verb

Greekσυνδέομαι (sundeomai)

Biblang

sundomō

Strong’sG4887

I bind together

stem sund-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.

συν-δέω

[in LXX for שׁבץ, etc.;]

(a) to bind together;

(b) to bind together with: pass., He 13:3.†

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

Strong’s G4887 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidsoon-deh'-o

to bind with, i.e. (passively) be a fellow-prisoner (figuratively)

Fromfrom G4862 and G1210;

King Jamesbe bound with.

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

συνδέω,
bind or tie together, of two or more things, συνέδησα πόδας δεινοῖο πελώρου Refs 8th c.BC+; σ. γαύλους bind them together, side by side, Refs 5th c.BC+; δέλτον λύειν καὶ σ. fasten it up, Refs 5th c.BC+; act as binding material, ὁ συνδέων πηλός Refs 2nd c.AD+ — passive, τὰς χεῖρας συνεδέθησαν had their hands tied together, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἰσχία μὴ συνδεδεμένα flanks not well-knit, of dogs, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 of persons, bind hand and foot, ὁππότε μιν ξυνδῆσαι Ὀλύμπιοι ἤθελον ἄλλοι Refs 8th c.BC+; λαγὼς αὐτὸς σ. ἑαυτόν entangles itself, Refs —passive, συνδεδεμένος constrained, cramped, Refs 2nd c.AD+
2.b bind up a wound, σφενδόνῃ with.. , Refs 8th c.BC+
3 bind up with, combine closely, σάρκας ὀστοῖς Refs 5th c.BC+; of parts growing together, Refs 5th c.BC+
4 generally, bind together, unite, [ἰσότης] φίλους φίλοις πόλεις τε πόλεσι συμμάχους τε συμμάχοις σ. Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. τινὰ πενίᾳ bind him to.., Refs 4th c.AD+
5 connect, opposed to διαζευγνύω, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II middle, σύνδησαι πέπλους gird up thy robes, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 have things bound together, Ti. Locrian dialectRefs 4th c.AD+
II.3 unite themselves, form a union, πρὸς παίδων γέννησιν 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.

in prison with1×

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
sundorēntoisσυνδεδεμένοι	has happened · subjectperfect middle or passive participle nominative plural masculine	in prison 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 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	sundomō	sundome	sundomē	sundomelē
you 2nd person singular	sundosō	sundose	sundosē	sundoselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	sundotō	sundote	sundotē	sundotelē
we 1st person plural	sundonō	sundone	sundonē	sundonelē
ye 2nd person plural	sundovō	sundove	sundovē	sundovelē
they 3rd person plural	sundolō	sundole	sundolē	sundolelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	sundomeiō	sundomeiē
you 2nd person singular	sundoseiō	sundoseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	sundoteiō	sundoteiē
we 1st person plural	sundoneiō	sundoneiē
ye 2nd person plural	sundoveiō	sundoveiē
they 3rd person plural	sundoleiō	sundoleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	sundosōr	sundosēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	sundotōr	sundotēr
ye 2nd person plural	sundovōr	sundovēr
they 3rd person plural	sundolōr	sundolēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present
I 1st person singular	sundomoiō
you 2nd person singular	sundosoiō
he/she/it 3rd person singular	sundotoiō
we 1st person plural	sundonoiō
ye 2nd person plural	sundovoiō
they 3rd person plural	sundoloiō

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice	sundorō			sundorē

Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice	sundorōntos			sundorēntos1×

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

sundstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

sund 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

sundorēntois“in prison with”has happened · subjectperfect middle or passive participle nominative plural masculine1×

Hebrews 13:3“in prison with”mimnēskovōr toiu desmioiu hōs sundorēntois, toiu kakouchorōntoiu hōs kai autois arōntois …Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if …