verb
sumfēamō
Strong’sG4852
I assent to
stem sumfē-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
* σύν-φημι (Rec. συμ-),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4852 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
future -φήσωRefs 5th c.BC+: aorist 1 συνέφησα Refsaorist 2 συνέφην frequently in Refs 5th c.BC+:—assent, approve, or agree fully, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 with accusative of things, concede, agree to, grant, ταῦτα.. πάντες ἄρα συνέφασαν Refs 5th c.BC+ (σοι) I grant you, Refs 5th c.BC+; frequently in Platonic dialogue, σύμφαθι ἢ ἄπειπε say yes or no,Refs
3 with accusative et infinitive, agree that.., Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. τῷ νόμῳ ὅτι καλός, ={σ. τὸν νόμον καλὸν εἶναι}, NT
4 with infinitive future, promise, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| sumfēamōσύμφημι | happening now · Ipresent active indicative 1st person singular | agree with | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sumfēamō1×σύμφημι | sumfēame | sumfēami | sumfēama | sumfēamē | sumfēamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | sumfēasō | sumfēase | sumfēasi | sumfēasa | sumfēasē | sumfēaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sumfēatō | sumfēate | sumfēati | sumfēata | sumfēatē | sumfēatelē |
| we 1st person plural | sumfēanō | sumfēane | sumfēani | sumfēana | sumfēanē | sumfēanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sumfēavō | sumfēave | sumfēavi | sumfēava | sumfēavē | sumfēavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | sumfēalō | sumfēale | sumfēali | sumfēala | sumfēalē | sumfēalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sumfēameiō | sumfēameia | sumfēameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | sumfēaseiō | sumfēaseia | sumfēaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sumfēateiō | sumfēateia | sumfēateiē |
| we 1st person plural | sumfēaneiō | sumfēaneia | sumfēaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sumfēaveiō | sumfēaveia | sumfēaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | sumfēaleiō | sumfēaleia | sumfēaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | sumfēasōr | sumfēasar | sumfēasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sumfēatōr | sumfēatar | sumfēatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | sumfēavōr | sumfēavar | sumfēavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | sumfēalōr | sumfēalar | sumfēalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sumfēamoiō | sumfēamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | sumfēasoiō | sumfēasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sumfēatoiō | sumfēatoia |
| we 1st person plural | sumfēanoiō | sumfēanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | sumfēavoiō | sumfēavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | sumfēaloiō | sumfēaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | sumfēarō | sumfēari | sumfēara | sumfēarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | sumfēarōntos | sumfēarintos | sumfēarantos | sumfēarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
sumfē is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
sumfēamō“agree with”happening now · Ipresent active indicative 1st person singular1×
Romans 7:16“agree with”… de hem ouk thelamō houtem poiamō, sumfēamō to nomo hoti kalos.… I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.