verb
sunepomō
Strong’sG4902
I accompany
stem sunep-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-έπομαι
[in LXX: II Mac 15:2, III Mac 5:48 R 6:21 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4902 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsoon-ep'-om-ahee
to attend (travel) in company with
Frommiddle voice from G4862 and a primary ἕπω (to follow);
King Jamesaccompany.
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
future -έψομαιRefs 5th c.BC+aorist -εσπόμην (see.below):—follow along with, accompany, σὺν δ᾽ ὁ θρασὺς εἵπετ᾽ Ὀδυσσεύς (where however σύν may be an adverb) Refs 8th c.BC+; ποίμναις.. συνειπόμην used to follow the flocks, i.e. tend them, Refs 5th c.BC+; οὔ σοι τῷ βίῳ ξυνέσπετο (thy fortunes) remained not constant to thy life, Refs; ταῦρος ἄντυγι ξ. kept pace with, it, Refs 5th c.BC+; τῷ χρόνῳ σ. Refs 5th c.BC+
2 comply or be in accordance with, τῷ νόμῳ συνεπόμενοςRefs 5th c.BC+; τῇ τῶν μελιττῶν ἡδονῇ σ. ministering to the taste of the bees, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 of things, μουσικῇ συνεπόμεναι τέχναι the arts attendant on music, Refs; τὰ τούτοις συνεπόμενα the consequences of these, Refs
4 σ. τῷ λόγῳ follow the argument to its consequences, RefsI follow, i.e. understand, you, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sunepoteσυνείπετο | was happening · he/she/itimperfect middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular | accompanied | 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, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sunepomō | sunepome | sunepomē | sunepomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | suneposō | sunepose | suneposē | suneposelē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunepotō | sunepote1×συνείπετο | sunepotē | sunepotelē |
| we 1st person plural | suneponō | sunepone | suneponē | suneponelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunepovō | sunepove | sunepovē | sunepovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | sunepolō | sunepole | sunepolē | sunepolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sunepomeiō | sunepomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | suneposeiō | suneposeiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunepoteiō | sunepoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | suneponeiō | suneponeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunepoveiō | sunepoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | sunepoleiō | sunepoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | suneposōr | suneposēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunepotōr | sunepotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunepovōr | sunepovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | sunepolōr | sunepolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sunepomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | suneposoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunepotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | suneponoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunepovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | sunepoloiō |
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 | suneporō | suneporē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 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 | suneporōntos | suneporēntos |
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
sunep 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
sunepote“accompanied”was happening · he/she/itimperfect middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular1×
Acts 20:4sunepote de auto Sōpatros Purrou Beroiaios, Thessalonikevoiu …Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from …