Strong G4962συστρέφω
to gather
- Transliteration
- sustrephō
- Pronunciation
- soos-tref'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
συ-στέφω
[in LXX chiefly for קָשַׁר;]
1. to twist together: with accusative of thing(s), Act.28:3.
2. Pass., of persons, to gather themselves together: Mat.17:22 (WH, R, mg.).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for קָשַׁר;]
1. to twist together: with accusative of thing(s), Act.28:3.
2. Pass., of persons, to gather themselves together: Mat.17:22 (WH, R, mg.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4962 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- gather1
First verses
- Acts 28:3And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
συστρέφω,
twist up, roll up, of a whirlwind, μή σ᾽ ἀναρπάσῃ.. συστρέψας ἄφνω [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 195, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 975, “Th.” 61; φρυγάνων πλῆθος NT.Act.28.3; ἔριον περὶ μηλωτρίδα “POxy.” 234 ii 12 (2nd-3rd c.AD))]; of animals, gather themselves together, in preparing to spring, σ. ἑαυτὸν ὥσπερ θηρίον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 336b)]; σ. τὸν αὐχένα, of one struggling to get loose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 339)]; τὰ ὄμματα διὰ κενῆς, ὡς εἴ τι βλέπων, ξυνέστρεφε screwed up his eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.83)]; συστρέψαι ἑαυτούς, of dolphins, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 631a27; [τὸ χόριον] σ. περὶ αὑτὸ τὴν ὑστέραν 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.71:)] — passive, εἰ τὸ χόριον εἰς αὑτὸ συνεστραμμένον εἴη[Refs ([prev. work] 73)]; συνεστραμμένη χείρ clenched fist, [Refs ([prev. work] 102)]; of a whirlwind, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 536.4)]; of the moon, uncertain meaning in Palchus in [Refs (“Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(1).250.)]
II of soldiers, σ. ἑωυτούς form in a compact body, for attack or defence, collect themselves, rally, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.18)]; σ. εἰς ταὐτό (i.e. τὰς ἵππους) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 572b14: frequently in)]passive, συστραφέντες in a body, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.136, 6.6, compare 40; συστρεφόμενοι [prev. author] 9.62, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.30; ξυνεστρέφοντο ἐν σφίσιν αὐτοῖς [prev. author] 2.4; ὅσον.. ἦν ξυνεστραμμένον [prev. passage]; ἐπὶ πεντήκοντα ἀσπίδων συνεστραμμένοι ἦσαν)]they were formed in a mass [Refs 5th c.BC+ (50 deep, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.4.12)]; so of bees, fishes, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 629a19, 621a16.)]
II.2 of soldiers, also, συστρέφειν ἐπὶ δόρυ wheel them to the right, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 13.6)]; so probably σ. τὸν ἵππον turn him sharply, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pyrrhus” 16; σ. τὴν ὄψιν 1st c.BC(?): Satyrus Epigrammaticus 3.)]
III form into an organized whole, unite, τὸ Μηδικὸν ἔθνος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.101; τοὺς τὰς οὐσίας ἔχοντας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1304b23)]:—passive, club together, conspire, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.68, 8.54; ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ συστραφέντες ἥκουσι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.178, cf. LXX.2Ki.10.9)]:—in active,[LXX (LXX.1Ki.16.9.)]
IV passive, collect, gather, σ. αἷμα ἐς.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 5.40; νιφετοῦ συστραφέντος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 394b2)]; of humours, gather, come to a head, φύματος συστραφέντος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 23)]; of gravel collecting in the bladder, [Refs ([prev. author])]Aër.[Refs (9.)]
V make the hair curl, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Theodectes Tragicus 17.3:)] —passive, συνεστραμμένα ξύλα knotted, gnarled, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.11.2; σ. ῥίζα [prev. author] “CP” 1.3.3; κιττὸς συνεστραμμένος ταῖς ῥίζαις [prev. author] “HP” 3.18.9.)]
VI condense, congeal, harden, τὸ ψυχρὸν συστρέφον καὶ συσφίγγον [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 2.41b)]; of condensing fluids by heat, ἐν ἡλίῳ [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.7 (_active_ and _passive_),compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.834, 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 7.91)]; τὰ γυμνάσια τὰς σάρκας σ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 6.10.15)]:—passive, to be condensed, acquire substance or consistency, ἀφρὸς σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 569b18; especially in)]perfect participle passive, σπέρμα ξηρὸν καὶ συνεστραμμένον[Refs ([prev. work] 523a24)]; νέφος ἐστὶ πάχος ἀτμῶδες σ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Mu.” 394a27)]; πῦρ σ. concentrated, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.28U.)]; compact, σ. τὸ εὐπαγές [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Po.Herc.” 994.34)]; σωμάτιον σ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.24.8)]; συστρέφεσθαι καὶ ἀπεψῦχθαι, of an infant, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.108; γάλα μελιτοειδῶς συστραφέν [prev. work] 91.)]
VII of sentences, narratives, and the like, bring into a close form, compress, ἐὰν μὴ συστρέφῃ τὰ πράγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 85)]; ἐνθυμήματα σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1419a19)]; σ. τὰ νοήματα, τὸν νοῦν ἐν ὀλίγοις ὀνόμασι, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Isocrate” 11, “Pomp.” 2.5: _absolutely_, συστρέψας γράφει)] writes briefly, curtly, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.100; σ. εἰπεῖν τὸ πρᾶγμα 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Lysia” 24:)] —frequently in passive, ῥῆμα βραχὺ καὶ συνεστραμμένον a short and pithy saying, of the Spartans, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 342e)]; λέξις συνεστραμμένη, opposed to διῃρημένη, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 5.7; ἡ Ἀττικὴ γλῶσσα σ. τι ἔχει 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 177; συνέστραπται τοῖς νοήμασι 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Lysia” 5. compare “Dem.” 19.)]
VII.b also, speak or write in an involved style, twist one's words, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 52.17, 217.17.)]
twist up, roll up, of a whirlwind, μή σ᾽ ἀναρπάσῃ.. συστρέψας ἄφνω [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 195, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 975, “Th.” 61; φρυγάνων πλῆθος NT.Act.28.3; ἔριον περὶ μηλωτρίδα “POxy.” 234 ii 12 (2nd-3rd c.AD))]; of animals, gather themselves together, in preparing to spring, σ. ἑαυτὸν ὥσπερ θηρίον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 336b)]; σ. τὸν αὐχένα, of one struggling to get loose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 339)]; τὰ ὄμματα διὰ κενῆς, ὡς εἴ τι βλέπων, ξυνέστρεφε screwed up his eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.83)]; συστρέψαι ἑαυτούς, of dolphins, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 631a27; [τὸ χόριον] σ. περὶ αὑτὸ τὴν ὑστέραν 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.71:)] — passive, εἰ τὸ χόριον εἰς αὑτὸ συνεστραμμένον εἴη[Refs ([prev. work] 73)]; συνεστραμμένη χείρ clenched fist, [Refs ([prev. work] 102)]; of a whirlwind, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 536.4)]; of the moon, uncertain meaning in Palchus in [Refs (“Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(1).250.)]
II of soldiers, σ. ἑωυτούς form in a compact body, for attack or defence, collect themselves, rally, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.18)]; σ. εἰς ταὐτό (i.e. τὰς ἵππους) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 572b14: frequently in)]passive, συστραφέντες in a body, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.136, 6.6, compare 40; συστρεφόμενοι [prev. author] 9.62, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.30; ξυνεστρέφοντο ἐν σφίσιν αὐτοῖς [prev. author] 2.4; ὅσον.. ἦν ξυνεστραμμένον [prev. passage]; ἐπὶ πεντήκοντα ἀσπίδων συνεστραμμένοι ἦσαν)]they were formed in a mass [Refs 5th c.BC+ (50 deep, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.4.12)]; so of bees, fishes, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 629a19, 621a16.)]
II.2 of soldiers, also, συστρέφειν ἐπὶ δόρυ wheel them to the right, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 13.6)]; so probably σ. τὸν ἵππον turn him sharply, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pyrrhus” 16; σ. τὴν ὄψιν 1st c.BC(?): Satyrus Epigrammaticus 3.)]
III form into an organized whole, unite, τὸ Μηδικὸν ἔθνος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.101; τοὺς τὰς οὐσίας ἔχοντας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1304b23)]:—passive, club together, conspire, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.68, 8.54; ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ συστραφέντες ἥκουσι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.178, cf. LXX.2Ki.10.9)]:—in active,[LXX (LXX.1Ki.16.9.)]
IV passive, collect, gather, σ. αἷμα ἐς.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 5.40; νιφετοῦ συστραφέντος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 394b2)]; of humours, gather, come to a head, φύματος συστραφέντος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 23)]; of gravel collecting in the bladder, [Refs ([prev. author])]Aër.[Refs (9.)]
V make the hair curl, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Theodectes Tragicus 17.3:)] —passive, συνεστραμμένα ξύλα knotted, gnarled, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.11.2; σ. ῥίζα [prev. author] “CP” 1.3.3; κιττὸς συνεστραμμένος ταῖς ῥίζαις [prev. author] “HP” 3.18.9.)]
VI condense, congeal, harden, τὸ ψυχρὸν συστρέφον καὶ συσφίγγον [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 2.41b)]; of condensing fluids by heat, ἐν ἡλίῳ [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.7 (_active_ and _passive_),compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.834, 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 7.91)]; τὰ γυμνάσια τὰς σάρκας σ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 6.10.15)]:—passive, to be condensed, acquire substance or consistency, ἀφρὸς σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 569b18; especially in)]perfect participle passive, σπέρμα ξηρὸν καὶ συνεστραμμένον[Refs ([prev. work] 523a24)]; νέφος ἐστὶ πάχος ἀτμῶδες σ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Mu.” 394a27)]; πῦρ σ. concentrated, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.28U.)]; compact, σ. τὸ εὐπαγές [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Po.Herc.” 994.34)]; σωμάτιον σ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.24.8)]; συστρέφεσθαι καὶ ἀπεψῦχθαι, of an infant, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.108; γάλα μελιτοειδῶς συστραφέν [prev. work] 91.)]
VII of sentences, narratives, and the like, bring into a close form, compress, ἐὰν μὴ συστρέφῃ τὰ πράγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 85)]; ἐνθυμήματα σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1419a19)]; σ. τὰ νοήματα, τὸν νοῦν ἐν ὀλίγοις ὀνόμασι, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Isocrate” 11, “Pomp.” 2.5: _absolutely_, συστρέψας γράφει)] writes briefly, curtly, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.100; σ. εἰπεῖν τὸ πρᾶγμα 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Lysia” 24:)] —frequently in passive, ῥῆμα βραχὺ καὶ συνεστραμμένον a short and pithy saying, of the Spartans, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 342e)]; λέξις συνεστραμμένη, opposed to διῃρημένη, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 5.7; ἡ Ἀττικὴ γλῶσσα σ. τι ἔχει 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 177; συνέστραπται τοῖς νοήμασι 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Lysia” 5. compare “Dem.” 19.)]
VII.b also, speak or write in an involved style, twist one's words, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 52.17, 217.17.)]