verb

sunesthiamō

Greekσυνεσθίω (sunesthiō)

Strong’sG4906

I eat with

stem sunesthi-5 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books5 forms occur

Translated as

ate1×ate with1×eat1×eat with1×eats with1×

What it means

συν-εσθίω

[in LXX: Ge 43:32, Ex 18:12 (אכל), II Ki 12:17 (בּרה), Ps 100 (101):5 *;]

to eat with one: c. dat. pers., Lk 15:2, Ac 10:41 11:3, I Co 5:11; seq. μετά, c. gen. pers., Ga 2:12.†

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

Strong’s G4906 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidsoon-es-thee'-o

to take food in company with

Fromfrom G4862 and G2068 (including its alternate);

King Jameseat with.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
sunesthiatōσυνεσθίει	happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular	eats with	1×
sunesthiateσυνήσθιεν	was happening · he/she/itimperfect active indicative 3rd person singular	eat	1×
sunesthiasaσυνέφαγες	happened · youaorist active indicative 2nd person singular	ate with	1×
sunesthianaσυνεφάγομεν	happened · weaorist active indicative 1st person plural	ate	1×
sunesthiarōσυνεσθίειν	happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive	eat 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, 4 occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	sunesthiamō	sunesthiame	sunesthiami	sunesthiama	sunesthiamē	sunesthiamelē
you 2nd person singular	sunesthiasō	sunesthiase	sunesthiasi	sunesthiasa1×συνέφαγες	sunesthiasē	sunesthiaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	sunesthiatō1×συνεσθίει	sunesthiate1×συνήσθιεν	sunesthiati	sunesthiata	sunesthiatē	sunesthiatelē
we 1st person plural	sunesthianō	sunesthiane	sunesthiani	sunesthiana1×συνεφάγομεν	sunesthianē	sunesthianelē
ye 2nd person plural	sunesthiavō	sunesthiave	sunesthiavi	sunesthiava	sunesthiavē	sunesthiavelē
they 3rd person plural	sunesthialō	sunesthiale	sunesthiali	sunesthiala	sunesthialē	sunesthialelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	sunesthiameiō	sunesthiameia	sunesthiameiē
you 2nd person singular	sunesthiaseiō	sunesthiaseia	sunesthiaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	sunesthiateiō	sunesthiateia	sunesthiateiē
we 1st person plural	sunesthianeiō	sunesthianeia	sunesthianeiē
ye 2nd person plural	sunesthiaveiō	sunesthiaveia	sunesthiaveiē
they 3rd person plural	sunesthialeiō	sunesthialeia	sunesthialeiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	sunesthiasōr	sunesthiasar	sunesthiasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	sunesthiatōr	sunesthiatar	sunesthiatēr
ye 2nd person plural	sunesthiavōr	sunesthiavar	sunesthiavēr
they 3rd person plural	sunesthialōr	sunesthialar	sunesthialēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	sunesthiamoiō	sunesthiamoia
you 2nd person singular	sunesthiasoiō	sunesthiasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	sunesthiatoiō	sunesthiatoia
we 1st person plural	sunesthianoiō	sunesthianoia
ye 2nd person plural	sunesthiavoiō	sunesthiavoia
they 3rd person plural	sunesthialoiō	sunesthialoia

The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	sunesthiarō1×συνεσθίειν	sunesthiari	sunesthiara	sunesthiarē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	sunesthiarōtos	sunesthiaritos	sunesthiaratos	sunesthiarētos

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

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

sunesthi 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

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

sunesthiatō“eats with”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular1×

Luke 15:2“eats with”kai diagonguzale tois tē Farisaiois kai tois grammatevois legarōtois hoti Houtos hamartōloin prosdechetō kai sunesthiatō autoi.So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

sunesthiate“eat”was happening · he/she/itimperfect active indicative 3rd person singular1×

Galatians 2:12“eat”pro teu gar erchara tinoin apo Iakōbou meta teiu ethneiu sunesthiate; hote de erchala, hupostellate kai aforizate heauton, foberōtos toin ek peritomau.For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.

sunesthiasa“ate with”happened · youaorist active indicative 2nd person singular1×

Acts 11:3“ate with”legarōtois hoti Eiserchasa pros anēroin akrobustian echarōtoin kai sunesthiasa autoi.and said, “You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them.”

sunesthiana“ate”happened · weaorist active indicative 1st person plural1×

Acts 10:41“ate”ouk panto to lao alla marturoi toi procheirotonirētoi hupo tou theou, ni, hotinois sunesthiana kai sumpinana auto meta tem anistanara auton ek nekroiu;not by all the people, but by the witnesses God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.

sunesthiarō“eat with”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×

1 Corinthians 5:11“eat with”nun de grafama vi mē sunanamignuerō ean tinos adelfos onomazirōtos ateiō pornos ē pleonektos ē eidōlolatros ē loidoros ē methusos ē harpaxos, to toiouto mēde sunesthiarō.But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.