ἐπισυνάγω
episynágō · G1996 · Greek · 8 occurrences
Meanings
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to cause to come together, to gather together
To cause to come together to, toward, or at a particular location
ExamplesMatthew 23:37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.
Matthew 24:31 “And He will send forth His angels with A GREAT TRUMPET BLAST, and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
Mark 13:27 “And then He will send forth the angels, and will gather together His elect from the four winds, from the end of the earth to the end of heaven.
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To come or gather together to, toward, or at a particular location (to gather (at), to come together (to))
ExamplesMark 1:33 And the whole city had gathered at the door.
Luke 17:37 And responding, they said to Him, “Where, Lord?” And He said to them, “Where the body is, there also the vultures will be gathered.”
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
7 occurrences in 7 groups
- ἀετόςeagle 1
- μυριάςmyriads, ten thousand 1
- ὄρνιςbird 1
- Not stated: they 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἐκλεκτόςchosen 2
- τέκνονchild, offspring 2
- νοσσίονyoung bird 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἐκfrom+ ἄνεμοςwind 2
- ἐνin+ ὅςwho, which, that 1
- ὑπόby, under+ πτέρυξwing 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐκεῖthere 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- θέλωto want, to wish, to desire 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- συναθροίζω synathroízō · G4867 · to gather together, to call together
- The target term and συναθροίζω (“to convene”) both denote gathering or assembling people, covering both the transitive sense of causing people to gather and the intransitive sense of coming together, within the same narrow field of assembly.
- συμπαραγίνομαι symparagínomai · G4836 · to gather together, to come together, to go together
- Both describe assembling or gathering people together into one location. The target emphasizes the state of being present together or convening, while this candidate focuses on the action of collecting into the same place; attestation for the target is limited to a single occurrence, restricting verification of full interchangeability across registers.
In the other Testament 1 word
- אָסַף ʼâçaph · H622 · to gather, to be assembled, to assemble
- Hebrew אָסַף (ʼâçaph, H622) is the broader Old Testament term for gathering/assembling in general contexts, while Greek ἐπισυνάγω (episynágō, G1996) intensifies with the prefix ἐπι- to emphasize collecting 'upon/together to' a specific destination, often used in New Testament contexts of eschatological gathering or concentrated assembly.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To gather (at), to come together (to)15.124
- In Mark 1:33, after Jesus healed many at Simon's house, “the whole city had gathered at the door” — a crowd coming together to one place.
- To cause to come together, to gather together15.126
- In Matthew 24:31, at the Son of Man's coming, He “will send forth His angels... and they will gather together His elect from the four winds” — the causative sense of bringing people together from scattered places.
Word family 51 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon future ἐπισυνάξω; 1 aorist infinitive ἐπισυνάξαι; 2 aorist infinitive ἐπισυναγαγεῖν;…
1. to gather together besides, to bring together to others already assembled (Polybius).
2. to gather together against (Mic 4:11; Zech 12:3; Zech 12:1 Macc. 3:58, etc.).
3. to gather together in one place (ἐπί to): Mt 23:37; Mt 24:31; Mk 13:27; Lk 13:34; passive: Mk 1:33; Lk 12:1; Lk 17:37 T Tr WH (Psalm 101:23; Psalms 105:47> (); 2 Macc. 1:27, etc.; Aesop 142).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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