verb
sunthlibamō
Strong’sG4918
I crowd upon
stem sunthlib-2 times in the New Testament2 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-θλίβω
[in LXX: Ec 12:6 א A (רצץ), Si 34 (31):14, I Mac 15:14 A *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4918 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
press together, compress, Refs 4th c.BC+; of a crowd, NT:—passive, Refs 5th c.BC+; συντεθλιμμένον ἤτοι συνεπτυγμένον ἄργυρον, = collisum argentum, Refsaorist 2 συνεθλίβην [ῐ] 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sunthlibaleσυνέθλιβον | was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural | thronged | 1× |
| sunthlibarōntonσυνθλίβοντά | happening now · objectpresent active participle accusative singular masculine | pressing in | 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, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sunthlibamō | sunthlibame | sunthlibami | sunthlibama | sunthlibamē | sunthlibamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | sunthlibasō | sunthlibase | sunthlibasi | sunthlibasa | sunthlibasē | sunthlibaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunthlibatō | sunthlibate | sunthlibati | sunthlibata | sunthlibatē | sunthlibatelē |
| we 1st person plural | sunthlibanō | sunthlibane | sunthlibani | sunthlibana | sunthlibanē | sunthlibanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunthlibavō | sunthlibave | sunthlibavi | sunthlibava | sunthlibavē | sunthlibavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | sunthlibalō | sunthlibale1×συνέθλιβον | sunthlibali | sunthlibala | sunthlibalē | sunthlibalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sunthlibameiō | sunthlibameia | sunthlibameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | sunthlibaseiō | sunthlibaseia | sunthlibaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunthlibateiō | sunthlibateia | sunthlibateiē |
| we 1st person plural | sunthlibaneiō | sunthlibaneia | sunthlibaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunthlibaveiō | sunthlibaveia | sunthlibaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | sunthlibaleiō | sunthlibaleia | sunthlibaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | sunthlibasōr | sunthlibasar | sunthlibasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunthlibatōr | sunthlibatar | sunthlibatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunthlibavōr | sunthlibavar | sunthlibavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | sunthlibalōr | sunthlibalar | sunthlibalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sunthlibamoiō | sunthlibamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | sunthlibasoiō | sunthlibasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunthlibatoiō | sunthlibatoia |
| we 1st person plural | sunthlibanoiō | sunthlibanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunthlibavoiō | sunthlibavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | sunthlibaloiō | sunthlibaloia |
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 | sunthlibarō | sunthlibari | sunthlibara | sunthlibarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | sunthlibarōntos1× | sunthlibarintos | sunthlibarantos | sunthlibarēntos |
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
sunthlib 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.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
sunthlibale“thronged”was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Mark 5:24“thronged”… Kai akolouthate auto ochlos pollos, kai sunthlibale auton.… with him, and a large crowd followed and pressed around Him.
sunthlibarōnton“pressing in”happening now · objectpresent active participle accusative singular masculine1×
Mark 5:31… tois mathētois autou; Blepasō ton ochlon sunthlibarōnton sin, kai legasō; Tinos mu hapteta?… answered, “You can see the crowd pressing in on You, and yet You ask …