Strong G4793συγκρίνω
to compare
- Transliteration
- sugkrinō
- Pronunciation
- soong-kree'-no
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
συν-κρίνω (Rec. συγκ-)
[in LXX chiefly for פָּתַר;]
1. to compound, combine: 1Co.2:13, R, mg.1 (Lft., Notes, 180 f.).
2. In Arist. and later writers (Wis.7:29, a1.) = παραβάλλω, to compare: 1Co, l.with, R, txt. (Field, Notes, 168), 2Co.10:12
3. In LXX, of dreams, to interpret (Gen.40:8, 1Co, l.with, R, mg. 2 (but see reff. supr.).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for פָּתַר;]
1. to compound, combine: 1Co.2:13, R, mg.1 (Lft., Notes, 180 f.).
2. In Arist. and later writers (Wis.7:29, a1.) = παραβάλλω, to compare: 1Co, l.with, R, txt. (Field, Notes, 168), 2Co.10:12
3. In LXX, of dreams, to interpret (Gen.40:8, 1Co, l.with, R, mg. 2 (but see reff. supr.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4793 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- compare2
First verses
- 1 Corinthians 2:13Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
- 2 Corinthians 10:12For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
συγκρίνω [ῑ],
bring into combination or aggregation, opposed to διακρίνω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus cited in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 985a24, compare 984a10, 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus [245])]; σ. [τὴν ὄψιν] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 67d, compare 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 101c)]; τὰ συγκρινόμενα bodies which are formed by combination, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus 4, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 72c, “Prm.” 157a; συνεκρίθη, συνέστη 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 6.2.25)]; συγκρίνεσθαι εἰς ὕδωρ, of vapour, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 370a30, compare 350a13)]; ἐξ οὗ συνεκρίθη of which it was formed, [Refs (Placit. 5.3.1(nisi to be read ἀπεκρίθη).)]
2 combine, συγκρινόμενος τούτοις καὶ ὁ Ἑρμῆς [Refs (“Cat.Codex Astr.” 2.164.)]
II compare, τι πρός τι [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1368a21, “Pol.” 1295a27, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 1.8.2, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 109; κάλυκας βάτῳ “Anthologia Graeca” 12.204 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus); ἑαυτόν τινι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “C. Gracchus” 4, cf. NT.2Cor.10.12; σ. τι ἐκ παραθέσεως 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.9.1)]; σ. τὰ λεγόμενα compare and examine them, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 14.3.7, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1165a32)]; μή με τάφῳ σύγκρινε do not measure, estimate me by my tomb, [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.137)]:—passive, ὁ Ἐπικούρου βίος τοῖς τῶν ἄλλων -όμενος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Gnomologium Vaticanum - Kleine Schriften” 36)]:—middle, measure oneself with another, strive or contend, τινι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.14; εἰς ἅμιλλαν [prev. author] 1.58)]; a usage censured by [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sol.” 5, 13th-14th c.AD: Thomas Magister Grammaticus p.345 R.)]
III interpret, τὰ λεγόμενα [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 14.3.7, cf. NT.1Cor.2.13)]; especially σ. ἐνύπνια interpret dreams, [LXX (LXX.Gen.40.8, +others)]
IV decree, ζημίας, ἧς ἂν ὁ στρατηγὸς συγκρίνῃ [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 3p.69 (3rd c.BC),compare “PCair.Zen.” 355.102, +others (3rd c.BC))]; decide, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 371.14 (3rd c.BC))]; τί ποιήσωσιν [LXX+2nd c.BC+ (LXX.Num.15.34; ἐν τόπῳ ὃν ἂν -κρίνῃ ὁ ἀρχιτέκτων “Inscription Prien.” 119.25 (1st c.BC); also εἰς ὃν ἂν σ. τ. ὁ ἀ. [prev. work]107.44 (2nd c.BC))]; give judgement, with infinitive, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PEnteux.” 62.11 (3rd c.BC), “PFay.” 12.30 (2nd c.BC))]:—passive, ἐπιτελέσαι καθότι συγκέκριται [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1827.13 (1st c.BC))]; τῶν συγκεκριμένων ἀπαιτεῖν α (ἔτους) ἐκφόριον the lands for which it has been decided to demand one year's rent, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 61 (b). 1 (2nd c.BC))]; ἡ συγκριθησομένη τροφή which shall be adjudged, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“OGI” 56.71 (Canopus, 3rd c.BC))]; ὅσον ἂν συγκριθῇ ἱκανὸν εἶναι δίδοσθαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Sammelb.” 7450.11 (3rd c.BC).)]
bring into combination or aggregation, opposed to διακρίνω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus cited in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 985a24, compare 984a10, 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus [245])]; σ. [τὴν ὄψιν] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 67d, compare 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 101c)]; τὰ συγκρινόμενα bodies which are formed by combination, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus 4, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 72c, “Prm.” 157a; συνεκρίθη, συνέστη 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 6.2.25)]; συγκρίνεσθαι εἰς ὕδωρ, of vapour, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 370a30, compare 350a13)]; ἐξ οὗ συνεκρίθη of which it was formed, [Refs (Placit. 5.3.1(nisi to be read ἀπεκρίθη).)]
2 combine, συγκρινόμενος τούτοις καὶ ὁ Ἑρμῆς [Refs (“Cat.Codex Astr.” 2.164.)]
II compare, τι πρός τι [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1368a21, “Pol.” 1295a27, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 1.8.2, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 109; κάλυκας βάτῳ “Anthologia Graeca” 12.204 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus); ἑαυτόν τινι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “C. Gracchus” 4, cf. NT.2Cor.10.12; σ. τι ἐκ παραθέσεως 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.9.1)]; σ. τὰ λεγόμενα compare and examine them, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 14.3.7, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1165a32)]; μή με τάφῳ σύγκρινε do not measure, estimate me by my tomb, [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.137)]:—passive, ὁ Ἐπικούρου βίος τοῖς τῶν ἄλλων -όμενος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Gnomologium Vaticanum - Kleine Schriften” 36)]:—middle, measure oneself with another, strive or contend, τινι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.14; εἰς ἅμιλλαν [prev. author] 1.58)]; a usage censured by [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sol.” 5, 13th-14th c.AD: Thomas Magister Grammaticus p.345 R.)]
III interpret, τὰ λεγόμενα [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 14.3.7, cf. NT.1Cor.2.13)]; especially σ. ἐνύπνια interpret dreams, [LXX (LXX.Gen.40.8, +others)]
IV decree, ζημίας, ἧς ἂν ὁ στρατηγὸς συγκρίνῃ [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 3p.69 (3rd c.BC),compare “PCair.Zen.” 355.102, +others (3rd c.BC))]; decide, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 371.14 (3rd c.BC))]; τί ποιήσωσιν [LXX+2nd c.BC+ (LXX.Num.15.34; ἐν τόπῳ ὃν ἂν -κρίνῃ ὁ ἀρχιτέκτων “Inscription Prien.” 119.25 (1st c.BC); also εἰς ὃν ἂν σ. τ. ὁ ἀ. [prev. work]107.44 (2nd c.BC))]; give judgement, with infinitive, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PEnteux.” 62.11 (3rd c.BC), “PFay.” 12.30 (2nd c.BC))]:—passive, ἐπιτελέσαι καθότι συγκέκριται [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1827.13 (1st c.BC))]; τῶν συγκεκριμένων ἀπαιτεῖν α (ἔτους) ἐκφόριον the lands for which it has been decided to demand one year's rent, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 61 (b). 1 (2nd c.BC))]; ἡ συγκριθησομένη τροφή which shall be adjudged, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“OGI” 56.71 (Canopus, 3rd c.BC))]; ὅσον ἂν συγκριθῇ ἱκανὸν εἶναι δίδοσθαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Sammelb.” 7450.11 (3rd c.BC).)]