σύμφημι
sýmphēmi · G4852 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to agree with, to assent to
To give assent to a particular proposition
ExamplesRomans 7:16 However, if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, that the Law is good.
How it’s used In 2 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
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated: I 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- καλόςgood 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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Near synonyms 3 words
- συνευδοκέω syneudokéō · G4909 · to agree to, to consent to
- συνευδοκέω shares the σύν- prefix indicating joint action and expresses consent or approval, closely parallel to σύμφημι's sense of assenting or agreeing jointly. Both involve collective agreement, though συνευδοκέω may emphasize approval more than mere assent.
- ὁμολογέω homologéō · G3670 · to profess, to confess, confession
- ὁμολογέω expresses acknowledgment or agreement, overlapping with the assenting sense of σύμφημι. While ὁμολογέω can be used of individual or collective confession/agreement, it shares the core semantic of affirming or agreeing to a statement.
- συντίθεμαι syntíthemai · G4934 · to agree on, to arrange together, joint agreement
- συντίθημι in middle voice means to agree with or come to an agreement, sharing the joint/collective semantic (σύν-) with σύμφημι. Both express mutual or collective agreement, though συντίθημι may emphasize formal arrangement more than verbal assent.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To agree with, to assent to31.16
- Paul writes, “if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, that the Law is good” (Romans 7:16).
Word family 46 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (T WH συνφημι (cf. σύν, II. at the end)); to consent, confess: τίνι; followed by ὅτι, Rom…
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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