συμβάλλω
sumballō
“to ponder/confer”
Definition
to combine, i.e. (in speaking) to converse, consult, dispute, (mentally) to consider, (by implication) to aid, (personally) to join, attack
from G4862 (σύν) and G906 (βάλλω);
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Occurrences
συμβάλλω appears 6 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.
When Apollos resolved to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. On his arrival, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed.
And when he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene.
So they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin and then conferred together.
Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.