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GreekG4912Verb

συνέχω

sunechō

12Occurrences
G4912Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to hold together, i.e. to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner); figuratively, to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy

from G4862 (σύν) and G2192 (ἔχω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.to hold together (τ. συνέχον πάντα
2.to hold fast
(a)of a prisoner, to hold in charge (Luc.; cf. exx. in Deiss., BS, 160; MM, xxiv)
(b)to constrain
LXX: for עָצָר, חָבַר, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

συνέχω appears 12 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
6
Acts
3
2 Corinthians
1
Matthew
1
Philippians
1

Key Passages

2 Corinthians 5:14BSB

For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.

Acts 28:8BSB

The father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man.

Luke 12:50BSB

But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

Luke 22:63BSB

The men who were holding Jesus began to mock Him and beat Him.

Luke 8:37BSB

Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to depart from them, because great fear had taken hold of them. So He got into the boat and started back.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.