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σύμψυχος

sýmpsychos · G4861 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. harmonious, united in spirit, being one in spirit

    Pertaining to similarity of attitude and spirit

    Examples

    Philippians 2:2 make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.

How it’s used

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

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 1 word
ὁμόφρων homóphrōn · G3675 · like-minded, with similar thoughts
Directly parallel compound meaning 'same-minded' where ὁμο- replaces συν- but both express unity of thought/sentiment; ὁμόφρων focuses on shared thinking (φρήν), σύμψυχος on shared spirit/soul (ψυχή)
Contrasting words 1 word
διχοστασία dichostasía · G1370 · division, discord
State of division and disunity, the opposite condition to being co-spirited or unified in sentiment
Semantic domains 1 entry
Harmonious, united in spirit, being one in spirit26.6
Paul urges the Philippians to make his joy complete “by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose” (Philippians 2:2).
Word family 13 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ψύχω psýchō · G5594 · to diminish greatly, to become cold · 1×ψυχή psychḗ · G5590 · inner self, mind, thoughts · 102×ψυχικός psychikós · G5591 · physical, natural, human · 6×ψυχρός psychrós · G5593 · cold · 4×ἐκψύχω ekpsýchō · G1634 · to die, death · 3×ψύχος psýchos · G5592 · cold · 3×ἀνάψυξις anápsyxis · G403 · relief, breathing space, refreshing · 1×ἀναψύχω anapsýchō · G404 · to encourage, to cheer up · 1×ἀποψύχω apopsýchō · G674 · to faint, to be totally disheartened, to be completely discouraged · 1×ἄψυχος ápsychos · G895 · lifeless, inanimate · 1×εὐψυχέω eupsychéō · G2174 · to be encouraged, to take courage, to become encouraged · 1×καταψύχω katapsýchō · G2711 · to make cool, to cool · 1×σύμψυχοςsýmpsychos · G4861
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (T WH συνψυχος (cf. σύν, II. at the end)), συμψυχον (σύν and ψυχή), of one mind…
(T WH συνψυχος (cf. σύν, II. at the end)), συμψυχον (σύν and ψυχή), of one mind (Vulg.unanimis): of one accord, Phm 2:2. (Ecclesiastical writings.)

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

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Psychological Faculties1 occurrence

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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