noun · feminine
sustrofas
Strong’sG4963
a gathering together, riotous concourse
stem sustrof-2 times in the New Testament2 of 10 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.
συ-στροφή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< συστρέφω), [in LXX: Ho 4:19 13:12 (צרר); σ. ποιεῖσθαι, Am 7:10 (קשׁר), etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4963 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsoos-trof-ay'
a twisting together, i.e. (figuratively) a secret coalition, riotous crowd
Fromfrom G4962;
King James+ band together, concourse.
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
twisting together, σ. χαύνην λαμβάνειν to be loosely twisted, of yarn, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 turning round, variant (cited in Refs 1st c.AD+
3 condensation, density, Refs 4th c.BC+
4 plural, dealings, converse between men, Refs 4th c.BC+
5 metaphorically of style, terseness, concentration, Refs 4th c.BC+concisely, Refs
II that which is rolled into one mass: hence,
II.1 collection, gathering, πλήθεος σ. Refs 5th c.BC+; seditious meeting, concourse, NT+2nd c.BC+; κατὰ συστροφάς in knots, Refs 1st c.BC+; μετὰ συστροφῆς in close array, Refs 1st c.BC+; also, swarm of bees, LXX; flock of birds, Refs 2nd c.AD+; of other things, σ. δρυῶν Refs 1st c.AD+
II.2 physical mass, aggregate, in plural, Refs 4th c.BC+; especially morbid collection or deposit of tubercles, Refs 5th c.BC+; αἱ περὶ τοὺς κονδύλους σ. chalk-stones, Refs 1st c.AD+; σ. νεύρων a complication of nerves or sinews, Refs 5th c.BC+; tumour, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 twisted grain in wood, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.4 συστροφή, with or without ὄμβρου, a sudden storm of rain, Refs 2nd c.BC+; σ. ἀνέμου, πνεύματος, whirlwind, LXX+4th c.BC+; νέφη καὶ σ. Refs 3rd c.BC+
II.5 of stars, νεφελοειδὴς σ., = nebula, Refs 2nd 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
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | sustrofas | sustrofais |
| object accusative | sustrofan1×συστροφὴν | sustrofain |
| direct address vocative | sustrofar | sustrofair |
| of, belonging to genitive | sustrofau1×συστροφῆς | sustrofaiu |
| to, for dative | sustrofa | sustrofai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
sustrofa 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
sustrofan“conspiracy”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 23:12Generantau de hēmerau poiarantois sustrofan tois Ioudaiois anathematizala heautoin legarōntois mēte …… daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath …
sustrofau“commotion”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 19:40… ouk duneni apodōara logon peri tau sustrofau houtau. kai houteim legarantos apoluata tan …… no justification to account for this commotion.”