verb
suneiamō
Strong’sG4895
I am with
stem sunei-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 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.
* σύν-ειμι
(< εἶμι, to go),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4895 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsoon'-i-mee
to be in company with, i.e. present at the time
Fromfrom G4862 and G1510 (including its various inflections);
King Jamesbe 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
(εἶμι ibo) go or come together, assemble, ἐς χῶρον ἕνα ξυνιόντες ἵκοντο Refs 8th c.BC+; συνιόντος ὄχλου πολλοῦ NT
2 in hostile sense, meet in battle, Refs 8th c.BC+; of states, engage in war, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 in peaceable sense, come together, meet to consult or deliberate,Refs 4th c.BC+; of a conspirator, σ. τοῖς φυγάσιν ἐπὶ καταλύσει τοῦ δήμου Refs 4th c.BC+; also of festive meetings, συνόδους συνιέναι Refs 5th c.BC+
3.b of the council, σύλλογον ὃν εἶπες συνιέναι Refs
4 σ. εἰς τὴν κοινωνίαν, of marriage, Refs; of copulation of animals, Refs 4th c.BC+
II of things, gather, σ. ἀήρ Refs 5th c.BC+; of clouds, Refs 4th c.BC+; opposed to χωρίζεσθαι, Refs; σ. πρὸς αὑτήν recur, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 of money, come together, come in, of revenue, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 to be contracted, σ. καὶ ψύχεσθαι Refs 4th c.BC+
II.4 of stars, come into conjunction, Refs 4th c.AD+; of the moon, συνιούσης, opposed to αὐξομένης, Refs 6th 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| suneialeσυνῆσαν | was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural | were with | 1× |
| suneiarōntouΣυνιόντος | happening now · of, belonging topresent active participle genitive singular masculine | gathering | 1× |
| suneiarōntoiuσυνόντων | happening now · of, belonging topresent active participle genitive plural masculine | were 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 | suneiamō | suneiame | suneiami | suneiama | suneiamē | suneiamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | suneiasō | suneiase | suneiasi | suneiasa | suneiasē | suneiaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | suneiatō | suneiate | suneiati | suneiata | suneiatē | suneiatelē |
| we 1st person plural | suneianō | suneiane | suneiani | suneiana | suneianē | suneianelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | suneiavō | suneiave | suneiavi | suneiava | suneiavē | suneiavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | suneialō | suneiale1×συνῆσαν | suneiali | suneiala | suneialē | suneialelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | suneiameiō | suneiameia | suneiameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | suneiaseiō | suneiaseia | suneiaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | suneiateiō | suneiateia | suneiateiē |
| we 1st person plural | suneianeiō | suneianeia | suneianeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | suneiaveiō | suneiaveia | suneiaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | suneialeiō | suneialeia | suneialeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | suneiasōr | suneiasar | suneiasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | suneiatōr | suneiatar | suneiatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | suneiavōr | suneiavar | suneiavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | suneialōr | suneialar | suneialēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | suneiamoiō | suneiamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | suneiasoiō | suneiasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | suneiatoiō | suneiatoia |
| we 1st person plural | suneianoiō | suneianoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | suneiavoiō | suneiavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | suneialoiō | suneialoia |
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 | suneiarō | suneiari | suneiara | suneiarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | suneiarōntos2× | suneiarintos | suneiarantos | suneiarēntos |
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
sunei 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.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
suneiale“were with”was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Luke 9:18… te arō auton proseuchorōnton kata monain suneiale auto tois mathētois, kai eperōtata autoin …… praying in private and the disciples were with Him, He questioned them: “Who do …
suneiarōntou“gathering”happening now · of, belonging topresent active participle genitive singular masculine1×
Luke 8:4Suneiarōntou de ochlou pollou kai toiu kata …While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus …
suneiarōntoiu“were with”happening now · of, belonging topresent active participle genitive plural masculine1×
Acts 22:11“were with”… teu fōteu ekeineu, cheiragōgorōntos hupo toiu suneiarōntoiu mi erchama eis Damaskan.… brilliance of the light had blinded me, my companions led me by the hand into Damascus.