verb
sunesthiamō
Strong’sG4906
I eat with
stem sunesthi-5 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books5 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-εσθίω
[in LXX: Ge 43:32, Ex 18:12 (אכל), II Ki 12:17 (בּרה), Ps 100 (101):5 *;]
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
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
aorist συνέφᾰγον, eat together, NT+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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | sunesthiarōntos | sunesthiarintos | sunesthiarantos | sunesthiarēntos |
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
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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
sunesthiatō“eats with”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Luke 15:2… legarōntois hoti Houtos hamartōloin prosdechotō kai sunesthiatō autoi.… grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
sunesthiate“eat”was happening · he/she/itimperfect active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Galatians 2:12… tinoin apo Iakōbou meta teiu ethneiu sunesthiate; hote de erchala, hupostelate kai aforizate …… came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they …
sunesthiasa“ate with”happened · youaorist active indicative 2nd person singular1×
Acts 11:3… Eiserchasa pros androin akrobustian echarōntoin kai sunesthiasa autoi.… said, “You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them.”
sunesthiana“ate”happened · weaorist active indicative 1st person plural1×
Acts 10:41… procheirotonorēntoi hupo tou theou, ni, hotinois sunesthiana kai sumpinana auto meta tem anastēara …… had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He …
sunesthiarō“eat with”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×
1 Corinthians 5:11“eat with”… methusos ē harpagos, to toiouto mēde sunesthiarō.… abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.