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Greek verb · G4921

G4921

trans.; Intrans., pf., συνέστηκα (as also 2 aor. and plpf.)

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

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4921is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 6 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 15
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G4921

to set together, i.e. (by implication) to introduce (favorably), or (figuratively) to exhibit; intransitively, to stand near, or (figuratively) to constitute

The King James renders it: approve, commend, consist, make, stand (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

G4921 is rendered "trans.; Intrans., pf., συνέστηκα (as also 2 aor. and plpf.)". It stands 16 times in the Greek text, across six books.

  • Nine of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "trans.".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 9:32Meanwhile Peter and his companions were overcome by sleep, but when they awoke, they saw Jesus’ glory and the two men standing with Him.
  • The Greek text spells it fifteen different ways.

The first use

Meanwhile Peter and his companions were overcome by sleep, but when they awoke, they saw Jesus’ glory and the two men standing with Him.

Luke 9:32συνεστῶτας

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

Where the word stands

Nine of the word's sixteen uses are in 2 Corinthians.

The other 21 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: trans., and Intrans., pf., συνέστηκα (as also 2 aor. and plpf.).

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
trans.__(a) to commend, recommendTagged as
  • commending3
  • are we commending1
  • commends1
  • Demonstrates1
  • I commend1
  • I prove1
  • shows1
  • to commend1

and 3 more, 13 uses in all

WhereRomans 3:5But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God…
Intrans., pf., συνέστηκα (as also 2 aor. and plpf.)__(a) to stand with or nearTagged as
  • already standing with1
  • have held together1
  • having been composed1
WhereLuke 9:32Meanwhile Peter and his companions were overcome by sleep, but when they awoke…

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.

All 16, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

15 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

  • συνίστησιν2
  • συνέστηκεν1
  • συνεστήσατε1
  • συνεστῶσα1
  • συνεστῶτας1
  • συνιστάνειν1
  • συνιστάνομεν1
  • συνιστάνοντες1
  • συνιστανόντων1
  • συνιστάντες1
  • συνιστάνω1
  • συνιστάνων1

and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-PAI-3S
  • verb · present active, indicative · 1st person singular2V-PAI-1S
  • verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural2V-PAP-NPM
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-AAI-2P
  • verb · present active, indicative · 1st person plural1V-PAI-1P
  • verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PAN
  • verb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1V-PAP-GPM
  • verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-PAP-NSM
  • verb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PPN
  • verb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-RAI-3S
  • verb · perfect active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine plural1V-RAP-APM
  • verb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1V-RAP-NSF

Luke

one use
  • Meanwhile Peter and his companions were overcome by sleep, but when they awoke, they saw Jesus’ glory and the two men standing with Him.

    Luke 9:32

    • συνεστῶταςsunestotasverb · perfect active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: already standing with

Romans

three uses
  • But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.

    Romans 3:5

    • συνίστησινsunistesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: shows
  • But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

    Romans 5:8

    • συνίστησινsunistesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Demonstrates
  • I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea.

    Romans 16:1

    • Συνίστημιsunistemiverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I commend

2 Corinthians

nine uses
  • Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?

    2 Corinthians 3:1

    • συνιστάνεινsunistaneinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to commend
  • Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

    2 Corinthians 4:2

    • συνιστάνοντεςsunistanontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: commending
  • We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take pride in appearances rather than in the heart.

    2 Corinthians 5:12

    • συνιστάνομενsunistanomenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: are we commending
  • Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;

    2 Corinthians 6:4

    • συνιστάντεςsunistantesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: we are commending
  • Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

    2 Corinthians 7:11

    • συνεστήσατεsunestesateverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you have proved
  • We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.

    2 Corinthians 10:12

    • συνιστανόντωνsunistanontonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: commending
  • For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.

    2 Corinthians 10:18

    • συνιστάνωνsunistanonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: commending
    • συνίστησιν.¶sunistesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: commends
  • I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

    2 Corinthians 12:11

    • συνίστασθαιsunistasthaiverb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to have been commended

Galatians

one use
  • If I rebuild what I have already torn down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.

    Galatians 2:18

    • συνιστάνωsunistanoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I prove

Colossians

one use
  • He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

    Colossians 1:17

    • συνέστηκενsunestekenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: have held together

2 Peter

one use
  • But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,

    2 Peter 3:5

    • συνεστῶσαsunestosaverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: having been composed

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.

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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