, 2Ti.2:7 __(b) the understanding, the mind or intelligence | Tagged as
| WhereMark 12:33and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength… |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| συνείδησις | syneidesis | conscience | Uses30 |
| συνέρχομαι | synerchomai | to assemble | Uses30 |
| συνέδριον | synedrion | council | Uses22 |
| συνεργός | synergos | co-worker | Uses13 |
| συνέχω | synecho | to hold/oppress | Uses12 |
| συνευδοκέω | syneudokeo | to agree to | Uses6 |
| συνεσθίω | synesthio | to eat with | Uses5 |
| συνετός | synetos | intelligent | Uses4 |
| συνεργέω | synergeo | to work with | Uses4 |
| συνείδω | syneido | be aware | Uses3 |
| συνεγείρω | synegeiro | to raise up with | Uses3 |
| σύνειμι | syneimi | be with | Uses2 |
and 9 more on the stem.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 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
- συνέσει2
- συνέσεως2
- σύνεσιν2
- σύνεσίν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular3N-ASF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular2N-DSF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular2N-GSF
Mark
one use
and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, which is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
- συνέσεωςsuneseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: understanding
Luke
one use
And all who heard Him were astounded at His understanding and His answers.
- συνέσειsuneseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: understanding
1 Corinthians
one use
For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
- σύνεσινsunesinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: intelligence
Ephesians
one use
In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,
- σύνεσίνsunesinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: insight
Colossians
two uses
For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
- συνέσειsuneseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: in understanding
that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,
- συνέσεωςsuneseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of understanding
2 Timothy
one use
Consider what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all things.
- σύνεσινsunesinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: understanding
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.