verb
sunerchamō
Strong’sG4905
I come or go with, accompany, assemble
stem sunerch-30 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books20 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Come together, assemble, meet – used of people gathering in one place, such as a crowd or a group meeting for a purpose 1234. This is described as the earlier, classical use of the word, and it also covers people meeting together in a hostile sense (meeting in battle) or forming an alliance 3.
Accompany, go or come with someone – used of a person travelling or being present together with another, rather than of a group assembling 124. Abbott-Smith notes this as a later development of the word's use 1.
Have sexual relations, cohabit (as husband and wife) – used of a man and woman coming together in marriage or sexual union 123.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
συν-έρχομαι
[in LXX for הלךְ, בּוֹא, אסף ni., etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4905 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsoon-er'-khom-ahee
to convene, depart in company with, associate with, or (specially), cohabit (conjugally)
King Jamesaccompany, assemble (with), come (together), come (company, go) with, resort.
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 -ελεύσομαιRefs 1st c.AD+; but the Attic dialect future is σύνειμι (εἶμι ibo), which see, with aorist 2 συνῆλθον (Doric dialect participle συνενθόντες Refsperfect συνελήλυθα:—go together or in company, σύν τε δύ᾽ ἐρχομένω Refs 8th c.BC+
II come together, assemble, meet, Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. ἐς τὠυτό Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰς ἓν ἱερόνRefs 5th c.BC+; ἐκ τῶν ἀγρῶν Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐς λόγους σ. Refs 5th c.BC+; σύνελθε πρὸς Θέωνα Refs 1st c.BC+; ἐπὶ τὸν ἀγῶνα, i.e. the Dramatic ἀγών, Refs 4th c.BC+; and simply, ξ. τινί have dealings with, Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. χοροῖς take part in.. , Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 in hostile sense, meet in battle, σ. ἐς πεδίον Refs 5th c.BC+; also of the battle, μάχη ὑπό τινων ξυνελθοῦσα engaged in, contested by them, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 come together, be united or banded together, ἐς τὠυτό Refs 5th c.BC+; φίλος φίλῳ ἐς ἓν σ. Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. ἐπὶ κοινωνίᾳ βίω Phintys [same place]; form a league, of states, Refs 4th c.BC+; come together, after quarrelling, ἀδελφοὶ.. οὔτε ῥᾳδίως σ. Refs 1st c.AD+
II.3.b of sexual intercourse, σ. τῷ ἀνδρί Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. εἰς ὁμιλίαν τινί, of a woman, Refs 1st c.BC+; frequently of marriage-contracts, Refs 2nd c.AD+, etc.: absolutely, of animals, couple, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.4 with accusative cognate, ταύτην τὴν στρατείαν ξ. joined in this expedition, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ σὸν λέχος ξυνῆλθον shared thy bed, Refs 5th c.BC+
III of things, to be joined in one, συνερχόμεν᾽ εἰς ἕν Refs 5th c.BC+; χάρις κείνου τέ σοι κἀμοῦ ξ. Refs 5th c.BC+; τἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ τε κἀπὸ σοῦ ἐς ἓν ξ. Refs 5th c.BC+; of one river joining another, Refs 5th c.BC+; of heavenly bodies, to be in conjunction, Refs 4th c.BC+; of a chasm, close, Refs 1st c.AD+; so of a fistula, Refs 1st c.AD+
III.2 of events, concur, happen together, Refs 5th c.BC+; τῆς τύχης οὕτω σ. Refs 1st 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.
2 rarer renderings are not shown; every occurrence below carries the English it was given there.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sunerchotōσυνέρχεται | happening now · he/she/itpresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular | gathered | 1× |
| sunerchovōσυνέρχεσθε | happening now · yepresent middle or passive indicative 2nd person plural | come together | 1× |
| sunercholōσυνέρχονται | happening now · theypresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person plural | assembled | 2× |
| sunerchoteσυνήρχετο | was happening · he/she/itimperfect middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular | gathered | 1× |
| sunercholeσυνήρχοντο | was happening · theyimperfect middle or passive indicative 3rd person plural | gathering | 1× |
| sunerchataσυνῆλθεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | went with | 2× |
| sunerchalaσυνῆλθον | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | went | 3× |
| sunerchalelēσυνεληλύθεισαν | had happened · theypluperfect active indicative 3rd person plural | come together | 1× |
| sunerchoveiōσυνέρχησθε | happening now · yepresent middle or passive subjunctive 2nd person plural | come together | 2× |
| sunerchateiaσυνέλθῃ | happened · he/she/itaorist active subjunctive 3rd person singular | comes | 1× |
| sunercharaσυνελθεῖν | happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive | go with | 3× |
| sunerchorōntoisσυνερχόμενοι | happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative plural masculine | come together | 1× |
| sunerchorōntoiuσυνερχομένων | happening now · of, belonging topresent middle or passive participle genitive plural masculine | come together | 2× |
| sunercharantonσυνελθόντα | happened · objectaorist active participle accusative singular masculine | gone with | 1× |
| sunercharantoisσυνελθόντες | happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculine | come together | 1× |
| sunercharantoinσυνελθόντας | happened · objectaorist active participle accusative plural masculine | came with | 1× |
| sunercharantoiuσυνελθόντων | happened · of, belonging toaorist active participle genitive plural masculine | assembled | 3× |
| sunercharantaiσυνελθούσαις | happened · to, foraorist active participle dative plural feminine | gathered | 1× |
| sunercharēntaisσυνεληλυθυῖαι | has happened · subjectperfect active participle nominative plural feminine | come with | 1× |
| sunercharēntoinσυνεληλυθότας | has happened · objectperfect active participle accusative plural masculine | assembled | 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 140, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 12 occurrences
the subject acts active voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sunerchamō | sunerchame | sunerchami | sunerchama | sunerchamē | sunerchamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | sunerchasō | sunerchase | sunerchasi | sunerchasa | sunerchasē | sunerchaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunerchatō | sunerchate | sunerchati | sunerchata2×συνῆλθεν | sunerchatē | sunerchatelē |
| we 1st person plural | sunerchanō | sunerchane | sunerchani | sunerchana | sunerchanē | sunerchanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunerchavō | sunerchave | sunerchavi | sunerchava | sunerchavē | sunerchavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | sunerchalō | sunerchale | sunerchali | sunerchala3×συνῆλθον | sunerchalē | sunerchalelē1×συνεληλύθεισαν |
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sunerchomō | sunerchome | sunerchomē | sunerchomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | sunerchosō | sunerchose | sunerchosē | sunerchoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunerchotō1×συνέρχεται | sunerchote1×συνήρχετο | sunerchotē | sunerchotelē |
| we 1st person plural | sunerchonō | sunerchone | sunerchonē | sunerchonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunerchovō1×συνέρχεσθε | sunerchove | sunerchovē | sunerchovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | sunercholō2×συνέρχονται | sunerchole1×συνήρχοντο | sunercholē | sunercholelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, 3 occurrences
the subject acts active voice
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sunerchameiō | sunerchameia | sunerchameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | sunerchaseiō | sunerchaseia | sunerchaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunerchateiō | sunerchateia1×συνέλθῃ | sunerchateiē |
| we 1st person plural | sunerchaneiō | sunerchaneia | sunerchaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunerchaveiō | sunerchaveia | sunerchaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | sunerchaleiō | sunerchaleia | sunerchaleiē |
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sunerchomeiō | sunerchomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | sunerchoseiō | sunerchoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunerchoteiō | sunerchoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | sunerchoneiō | sunerchoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunerchoveiō2×συνέρχησθε | sunerchoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | sunercholeiō | sunercholeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
the subject acts active voice
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | sunerchasōr | sunerchasar | sunerchasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunerchatōr | sunerchatar | sunerchatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunerchavōr | sunerchavar | sunerchavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | sunerchalōr | sunerchalar | sunerchalēr |
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | sunerchosōr | sunerchosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunerchotōr | sunerchotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunerchovōr | sunerchovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | sunercholōr | sunercholēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
the subject acts active voice
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sunerchamoiō | sunerchamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | sunerchasoiō | sunerchasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunerchatoiō | sunerchatoia |
| we 1st person plural | sunerchanoiō | sunerchanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunerchavoiō | sunerchavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | sunerchaloiō | sunerchaloia |
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sunerchomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | sunerchosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunerchotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | sunerchonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunerchovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | sunercholoiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 3 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | sunercharō | sunerchari | sunerchara3×συνελθεῖν | sunercharē |
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | sunerchorō | sunerchorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 12 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | sunercharōntos | sunercharintos | sunercharantos7× | sunercharēntos2× |
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | sunerchorōntos3× | sunerchorēntos |
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
sunerch 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.
30 occurrences, every one of them listed
sunerchotō“gathered”happening now · he/she/itpresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular1×
Mark 3:20Kai erchotō eis oikon; kai sunerchotō palin tos ochlos, hōste mē dunorō …… home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples …
sunerchovō“come together”happening now · yepresent middle or passive indicative 2nd person plural1×
1 Corinthians 11:17“come together”… tem kreittonem alla eis tem hēssōnem sunerchovō.In the following instructions …
sunercholō“assembled”happening now · theypresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person plural2×
Mark 14:53… ton Iēsun pros ton archierevon, kai sunercholō pantois tois archierevois kai tois presbuterois …… the chief priests, elders, and scribes assembled.
John 18:20… te hiere, hopou pantois tois Ioudaiois sunercholō, kai en krupte lalama oudenem;… the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.
sunerchote“gathered”was happening · he/she/itimperfect middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular1×
Acts 5:16sunerchote de kai tem plēthem taiu perix …Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing …
sunerchole“gathering”was happening · theyimperfect middle or passive indicative 3rd person plural1×
Luke 5:15“gathering”… mallon tos logos peri autou, kai sunerchole ochlois pollois akouarō kai therapeuorō apo …But the news about Jesus spread all the more, and great crowds came to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses.
sunerchata“went with”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular2×
Acts 2:6generantau de tau fōnau houtau sunerchata tem plēthem kai sunchita, hoti akouale …… this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard …
Acts 9:39anastēarantos de Petros sunerchata autoi; hon parageneranton anagala eis tem …So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took …
sunerchala“went”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural3×
Acts 10:23… tinois toiu adelfoiu toiu apo Ioppau sunerchala auto.… got ready and went with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from …
Acts 10:45“come with”… ekstēala tois ek peritomau pistois hosois sunerchala to Petro, hoti kai epi teim …All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.
Acts 21:16“went”sunerchala de kai toiu mathētoiu apo Kaisareiau …Some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us, and they took …
sunerchalelē“come together”had happened · theypluperfect active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Acts 19:32“come together”… tois polloterois ouk oidalelē tineu heneka sunerchalelē.… another, and most of them did not even know why they were …
sunerchoveiō“come together”happening now · yepresent middle or passive subjunctive 2nd person plural2×
1 Corinthians 11:34… oiko esthiatōr, hina mē eis krimem sunerchoveiō. Teim de loipeim hōs an erchameia …… at home, so that when you come together it will not result in judgment …
1 Corinthians 14:26Tinem oun atō, adelfoir? hotan sunerchoveiō, hekastos psalmon echatō, didachan echatō, apokalupsian …… shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a …
sunerchateia“comes”happened · he/she/itaorist active subjunctive 3rd person singular1×
1 Corinthians 14:23ean oun sunerchateia tas ekklēsas holas epi tem autem …So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues …
sunerchara“go with”happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive3×
Matthew 1:18… autou Mariau to Iōsēf, prin ē sunerchara autoin heuriskita en gastra echarōntas ek …… marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with …
Acts 11:12“go with”legata de tem pneumem mi sunerchara autoi mēdenem diakrinaranton. erchala de sun …The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and …
Acts 22:30… toiu Ioudaioiu luata auton, kai keleuata sunerchara toin archierevoin kai pantem tem sunedriem, …… priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and …
sunerchorōntois“come together”happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative plural masculine1×
1 Corinthians 11:33Hōste, adelfoir mu, sunerchorōntois eis tem esthiara allēloin ekdechovōr.So, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.
sunerchorōntoiu“come together”happening now · of, belonging topresent middle or passive participle genitive plural masculine2×
1 Corinthians 11:18prōtem men gar sunerchorōntoiu vu en ekklēsa akouamō schismeim en …… all, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions …
1 Corinthians 11:20sunerchorōntoiu oun vu epi tem autem ouk …Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper …
sunercharanton“gone with”happened · objectaorist active participle accusative singular masculine1×
Acts 15:38“gone with”… apo autoiu apo Pamfuliau kai mē sunercharanton autoi eis tem ergem, mē sumparalabarō …… it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.
sunercharantois“come together”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculine1×
Acts 1:6“come together”Tois men oun sunercharantois erōtale auton legarōntois; Kurior, ei en …So when they came together, they asked Him, “Lord, will You at this time …
sunercharantoin“came with”happened · objectaorist active participle accusative plural masculine1×
John 11:33“came with”… hōs horata autan klaiarōntan kai toin sunercharantoin auta Ioudaioin klaiarōntoin embrimeta te pneume …When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
sunercharantoiu“assembled”happened · of, belonging toaorist active participle genitive plural masculine3×
Acts 1:21datō oun toiu sunercharantoiu ni androiu en panto chrono ho …… one of the men who have accompanied us the whole time the Lord …
Acts 25:17“assembled”sunercharantoiu oun enthade anabolan mēdenan poierantos ta …So when they came here with me, I did not delay. The next day …
Acts 28:17“assembled”… auton toin arōntoin toiu Ioudaioiu prōtoin; sunercharantoiu de autoiu legate pros autoin; Mis, …… three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over …
sunercharantai“gathered”happened · to, foraorist active participle dative plural feminine1×
Acts 16:13… proseuchan arō, kai kathizarantois lalane tai sunercharantai gunaikai.… spoke to the women who had gathered there.
sunercharēntais“come with”has happened · subjectperfect active participle nominative plural feminine1×
Luke 23:55katakoloutharantais de tais gunaikais, hotinais ale sunercharēntais ek tau Galilaiau auto, theasela tem …The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed, and they …
sunercharēntoin“assembled”has happened · objectperfect active participle accusative plural masculine1×
Acts 10:27“assembled”kai sunomilarōntos auto eiserchata, kai heuriskatō sunercharēntoin polloin,As Peter talked with him, he went inside and found many people gathered …