συνίημι
syníēmi · G4920 · Greek · 26 occurrences
Meanings
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to understand, to comprehend, to perceive, to have insight into
To employ one’s capacity for understanding and thus to arrive at insight
ExamplesMatthew 13:13 “Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
Matthew 13:14 “And in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, ‘YOU SHALL KEEP ON LISTENING, BUT SHALL NOT UNDERSTAND; AND YOU SHALL KEEP ON LOOKING, BUT SHALL NOT PERCEIVE;
Matthew 13:15 FOR THE HEART OF THIS PEOPLE HAS BECOME DULL, WITH THEIR EARS THEY SCARCELY HEAR, AND THEY HAVE CLOSED THEIR EYES, OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT SEE WITH THEIR EYES, HEAR WITH THEIR EARS, UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART, AND RETURN, AND I WOULD HEAL THEM.’
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to be able to comprehend, to understand, to be intelligent, insight, intelligence
To be able to understand and evaluate
ExamplesRomans 3:11 THERE IS NO ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NO ONE WHO SEEKS OUT GOD;
How it’s used In 8 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
26 occurrences in 9 groups
- Not stated: you (more than one) 8
- Not stated: they 7
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 3
- Not stated (participle) 3
- Other words · 5 groups that occur once or twice (5) 5
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
9 occurrences in 9 groups
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐπίon+ ἄρτοςbread, loaf 1
With adverbsAdverbs
13 occurrences in 4 groups
- οὐnot 6
- μήnot 3
- οὔπωnot yet 2
- τότεthen 2
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 3 groups
- ὅςwho, which, that 2
- καρποφορέωto bear fruit 1
- ποιέωto do, to make 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἰμίto be 1
What is done to itIt is the object
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- λέγωto say 3
- νομίζωto suppose, to think 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- οὗτοςthis 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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In the other Testament 2 words
- בִּין bîyn · H995 · to be intelligent, to be discerning, to have insight
- Hebrew בִּין (bîyn, H995) emphasizes the cognitive act of discernment and understanding with attention to detail, while Greek συνίημι (syníēmi, G4920) denotes mental comprehension through putting elements together, with both terms converging on the core concept of intellectual perception and understanding.
- שָׂכַל sâkal · H7919 · to be successful, to have success, to succeed
- שָׂכַל (sâkal, H7919) שָׂכַל emphasizes skillful insight and practical wisdom leading to prudent action, while συνίημι (syníēmi, G4920) συνίημι focuses on the cognitive act of comprehension and understanding, particularly in contexts of spiritual or intellectual perception.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To be able to comprehend, to understand, to be intelligent, insight, intelligence32.26
- Jesus explains why He speaks in parables, “while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand” (Matthew 13:13).
- To understand, to comprehend, to perceive, to have insight into32.5
- Paul writes, quoting the Psalms, “THERE IS NO ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NO ONE WHO SEEKS OUT GOD” (Romans 3:11).
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon see συνίημι. G4920 — συνίημι , 2 person plural συνίετε, 3 person plural συνιοῦσιν (Mt…
G4920 — συνίημι
, 2 person plural συνίετε, 3 person plural συνιοῦσιν (Mt 13:13 R G T; 2 Cor 10:12 Rec., from the unused form συνιέω), and συνιᾶσιν (2 Cor 10:12 L T Tr WH), and συνιοῦσιν (Mt 13:13 L Tr WH from the unused (συνιω), subjunctive 3 person plural συνιῶσι (R G L T Tr in Mk 4:12 and Lk 8:10, from the unused συνιέω or from συνίημι) and συνιῶσι (WH in Mark and Luke the passages cited, from the unused συνιω), imperative 2 person plural συνίετε, infinitive συνιέναι, participle συνίων (Rom 3:11 R G T from συιέω), and συνίων (Rom 3:11 L Tr WH, and often in the Sept., from συνιω), and συνίεις (Mt 13:23 L T Tr WH; Eph 5:17 R G; but quite erroneously συνίων, Griesbach in Matthew, the passage cited (Alford on Rom 3:11; cf. WHs Appendix, p. 167; Tdf. Proleg., p. 122); Winers Grammar, 81 (77f); Buttmann, 48 (42); Fritzsche on Rom. vol. i., p. 174f); future συνήσω (Rom 15:21); 1 aorist συνῆκα; 2 aorist subjunctive συνῆτε, συνῶσι, imperative 2 person plural σύνετε (Mk 7:14 L T Tr WH); (σύν, and ἵημι to send);
1. properly, to set or bring together, in a hostile sense, of combatants, Homer, Iliad 1, 8; 7, 210.
2. to put (as it were) the perception with the thing perceived; to set or join together in the mind, i. e. to understand (so from Homer down; the Sept. for בִּין and הִשְׂכִּיל): with an accusative of the thing, Mt 13:23, Mt 13:51; Lk 2:50; Lk 18:34; Lk 24:45; followed by ὅτι, Mt 16:12; Mt 17:13; followed by an indirect question, Eph 5:17; ἐπί τοῖς ἄρτοις, 'on the loaves' as the basis of their reasoning (see ἐπί, B. 2 a. α.), Mk 6:52; where what is understood is evident from the preceding context, Mt 13:19; Mt 15:10; Mk 7:14; absolutely, Mt 13:13-15; Mt 15:10; Mk 4:12; Mk 8:17, Mk 8:21; Lk 8:10; Acts 7:25; Acts 28:26; Rom 15:21; 2 Cor 10:12; ὁ συνίων or συνίων as a substantive, (Buttmann, 295 (253f); Winers Grammar, 109 (104)), the man of understanding, Hebraistically equivalent to a good and upright-man (as having knowledge of those things which pertain to salvation; see μωρός): Rom 3:11 (from Ps 13:2). (Synonym: see γινώσκω, at the end.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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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