adjective
sumfōnem
Strong’sG4859
harmonious, agreeing with
stem sumfōn-once in the New Testament1 of 26 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.
σύμφωνος, -ον
(< σύν, φωνή), [in LXX: Ec 7:15 (14) (לְעֻמַּת), IV Mac 7:7 14:7 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4859 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
agreeing in sound, harmonious, Refs 5th c.BC+; echoing to cries, Refs; of a musical accompanist, Refs
2 as musical term, in concord or unison with, Refs 5th c.BC+; distinguished from ἀντίφωνος and ὁμόφωνος, Refs 4th c.BC+; distinguished (as epithet of fifths, fourths, etc.) from ὁμόφωνος (of octaves, double octaves, etc.) and ἐμμελής (of smaller intervals), Refs 2nd c.AD+; τὸ σ., ={συμφωνία}, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 τὰ σ. consonants, Refs 2nd c.BC+
4 having the same speech, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II metaphorically, harmonious, in harmony or proportion, τίνες σ. ἀριθμοί, καὶ τίνες οὔ Refs 5th c.BC+; of a person, σ. ἑαυτὸν κατασκευάσαι κατὰ τὸν βίον Refs 2nd c.BC+; τὸ σ. harmonious order, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.2 harmonious, agreeing, friendly, ἡσυχία Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. τινί in harmony or agreement with, σ. αὐτὰ αὑτοῖς Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡδοναὶ.. σ. τοῖς ὀρθοῖς λόγοις Refs 5th c.BC+; especially concordant, of theory with observed fact, Refs 4th c.BC+; rarely with πρός, as πρὸς ἀρετήν, Refs 5th c.BC+: with genitive, ὅσα τοῦ γένους ἐστὶ τούτου σύμφωνα Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐγένετο πᾶσι σύμφωνον περί τινος they were agreed, Refs 2nd c.BC+; σ. ἐστί τινι πρός τινα Refs: rarely of persons, σ. γενέσθαι περι τινων Refs; of planets, in harmony, Refs adverb -νωςRefs 5th c.BC+; τινι LXX+1st c.BC+
II.3 passive, agreed upon, σ. ὅροι Refs 1st c.BC+; ἐκ συμφώνου Refs 4th c.AD+
III σύμφωνος, ἡ, ={συμφωνιακή} 11, Refs 2nd c.AD+; name of a cough-mixture used by Antonius Musa, Refs 2nd c.AD+
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
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | sumfōnos | sumfōnas | sumfōnem | sumfōnois | sumfōnais | sumfōneim |
| object accusative | sumfōnon | sumfōnan | sumfōnoin | sumfōnain | ||
| direct address vocative | sumfōnor | sumfōnar | sumfōnoir | sumfōnair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | sumfōnou | sumfōnau | sumfōneu1×συμφώνου | sumfōnoiu | sumfōnaiu | sumfōneiu |
| to, for dative | sumfōno | sumfōna | sumfōne | sumfōnoi | sumfōnai | sumfōnei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
sumfōn 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
sumfōneu“agreement”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
1 Corinthians 7:5“agreement”… aposteravōr allēloin, ei mēti an ek sumfōneu pros kairon hina scholazaveia ta proseucha …Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come …