Word

συμβιβάζω

symbibázō · G4822 · Greek · 7 occurrences

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Meanings

to bring together, to cause to be a unit, to unite, to combine

To bring together into a unit

Examples
Ephesians 4:16 from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.
Colossians 2:2 that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and that they would attain to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God’s mystery, that is, Christ Himself,
Colossians 2:19 and not holding firmly to the head, from whom the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and ligaments, grows with a growth which is from God.
to conclude, to decide, to infer

(A figurative extension of meaning of συμβιβάζω ‘to bring together, to unite, to combine,’) To come to a solution or a decision, implying a process of putting together different aspects of related information

Examples
Acts 16:10 When he had seen the vision, we immediately sought to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.
to show for certain, to prove

To cause something to be known as certain and therefore dependable

Examples
Acts 9:22 But Saul kept increasing in strength and confounding Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that this Jesus is the Christ.
to advise, to instruct

To advise by giving instructions

Examples
Acts 19:33 Some of the crowd concluded it was Alexander, since the Jews had put him forward; and having motioned with his hand, Alexander was intending to make a defense to the assembly.
1 Corinthians 2:16 For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE WILL INSTRUCT HIM? But we have the mind of Christ.

How it’s used In 3 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 3 groups

Not stated (participle) 5
ὅςwho, which, that 1
ὄχλοςcrowd, multitude, common people 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

4 occurrences in 4 groups

εἰμίto be 1
Ἀλέξανδροςman-defender 1
προσκαλέομαιto call to, to summon 1
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 3 groups

διάthrough+ ἁφήligament 2
διάthrough+ σύνδεσμοςbindings 1
κατάaccording to, against, down+ ἐνέργειαworking, power 1

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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Semantic domains 6 entries

To bring down, to make go down15.108: The verb pictures a course of action being settled and set in motion, extending its basic sense of directing something toward a destination. After seeing a vision at Troas, Paul and his companions “immediately sought to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them” (Acts 16:10).
To show for certain, to prove28.46: The verb describes demonstrating a claim so as to remove doubt. Saul kept increasing in strength, “confounding Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that this Jesus is the Christ” (Acts 9:22).
To conclude, to decide, to infer30.82: The verb describes reasoning one's way to a settled conclusion. After seeing a vision at Troas, Paul and his companions “immediately sought to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them” (Acts 16:10).
To advise, to instruct33.298: The verb describes imparting guidance or counsel. Paul asks, quoting the prophet, “Who has known the mind of the Lord, that he will instruct Him?” (1 Corinthians 2:16).
To urge33.299: The verb also describes pressing an explanation or plea before a hostile audience. In the Ephesian riot, the crowd put Alexander forward, “and having motioned with his hand, Alexander was intending to make a defense to the assembly” (Acts 19:33).
To bring together, to cause to be a unit, to unite, to combine63.5: The verb describes the coordinated joining of separate parts into a functioning whole. Paul writes that hearts are encouraged, “having been knit together in love” so as to attain a full and unified understanding (Colossians 2:2).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (WH συνβιβάζω (so Tdf. in Eph 4:16; Col 2:19); cf. σύν, II. at the end); 1 aorist…

(WH συνβιβάζω (so Tdf. in Eph 4:16; Col 2:19); cf. σύν, II. at the end); 1 aorist βυνεβίβασα (Acts 19:33 L T Tr WH, but see below); passive, present participle συμβιβαζόμενος; 1 aorist participle συμβιβασθεις; (βιβάζω to mount the female, copulate with her; to leap, cover, of animals; allow to be covered, admit to cover);
1. to cause to coalesce, to join together, put together: τό σῶμα, passive, of the parts of the body 'knit together' into one whole, compacted together, Eph 4:16; Col 2:19; to unite or knit together in affection, passive, Col 2:2 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 63, 2 a.; Buttmann, § 144, 13 a.) (to reconcile one to another, Herodotus 1, 74; Thucydides 2, 29).
2. to put together in one's mind, to compare; by comparison to gather, conclude, consider: followed by ὅτι, Acts 16:10 (Plato, Hipp., min., p. 369 d.; de rep. 6, p. 504 a.).
3. to cause a person to unite with one in a conclusion or come to the same opinion, to prove, demonstrate: followed by ὅτι, Acts 9:22 ((Aristotle, top. 7, 5, p. 151a, 36); followed by ὡς (Aristotle, rhet. Alex. 4, p. 1426a, 37: etc.); Jamblichus, vit. Pythagoras c. 13 § 60; followed by the accusative with infinitive, Ocellus Lucanus, 3, 3); by a usage purely Biblical, with the accusative of a person, to teach, instruct, one: 1 Cor 2:16; for הֵבִין, Isa 40:14; for הודִיעַ, Ex 18:16; Deut 4:9; Isa 40:13, Alex., Ald., etc.; for הורָה, Ex 4:12, Ex 4:15; Lev 10:11; בִּינָה הִשְׂכִּיל, Theod., Dan 9:22. (The reading συνεβίβασαν in Acts 19:33, given by manuscripts א A B etc. (and adopted by L T Tr WH) yields no sense; (but it may be translated (with R. V. marginal reading) 'some of the multitude instructed Alexander', etc.; R. V. text translates it they brought Alexander out of the multitude, etc.).)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 4 entries

Well Known, Clearly Shown, Revealed1 occurrence To Decide, To Conclude1 occurrence Advise2 occurrences Unite3 occurrences

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