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Strong G4851συμφέρω

be profitable

Transliteration
sumpherō
Pronunciation
soom-fer'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G4862 and G5342 (including its alternate); to bear together (contribute) that is (literally) to collect or (figuratively) to conduce; especially (neuter participle as noun) advantage: - be better for bring together be expedient (for) be good (be) profit (-able for).

Detailed definition

συμ-φέρω
[in LXX: Jer.33:14 (טוֹב), Pro.19:10 (נָאוֶה), Sir.30:19, al.;]
1. trans. to bring together: with accusative of thing(s), Act.19:19.

2. Intrans., and mostly impers., συμφέρει, it is expedient, profitable or an advantage: 1Co.6:12 10:23, 2Co.8:10; with inf. (M, Pr., 210), Mat.19:10, Jhn.18:14; with dative, before ἵνα (Bl., § 69, 5), Mat.5:29-30 18:6, Jhn.11:50 16:7. Ptcp., ςυμφέρων, profitable: 1Co.12:7; pl., Act.20:20; (οὐ σ. sc. ἐστιν; = οὐ συμφέρει; cf. Thuc., iii, 44, 2), 2Co.12:1; as subst., τὸ σ., profit, Heb.12:10.†
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In the Bible

Strong G4851 appears in 17 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • be7
  • expedient7
  • profit4
  • bring1
  • good1
  • profitable1
  • together1

First verses

  1. Matthew 5:29
    And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
  2. Matthew 5:30
    And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
  3. Matthew 18:6
    But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
  4. Matthew 19:10
    His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
  5. John 11:50
    Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
  6. John 16:7
    Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
  7. John 18:14
    Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
  8. Acts 19:19
    Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
  9. Acts 20:20
    And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,
  10. 1 Corinthians 6:12
    All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
  11. 1 Corinthians 7:35
    And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
  12. 1 Corinthians 10:23
    All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
  13. 1 Corinthians 10:33
    Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
  14. 1 Corinthians 12:7
    But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
  15. 2 Corinthians 8:10
    And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.
  16. 2 Corinthians 12:1
    It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
  17. Hebrews 12:10
    For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
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συμφέρω,
future συνοίσω [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 510)]: aorist 1 συνήνεγκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 488)], Ionic dialect -ήνεικα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.152)]: aorist 2 συνήνεγκον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.51)]: perfect συνενήνοχα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.198.)]
A active
I bring together, gather, collect, τὰ κακὰ ἐς μέσον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.152; τάλαντα ἐς τὠυτό [prev. author] 3.92, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.74)]; δαπάνην σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.99)]; especially of dead bodies, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.4.9, 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 45 codices)]
I.2 bring together, contribute, βουλεύματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 528; ἐκ πάντων γόους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus [same place])]; πολλοὶ πολλὰ συνενηνόχασι μέρη [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 183b33)]:—middle, of a river, Φάσιδι σ. ῥόον [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.134.)]
I.3 bring into conflict, πολεμίους θεούς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 510)]; give battle, συνοίσομεν ὀξὺν Ἄρηα [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Tyrtaeus Elegiacus 1.40 Diehl: see below 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1.2.)]
I.4 bear along with or together, ὁ ἵππος ὅπλον σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.3.13)]; ἐγώ σοι ξυμφέρω (i.e. τὴν παμπησίαν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 869)]; bring with, λύχνον.. παῖς μοι συμφέρει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 35.8)]; of sufferings, labours, and the like, bear jointly, help to bear, ξυνοίσω πᾶν ὅσονπερ ἂν σθένω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 946; σ. κακά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1366; πένθος τινί [prev. author] Alcaeus370; τὰς τούτων ἁμαρτίας 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator)]
I.3 [Refs (2.11: hence,)]suffer, bear with, indulge, ὀργὰς ξυνοίσω σοι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 848.)]
II intransitive, confer a benefit, be useful or profitable, οὔ οἱ συνήνεικε τὸ ἔχθος did not do him any good, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.37; τὸ καὶ συνήνεικε ποιησάσῃ [prev. author] 8.87; καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 753, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 252; τοῦτο σ. τῷ βίῳ [prev. author] “Pl.” 38)]; ἅπαντ᾽ ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον ξ. turn out for the best, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ec.” 475; σῖτον.. καὶ οἶνον.. καὶ εἴ τι ἄλλο βρῶμα, οἷ᾽ ἂν ἐς πολιορκίαν ξυμφέρῃ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.26; πάντα ὅσα ἂν οἴηται συνοίσειν αὐτοῖς πρὸς τὸν βίον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.2.5; ὃ σ. πρὸς τὴν πολιτείαν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1272a30, etc.)]
II.2 impersonal, it is of use, expedient, mostly with infinitive, ξυμφέρει σωφρονεῖν ὑπὸ στένει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 520 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1440, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.63, etc.)]; with Article prefixed to infinitive, τὸ περιγενέσθαι.. ἀμφοτέροις σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.4.10)]; the infinitive is frequently to be supplied, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.123, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 3.11; also ὡς νομίζω συμφέρειν ἡμῖν γενομένων τούτων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 230e)]; followed by a clause, σ. τῷ κοινῷ, ἢν.. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” 875a, compare “PCair.Zen.” 21.41 (3rd c.BC))]; σ. ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον, ἐπὶ τὸ ἄμεινον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.8.4, Decrees cited in 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.77.)]
II.3 participle συμφέρων, ουσα, ον, useful, expedient, fitting, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 875 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]; βίος.. ἐκεῖσε συμφέρων profitable even beyond the grave, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 527b; ἔστιν ἡσυχία.. συμφέρουσα τῇ πόλει 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.308.)]
II.3.b in neuter as substantive, συμφέρον, οντος, τό, use, profit, advantage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 926, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.50, etc.; ἐς τὸ ξ. καθίστασθαί τι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.60)]; ἡδίω τοῦ συμφέροντος more pleasant than is good for one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.39)]; περαιτέρω τοῦ ὑμετέρου σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.80; τὸ σ. τινός 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 338c, 340c, +others; τὸ σ. τινί [prev. work] 341d, 342b, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.139; πρὸς τὸ σ. αὑτῷ “PCair.Zen.” 451.15 (3rd c.BC): frequently also in _plural_, τὰ σ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 131, etc.)]; τὰ μικρὰ σ., opposed to τὰ ὅλα, the petty interests, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.28; τὰ συμφέροντα ἀνθρώποις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 875a, compare “IG” 42(1).68.84 (Epid., 4th c.BC))]; but also τὰ τῆς πατρίδος σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.99, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 297a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.120, etc.)]; also in aorist participle, τό τῳ ξυνενεγκόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.51)]; συμφέρον ἐστί, = {συμφέρει}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 8, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 49, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.1.26, etc.)]; εἰ μὴ ξυμφέρον (i.e. ἐστί) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.44.)]
III intransitive, also,
III.1 work with, assist, σφῷν ὅπως ἄριστα συμφέροι θεός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 627; πάντα συμφέρουσ᾽ Ἰάσονι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 13)]; συμφέροντι (or Συμφέροντι as proper name) Ἡρακλεῖ [Refs (“IG” 22.2114.)]
III.2 agree with, τοὐμὸν ξυνοίσειν ὄνομα τοῖς ἐμοῖς κακοῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 431; εἴ τι ξυνοίσεις.. τοῖς θεσφάτοις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1233; ἐὰν μὴ τῇ γυναικὶ συμφέρῃ [prev. author] “Lys.” 166)]; come to terms with, give way to, τοῖς κρείσσοσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1465)]; see below [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 11.)]
III.3 fit, suit, ᾗ μήτε Χλαῖνα μήτε σισύρα συμφέρει (see. Χλαῖνα) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1459; [γυνὴ] σιμὴ ἄν σοι ἰσχυρῶς συμφέροι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.4.21.)]
III.4 of events, happen, take place, turn out, with accusative et infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.73, 3.129, 6.23, 117, etc.)]; with ὥστε.., [Refs ([prev. author] 1.74)]; τὰ ἄλλα.. αὐτῇ συνήνεικε ἐς εὐτυχίην γενόμενα turned out for her advantage, [Refs ([prev. author] 8.88)]; see below [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 111.2.)]
B passive συμφέρομαι: future συνοίσομαι: aorist passive ξυνηνέχθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.44)], Ionic dialect συνηνείχθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.19, 2.111, 3.10:)]perfect συνενήνεγμαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ ((8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 440))], see {συνενείκομαι}:—come together, opposed to διαφέρεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 10, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 242e, etc.)]; meet, associate with, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus “Epigrammata” 8.2)]; of sexual intercourse, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 34, “Tox.” 15.)]
B.2 in hostile sense, meet in battle, engage, πτόλεμόνδε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.400; μάχῃ 11.736)]; τινι with one, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 636: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.36; so συνοισόμεθα πτολεμίζειν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 358)]; σ. κακῷ encounter it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.50.)]
B.II agree with, οὐδαμοῖσι ἄλλοισι σ. ἀνθρώπων, in custom, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.173, compare 2.80, etc.; in statement, [prev. work] 44, +others; περί τινος [prev. author] 4.13)]; opposed to διαφέρεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.42)]; live on friendly terms with, τισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.114, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 5.34)]: absolutely, agree together, be of one mind, εἰ δὲ μὴ συμφεροίατο if they could not agree, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.196; ἐὰν δὲ ἀνὴρ καὶ γυνὴ μηδαμῇ συμφέρωνται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 929e; also ξ. γνώμῃ ὥστε ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι τοῦ πολέμου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.65)]; καθ᾽ αὑτοὺς ξ. settle their affairs by themselves, [Refs ([prev. author] 6.13)]; concur, τῇδε γὰρ ξυνοίσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 641; ἐγὼ δὲ τούτοις κατὰ τοῦτο εἶναι οὐ συμφέρομαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 317a.)]
B.II.2 to be in harmony with, εὖ τοῖς πράγμασι σ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Cra.” 419d)]; adapt oneself to, τοῖς παροῦσιν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 15)]; σ. τὰ πολλὰ πολλοῖς correspond with, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 919 (Lyric poetry))]; Χαίτης πῶς συνοίσεται πλόκο; correspond, be like, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “El.” 527; συμφέρεται ὡυτὸς εἶναι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.79; ἔργῳ τοὔνομα συμφέρεται 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 6.6.)]
B.III of events, happen, turn out, occur, come to pass, ἔμελλε τοιοῦτό σφι συνοίσεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.86; οὐδὲν γάρ σφι Χρηστὸν συνεφέρετο [prev. author] 4.157; οὐδέν οἱ μέγα ἀνάρσιον πρῆγμα συνηνείχθη [prev. author] 3.10; ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον τὸ πρᾶγμα.. συνοίσεται 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 594; οὐδὲ πυθέσθαι ῥᾴδιον ἦν.., ὅτῳ τρόπῳ ἕκαστα ξυνηνέχθη 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.44; ξ. θόρυβος [prev. author] 8.84; μεταβολαί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 270c, etc.)]
B.III.2 impersonal, συμφέρεται ἐπὶ τὸ ἄμεινον it happens, falls out for the better, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.8. ; ἄμεινον συνοίσεσθαι [prev. author] 4.15)]; αὐτῷ συνεφέρετο παλιγκότως it turned out ill to him,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 156; so συνηνείχθη τοιόνδε γενέσθαι πρῆγμα [prev. author] 1.19, compare 6.86.ά, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.23, +others; σ. οἱ τυφλὸν γενέσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.111)]; see above [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 111.4.)]
B.IV literally, to be carried along with, ἀστράσι μήνη σ. [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 6.319)]; κύδεα.. ψυχαῖς οὐ μάλα σ. do not follow them (beyond the grave), [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 4.4.4 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus).)]
B.V Grammars, to be constructed with, αἰτιατικῇ, etc., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 285.1, +others)]: also, agree in form with, σ. φωνῇ [τῇ] πρὸς τὰς δοτικάς [Refs ([prev. author] “Adv.” 209.28.)]