verb
sumpathamō
Strong’sG4834
I sympathize with, have compassion on
stem sumpath-2 times in the New Testament2 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.
** συν-παθέω
(Rec. συμπ-), -ῶ, [in LXX: IV Mac 5:25 AR 13:23 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4834 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsoom-path-eh'-o
to feel "sympathy" with, i.e. (by implication) to commiserate
Fromfrom G4835;
King Jameshave compassion, be touched with a feeling of.
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
to be sympathetically affected, δοκεῖ ἡ ψυχὴ καὶ τὸ σῶμα συμπαθεῖν ἀλλήλοις Refs 4th c.BC+:—passive, Refs 1st c.AD+
2 with dative person, sympathize with, τοῖς φίλοις Refs 4th c.BC+
3 with dative of things, sympathize in, feel for, ἀτυχίαις NT+5th c.BC+
4 absolutely, feel sympathy, Refs 1st c.AD+; ἐκ τοῦ παθεῖν γίγνωσκε καὶ τὸ συμπαθεῖν· καὶ σοὶ γὰρ ἄλλος συμπαθήσεται παθών (future middle in active sense) Refs 4th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sumpathavaσυνεπαθήσατε | happened · yeaorist active indicative 2nd person plural | had compassion | 1× |
| sumpatharaσυμπαθῆσαι | happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive | sympathize 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 | sumpathamō | sumpathame | sumpathami | sumpathama | sumpathamē | sumpathamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | sumpathasō | sumpathase | sumpathasi | sumpathasa | sumpathasē | sumpathaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sumpathatō | sumpathate | sumpathati | sumpathata | sumpathatē | sumpathatelē |
| we 1st person plural | sumpathanō | sumpathane | sumpathani | sumpathana | sumpathanē | sumpathanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sumpathavō | sumpathave | sumpathavi | sumpathava1×συνεπαθήσατε | sumpathavē | sumpathavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | sumpathalō | sumpathale | sumpathali | sumpathala | sumpathalē | sumpathalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sumpathameiō | sumpathameia | sumpathameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | sumpathaseiō | sumpathaseia | sumpathaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sumpathateiō | sumpathateia | sumpathateiē |
| we 1st person plural | sumpathaneiō | sumpathaneia | sumpathaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sumpathaveiō | sumpathaveia | sumpathaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | sumpathaleiō | sumpathaleia | sumpathaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | sumpathasōr | sumpathasar | sumpathasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sumpathatōr | sumpathatar | sumpathatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | sumpathavōr | sumpathavar | sumpathavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | sumpathalōr | sumpathalar | sumpathalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sumpathamoiō | sumpathamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | sumpathasoiō | sumpathasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sumpathatoiō | sumpathatoia |
| we 1st person plural | sumpathanoiō | sumpathanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | sumpathavoiō | sumpathavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | sumpathaloiō | sumpathaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | sumpatharō | sumpathari | sumpathara1×συμπαθῆσαι | sumpatharē |
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 | sumpatharōntos | sumpatharintos | sumpatharantos | sumpatharēntos |
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
sumpath 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.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
sumpathava“had compassion”happened · yeaorist active indicative 2nd person plural1×
Hebrews 10:34“had compassion”kai gar toi desmioi sumpathava, kai tan harpagan teiu huparcharōnteiu vu …… with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that …
sumpathara“sympathize with”happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive1×
Hebrews 4:15ouk gar echanō archierevon mē dunorōnton sumpathara tai astheniai nu, peirazorēnton de kata …… high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one …