verb

sunkrinamō

Greekσυγκρίνω (sunkrinō)

Strong’sG4793

I combine, compare

stem sunkrin-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 forms occur

Translated as

compare2×explaining1×

What it means

συν-κρίνω

(Rec. συγκ-) [in LXX chiefly for פּתר;]

1. to compound, combine: I Co 2:13, R, mg.1 (Lft., Notes, 180 f.).

2. In Arist. and later writers (Wi 7:29, al.) = παραβάλλω, to compare: I Co, l.c., R, txt. (Field, Notes, 168), II Co 10:12

3. In LXX, of dreams, to interpret (Ge 40:8, I Co, l.c., R, mg.2 (but v. reff. supr.).†

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

Strong’s G4793 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidsoong-kree'-no

to judge of one thing in connection with another, i.e. combine (spiritual ideas with appropriate expressions) or collate (one person with another by way of contrast or resemblance)

Fromfrom G4862 and G2919;

King Jamescompare among (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
sunkrinaraσυγκρῖναι	happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive	compare	1×
sunkrinarōtoisσυγκρίνοντες	happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine	compare	2×

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	sunkrinamō	sunkriname	sunkrinami	sunkrinama	sunkrinamē	sunkrinamelē
you 2nd person singular	sunkrinasō	sunkrinase	sunkrinasi	sunkrinasa	sunkrinasē	sunkrinaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	sunkrinatō	sunkrinate	sunkrinati	sunkrinata	sunkrinatē	sunkrinatelē
we 1st person plural	sunkrinanō	sunkrinane	sunkrinani	sunkrinana	sunkrinanē	sunkrinanelē
ye 2nd person plural	sunkrinavō	sunkrinave	sunkrinavi	sunkrinava	sunkrinavē	sunkrinavelē
they 3rd person plural	sunkrinalō	sunkrinale	sunkrinali	sunkrinala	sunkrinalē	sunkrinalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	sunkrinameiō	sunkrinameia	sunkrinameiē
you 2nd person singular	sunkrinaseiō	sunkrinaseia	sunkrinaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	sunkrinateiō	sunkrinateia	sunkrinateiē
we 1st person plural	sunkrinaneiō	sunkrinaneia	sunkrinaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	sunkrinaveiō	sunkrinaveia	sunkrinaveiē
they 3rd person plural	sunkrinaleiō	sunkrinaleia	sunkrinaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	sunkrinasōr	sunkrinasar	sunkrinasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	sunkrinatōr	sunkrinatar	sunkrinatēr
ye 2nd person plural	sunkrinavōr	sunkrinavar	sunkrinavēr
they 3rd person plural	sunkrinalōr	sunkrinalar	sunkrinalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	sunkrinamoiō	sunkrinamoia
you 2nd person singular	sunkrinasoiō	sunkrinasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	sunkrinatoiō	sunkrinatoia
we 1st person plural	sunkrinanoiō	sunkrinanoia
ye 2nd person plural	sunkrinavoiō	sunkrinavoia
they 3rd person plural	sunkrinaloiō	sunkrinaloia

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	sunkrinarō	sunkrinari	sunkrinara1×συγκρῖναι	sunkrinarē

Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	sunkrinarōtos2×	sunkrinaritos	sunkrinaratos	sunkrinarētos

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

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

sunkrin 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

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

sunkrinara“compare”happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive1×

2 Corinthians 10:12“compare”Ouk gar tolmanō enkrinara ē sunkrinara heautoin tinoi toiu heautoin sunistanarōtoiu; alla autois en heautoi heautoin metrarōtois kai sunkrinarōtois heautoin heautoi ouk suniēkalō.We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.

sunkrinarōtois“compare”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine2×

1 Corinthians 2:13“explaining”heim kai lalanō ouk en didaktoi anthrōpinau sofiau logoi, alla en didaktoi pneumeu, pneumatikei pneumatikeim sunkrinarōtois.And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.

2 Corinthians 10:12“compare”Ouk gar tolmanō enkrinara ē sunkrinara heautoin tinoi toiu heautoin sunistanarōtoiu; alla autois en heautoi heautoin metrarōtois kai sunkrinarōtois heautoin heautoi ouk suniēkalō.We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.