σύντροφος
sýntrophos · G4939 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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foster brother or foster sister
A person offered parental care and/or adoption along with the reference person, though not related by blood
ExamplesActs 13:1 Now there were prophets and teachers at Antioch, in the church that was there: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
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close friend, intimate friend, friend since childhood
A close friend on the basis of having been brought up together
ExamplesActs 13:1 Now there were prophets and teachers at Antioch, in the church that was there: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
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
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἩρώδηςHerod 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ΜαναήνManaën 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 2 words
- ἑταῖρος hetaîros · G2083 · companion, friend
- ἑταῖρος denotes a companion or comrade in a general sense, without the specific connotation of being raised together or sharing a foster relationship that σύντροφος carries. Both can refer to close associates.
- φίλος phílos · G5384 · friend
- φίλος is the standard term for friend based on affection or association, while σύντροφος specifically emphasizes being raised together or sharing a foster relationship. Both can denote close personal relationships.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Foster brother or foster sister10.51
- Luke lists among the prophets and teachers at Antioch, “Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch” (Acts 13:1).
- Close friend, intimate friend, friend since childhood34.15
- Luke lists among the prophets and teachers at Antioch, “Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch” (Acts 13:1).
Word family 10 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon συντροφου, ὁ (συντρέφω) (from Herodotus down), "nourished with one (Vulg.collactaneus…
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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