verb
suniēamō
Strong’sG4920
I consider, understand
stem suniē-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-ίημι and συνίω (v. Bl., § 23, 7),
[in LXX chiefly for בּין hi., שׂכל hi.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4920 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsoon-ee'-ay-mee
to put together, i.e. (mentally) to comprehend; by implication, to act piously
Fromfrom G4862 and ἵημι (to send);
King Jamesconsider, understand, be wise.
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
also ξυν-, 2nd pers. singular ξυνίης [ῑ] Refs 5th c.BC+; 3rd.pers. singular and plural συνίει, συνίουσι, LXX; imperative ξυνίει Refs 8th c.BC+; 3rd.pers. singular subjunctive συνιῇ Refs 5th c.BC+; infinitive συνιέναι, Epic dialect -ῑέμενLXX+8th c.BC+; participle ξυνῑείς LXX+5th c.BC+: imperfect συνίην Refs 3rd c.AD+; συνίειν (assuming variant) Refs 2nd c.AD+; 3rd.pers. singular ξυνίει Refs 5th c.BC+; 3rd.pers. plural ξυνίεσαν Refs 5th c.BC+, Epic dialect ξύνιεν Refs 8th c.BC+: future συνήσω Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist 1 συνῆκα Refs 5th c.BC+; Epic dialect ξυνέηκα Refs 8th c.BC+; but aorist 2 imperative ξύνες, Refs 5th c.BC+; plural σύνετε variant in NT; participle συνείς Refs 5th c.BC+ and ; Aeolic dialect σύνεις Refs 7th c.BC+; Doric dialect infinitive συνέμεν Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect συνεῖκα Refs 2nd c.BC+; Doric dialectRefs 1st c.AD+; perfect participle συνεικώς probable reading in Refs 8th c.BC+ we find of present, only imperative ξυνίει Refs 8th c.BC+; ofimperfect, 3rd.pers. plural ξύνιεν for ξυνίεσαν, Refs 8th c.BC+; of aorist 1, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular ξυνέηκ; of aorist 2, imperative ξύνες Refs; of aorist 2 middle, 3rd.pers. singular ξύνετο Refs 8th c.BC+; subjunctive 1st pers. plural συνώμεθα Refs 8th c.BC+; all except the last form with ξυν-, though seldom required by the verse. [As in ἵημι, the 1st pers. syllable is short in Epic dialect, long in Trag. and Comedy texts: Refs 8th c.BC+ ξυνιημι in a dactylic verse, Refs 5th c.BC+ ξυνιημι in an iambic trimeter, Refs 4th c.BC+
I bring or set together, in hostile sense, τίς τ᾽ ἄρ σφωε.. ἔριδι ξυνέηκε μάχεσθα; Refs 8th c.BC+; but ἀμφοτέρῃς.. ἕνα ξυνέηκεν ὀϊστόν shot one arrow at both together, Refs 5th c.AD+
I.2 middle, come together, come to an agreement, ὄφρα.. συνώμεθα.. ἀμφὶ γάμῳ Refs 8th c.BC+
I.3 send herewith, Refs 3rd c.BC+
II metaphorically, perceive, hear, frequently in Refs 8th c.BC+ (who also has middle in this sense, ἀγορεύοντος ξύνετο Refs 8th c.BC+; καὶ κωφοῦ συνίημι Orac cited in Refs 8th c.BC+
II.2 to be aware of, take notice of, observe, τοῖιν Refs 8th c.BC+: with accusative, Refs 5th c.BC+: followed by a relative, ξύνες δὲ τήνδ᾽, ὡς.. χωρεῖ Refs 6th c.BC+
II.3 understand, ξ. ἀλλήλων understand one another's language, Refs 5th c.BC+; εὖ λέγοντος.. τοῦ Δελφικοῦ γράμματος οὐ σ. Refs 5th c.BC+ to the intelligent, Refs 6th c.BC+; in Comedy texts dialogue, parenthetically, συνίη; like{μανθάνεις}; Latin tenes? Refs 4th c.BC+; οὐχὶ ξυνίη; Refs 5th c.BC+: also followed by a clause, οὐ ξυνιᾶσιν ὅκως.. Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. τὸ γράμμα ὃ βούλεται Refs 5th c.BC+: also, like other Verbs of perception, with participle, ξυνιᾶσι τιμώμενοι Refs 3rd c.AD+; οὐ συνίης καταναλίσκω; 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| suniēaveiaσυνῆτε | happened · yeaorist active subjunctive 2nd person plural | understand | 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, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | suniēamō | suniēame | suniēami | suniēama | suniēamē | suniēamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | suniēasō | suniēase | suniēasi | suniēasa | suniēasē | suniēaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | suniēatō | suniēate | suniēati | suniēata | suniēatē | suniēatelē |
| we 1st person plural | suniēanō | suniēane | suniēani | suniēana | suniēanē | suniēanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | suniēavō | suniēave | suniēavi | suniēava | suniēavē | suniēavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | suniēalō | suniēale | suniēali | suniēala | suniēalē | suniēalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | suniēameiō | suniēameia | suniēameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | suniēaseiō | suniēaseia | suniēaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | suniēateiō | suniēateia | suniēateiē |
| we 1st person plural | suniēaneiō | suniēaneia | suniēaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | suniēaveiō | suniēaveia1×συνῆτε | suniēaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | suniēaleiō | suniēaleia | suniēaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | suniēasōr | suniēasar | suniēasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | suniēatōr | suniēatar | suniēatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | suniēavōr | suniēavar | suniēavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | suniēalōr | suniēalar | suniēalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | suniēamoiō | suniēamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | suniēasoiō | suniēasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | suniēatoiō | suniēatoia |
| we 1st person plural | suniēanoiō | suniēanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | suniēavoiō | suniēavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | suniēaloiō | suniēaloia |
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 | suniēarō | suniēari | suniēara | suniēarē |
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 | suniēarōntos | suniēarintos | suniēarantos | suniēarēntos |
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
suniē 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
suniēaveia“understand”happened · yeaorist active subjunctive 2nd person plural1×
Acts 28:26“understand”… legasar; Akoa akouavi kai ouk mē suniēaveia, kai bleparōntois blepavi kai ouk mē …… people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”