Strong's Lexicon sunechó: To hold together, to constrain, to compel, to press Original Word: συνέχω Word Origin: From σύν (syn, "with") and ἔχω (echó, "to have" or "to hold") Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "sunechó," similar concepts can be found in Hebrew words like אָחַז (achaz, "to seize" or "to hold") and צָרַר (tsarar, "to bind" or "to be narrow"). Usage: The Greek verb "sunechó" primarily means to hold together or to constrain. It can imply being physically held or constrained, as well as being mentally or emotionally compelled or pressed. In the New Testament, it is often used metaphorically to describe being gripped or controlled by emotions, circumstances, or spiritual forces. Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of being "held together" or "constrained" was understood both in physical and metaphorical terms. The term could describe the physical act of holding something together, such as a structure or a group of people, as well as the internal compulsion or pressure exerted by emotions or external circumstances. This duality of meaning is reflected in its New Testament usage, where it often describes the compelling force of spiritual or emotional states. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom sun and echó Definition to hold together, to hold fast, pass. to be seized (by illness) NASB Translation afflicted (1), controls (1), covered (1), crowding (1), devoting...completely (1), distressed (1), gripped (1), hard-pressed (1), hem (1), holding...in custody (1), suffering (2). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4912: συνέχωσυνέχω; future συνεξω; 2 aorist συνέσχον; passive present συνέχομαι; imperfect συνειχομην; from Homer down; 1. to hold together; any whole, lest it fall to pieces or something fall away from it: τό συνέχον τά πάντα, the deity as holding all things together, Wis. 1:7 (see Grimm at the passage). 2. to hold together with constraint, to compress, i. e., a. to press together with the hand: τά ὦτα, to stop the ears, Acts 7:57 (τό στόμα, Isaiah 52:15; τόν οὐρανόν, to shut, that it may not rain, Deuteronomy 11:17; 1 Kings 8:35). b. to press on every side: τινα, Luke 8:45; with πάντοθεν added, of a besieged city, Luke 19:43. 3. to hold completely, i. e. a. to hold fast : properly, a prisoner, Luke 22:63 (τά αἰχμάλωτα, Lucian, Tox. 39); metaphorically, in the passive, to be held by, closely occupied with, any business (Wis. 17:19 (20); Herodian, 1, 17, 22 (9 edition, Bekker); Aelian v. h. 14, 22): τῷ λόγῳ, in teaching the word, Acts 18:5 G L T Tr WH (here R. V. constrained by). β. to constrain, oppress, of ills laying hold of one and distressing him; passive, to be holden with equivalent to afflicted with, suffering from": νόσοις, Matthew 4:24; πυρετῷ, Luke 4:38; δυσεντερίῳ, Acts 28:8 (many examples from Greek writings from Aeschylus and Herodotus down are given in Passow, under the word συνέχω, I. a.; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, I. 4)); of affections of the mind: φόβῳ, Luke 8:37 (ὀδύρμω, Aelian v. h. 14, 22; ἀλγηδονι, Plutarch, de fluv. 2, 1; ἀθυμία, ibid. 7, 5; 19, 1; λύπη, 17, 3; for other examples see Grimm on Wis. 17:10). γ. to urge, impel: tropically, the soul, ἡ ἀγάπη ... συνέχει ἡμᾶς, 2 Corinthians 5:14 (A. V. constraineth); πῶς (how greatly, how sorely) συνέχομαι, Luke 12:50 (A. V. straitened); τῷ πνεύματι, Acts 18:5 Rec. συνέχομαι ἐκ τῶν δύο, I am hard pressed on both sides, my mind is impelled or disturbed from each side (R. V. I am in a strait betwixt the two), Philippians 1:23. From sun and echo; to hold together, i.e. To compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner); figuratively, to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy -- constrain, hold, keep in, press, lie sick of, stop, be in a strait, straiten, be taken with, throng. see GREEK sun see GREEK echo Englishman's Concordance Matthew 4:24 V-PPM/P-AMPGRK: καὶ βασάνοις συνεχομένους καὶ δαιμονιζομένους NAS: who were ill, those suffering with various KJV: people that were taken with divers INT: and pains oppressed and possessed by demons Luke 4:38 V-PPM/P-NFS Luke 8:37 V-IIM/P-3P Luke 8:45 V-PIA-3P Luke 12:50 V-PIM/P-1S Luke 19:43 V-FIA-3P Luke 22:63 V-PPA-NMP Acts 7:57 V-AIA-3P Acts 18:5 V-IIM/P-3S Acts 28:8 V-PPM/P-AMS 2 Corinthians 5:14 V-PIA-3S Philippians 1:23 V-PIM/P-1S Strong's Greek 4912 |
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