verb
sunathlamō
Strong’sG4866
I compete together with others
stem sunathl-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-αθλέω, -ῶ
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4866 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
={συναγωνίζομαι},{τινι} with one, NT; struggle together, τινι for a thing, Refs
II impress by practice upon, μεταφορᾶς μνήμῃ συνηθλημένης Refs 1st 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sunathlalaσυνήθλησάν | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | struggled beside | 1× |
| sunathlarōntoisσυναθλοῦντες | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine | contending | 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 | sunathlamō | sunathlame | sunathlami | sunathlama | sunathlamē | sunathlamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | sunathlasō | sunathlase | sunathlasi | sunathlasa | sunathlasē | sunathlaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunathlatō | sunathlate | sunathlati | sunathlata | sunathlatē | sunathlatelē |
| we 1st person plural | sunathlanō | sunathlane | sunathlani | sunathlana | sunathlanē | sunathlanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunathlavō | sunathlave | sunathlavi | sunathlava | sunathlavē | sunathlavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | sunathlalō | sunathlale | sunathlali | sunathlala1×συνήθλησάν | sunathlalē | sunathlalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sunathlameiō | sunathlameia | sunathlameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | sunathlaseiō | sunathlaseia | sunathlaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunathlateiō | sunathlateia | sunathlateiē |
| we 1st person plural | sunathlaneiō | sunathlaneia | sunathlaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunathlaveiō | sunathlaveia | sunathlaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | sunathlaleiō | sunathlaleia | sunathlaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | sunathlasōr | sunathlasar | sunathlasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunathlatōr | sunathlatar | sunathlatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunathlavōr | sunathlavar | sunathlavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | sunathlalōr | sunathlalar | sunathlalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sunathlamoiō | sunathlamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | sunathlasoiō | sunathlasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunathlatoiō | sunathlatoia |
| we 1st person plural | sunathlanoiō | sunathlanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunathlavoiō | sunathlavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | sunathlaloiō | sunathlaloia |
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 | sunathlarō | sunathlari | sunathlara | sunathlarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | sunathlarōntos1× | sunathlarintos | sunathlarantos | sunathlarēntos |
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
sunathl 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
sunathlala“struggled beside”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Philippians 4:3“struggled beside”… sullabosōr autai, hotinais en te euangelie sunathlala mi meta kai Klēmentou kai toiu …… yokefellow, to help these women who have contended at my side for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of …
sunathlarōntois“contending”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine1×
Philippians 1:27… stēkavō en hene pneume, hena psucha sunathlarōntois ta pistia teu euangelieu,… you stand firm in one spirit, contending together as one for the faith …