sumforem

Strong’sG4851

benefit, advantage

stem sumfor-2 times 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.

συμ-φέρω

[in LXX: Je 33 (26):14 (טוֹב), Pr 19:10 (נָאוֶה), Si 30:19, al.;]

1. trans. to bring together: c. acc. rei, Ac 19:19.

2. Intrans., and mostly impers., συμφέρει, it is expedient, profitable or an advantage: I Co 6:12 10:23, II Co 8:10; c. inf. (M, Pr., 210), Mt 19:10, Jo 18:14; c. dat., seq. ἵνα (Bl., § 69, 5), Mt 5:29, 30 18:6, Jo 11:50 16:7. Ptcp., ςυμφέρων, profitable: I Co 12:7; pl., Ac 20:20; (οὐ σ. sc. ἐστιν; = οὐ συμφέρει; cf. Thuc., iii, 44, 2), II Co 12:1; as subst., τὸ σ., profit, He 12:10.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4851 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidsoom-fer'-o

to bear together (contribute), i.e. (literally) to collect, or (figuratively) to conduce; especially (neuter participle as a noun) advantage

Fromfrom G4862 and G5342 (including its alternate);

King Jamesbe better for, bring together, be expedient (for), be good, (be) profit(-able for).

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

συμφέρω,
future συνοίσω Refs 4th c.BC+: aorist 1 συνήνεγκα Refs 5th c.BC+, Ionic dialect -ήνεικαRefs 5th c.BC+: aorist 2 συνήνεγκον Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect συνενήνοχα Refs 4th c.BC+
A active
I bring together, gather, collect, τὰ κακὰ ἐς μέσον Refs 5th c.BC+; δαπάνην σ. Refs 5th c.BC+; especially of dead bodies, Refs 5th c.BC+
I.2 bring together, contribute, βουλεύματα Refs 5th c.BC+; πολλοὶ πολλὰ συνενηνόχασι μέρη Refs 4th c.BC+:—middle, of a river, Φάσιδι σ. ῥόον Refs 3rd c.BC+
I.3 bring into conflict, πολεμίους θεούς Refs 4th c.BC+; give battle, συνοίσομεν ὀξὺν Ἄρηα Refs 7th c.BC+
I.4 bear along with or together, ὁ ἵππος ὅπλον σ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐγώ σοι ξυμφέρω (i.e. τὴν παμπησίαν) Refs 5th c.BC+; bring with, λύχνον.. παῖς μοι συμφέρει Refs 5th c.BC+; of sufferings, labours, and the like, bear jointly, help to bear, ξυνοίσω πᾶν ὅσονπερ ἂν σθένω Refs 5th c.BC+
I.3 Refssuffer, bear with, indulge, ὀργὰς ξυνοίσω σοι Refs 4th c.BC+
II intransitive, confer a benefit, be useful or profitable, οὔ οἱ συνήνεικε τὸ ἔχθος did not do him any good, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἅπαντ᾽ ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον ξ. turn out for the best, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 impersonal, it is of use, expedient, mostly with infinitive, ξυμφέρει σωφρονεῖν ὑπὸ στένει Refs 5th c.BC+; with Article prefixed to infinitive, τὸ περιγενέσθαι.. ἀμφοτέροις σ. Refs 5th c.BC+; the infinitive is frequently to be supplied, Refs 5th c.BC+; followed by a clause, σ. τῷ κοινῷ, ἢν.. Refs 3rd c.BC+; σ. ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον, ἐπὶ τὸ ἄμεινον, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 participle συμφέρων, ουσα, ον, useful, expedient, fitting, Refs 5th c.BC+; βίος.. ἐκεῖσε συμφέρων profitable even beyond the grave, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3.b in neuter as substantive, συμφέρον, οντος, τό, use, profit, advantage, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡδίω τοῦ συμφέροντος more pleasant than is good for one, Refs 5th c.BC+; περαιτέρω τοῦ ὑμετέρου σ. Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ μικρὰ σ., opposed to τὰ ὅλα, the petty interests, Refs 5th c.BC+; but also τὰ τῆς πατρίδος σ. Refs 5th c.BC+; also in aorist participle, τό τῳ ξυνενεγκόν Refs 5th c.BC+; συμφέρον ἐστί, = {συμφέρει}, Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰ μὴ ξυμφέρον (i.e. ἐστί) Refs 5th c.BC+
III intransitive, also,
III.1 work with, assist, σφῷν ὅπως ἄριστα συμφέροι θεός Refs 5th c.BC+; συμφέροντι (or Συμφέροντι as proper name) Ἡρακλεῖ Refs
III.2 agree with, τοὐμὸν ξυνοίσειν ὄνομα τοῖς ἐμοῖς κακοῖς Refs 5th c.BC+; come to terms with, give way to, τοῖς κρείσσοσι Refs 5th c.BC+; see below Refs 5th c.BC+
III.3 fit, suit, ᾗ μήτε Χλαῖνα μήτε σισύρα συμφέρει (see. Χλαῖνα) Refs 5th c.BC+
III.4 of events, happen, take place, turn out, with accusative et infinitive, Refs 5th c.BC+; with ὥστε.., Refs; τὰ ἄλλα.. αὐτῇ συνήνεικε ἐς εὐτυχίην γενόμενα turned out for her advantage, Refs; see below Refs 5th c.BC+
B passive συμφέρομαι: future συνοίσομαι: aorist passive ξυνηνέχθην Refs 5th c.BC+, Ionic dialect συνηνείχθην Refs 5th c.BC+perfect συνενήνεγμαι Refs 8th c.BC+, see {συνενείκομαι}:—come together, opposed to διαφέρεσθαι, Refs 5th c.BC+; meet, associate with, Refs 3rd c.BC+; of sexual intercourse, Refs 2nd c.AD+
B.2 in hostile sense, meet in battle, engage, πτόλεμόνδε Refs 8th c.BC+; τινι with one, Refs 8th c.BC+; σ. κακῷ encounter it, Refs 5th c.BC+
B.II agree with, οὐδαμοῖσι ἄλλοισι σ. ἀνθρώπων, in custom, Refs; opposed to διαφέρεσθαι, Refs 5th c.BC+; live on friendly terms with, τισι Refs 5th c.BC+: absolutely, agree together, be of one mind, εἰ δὲ μὴ συμφεροίατο if they could not agree, Refs 5th c.BC+; καθ᾽ αὑτοὺς ξ. settle their affairs by themselves, Refs; concur, τῇδε γὰρ ξυνοίσομαι Refs 5th c.BC+
B.II.2 to be in harmony with, εὖ τοῖς πράγμασι σ. Refs; adapt oneself to, τοῖς παροῦσιν Refs 1st c.AD+; σ. τὰ πολλὰ πολλοῖς correspond with, Refs 5th c.BC+; Χαίτης πῶς συνοίσεται πλόκο; correspond, be like, Refs 5th c.BC+
B.III of events, happen, turn out, occur, come to pass, ἔμελλε τοιοῦτό σφι συνοίσεσθαι Refs 5th c.BC+
B.III.2 impersonal, συμφέρεται ἐπὶ τὸ ἄμεινον it happens, falls out for the better, Refs 5th c.BC+; αὐτῷ συνεφέρετο παλιγκότως it turned out ill to him,Refs 5th c.BC+; see above Refs 4th c.BC+
B.IV literally, to be carried along with, ἀστράσι μήνη σ. Refs 4th c.AD+; κύδεα.. ψυχαῖς οὐ μάλα σ. do not follow them (beyond the grave), Refs 6th c.AD+
B.V Grammars, to be constructed with, αἰτιατικῇ, etc., Refs 2nd c.AD+: also, agree in form with, σ. φωνῇ [τῇ] πρὸς τὰς δοτικάς Refs

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.

benefit2×

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	sumforos	sumforas	sumforem2×σύμφορον	sumforois	sumforais	sumforeim
object accusative	sumforon	sumforan		sumforoin	sumforain
direct address vocative	sumforor	sumforar		sumforoir	sumforair
of, belonging to genitive	sumforou	sumforau	sumforeu	sumforoiu	sumforaiu	sumforeiu
to, for dative	sumforo	sumfora	sumfore	sumforoi	sumforai	sumforei

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

sumforstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

sumfor 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.

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

sumforem“benefit”subject or objectdirect singular2×

1 Corinthians 7:35“benefit”houtem de pros tem vu autoiu sumforem legamō, ouk hina brochon vi epibalameia, …… am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but in …

1 Corinthians 10:33“benefit”… pantoi areskamō, mē zētarōntos tem miautou sumforem alla tem toiu polloiu, hina sōzileia.… try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.