G4851
G4851 — συμφέρω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
sumphero (soom-fer'-o) v.
1. to bring together (contribute)
2. (literally) to collect
3. (figuratively) to contribute to
4. (especially, neuter participle as a noun) to bestow an advantage
[from G4862 and G5342 (including its alternate)]
KJV: be better for, bring together, be expedient (for), be good, (be) profit(-able for)
Root(s): G4862, G5342
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
be better for, bring together, be expedient (for), be good, (be) profit(-able for)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
συμφέρω (be better for)
Matthew 5:29
- KJV: And if thy right eye offend thee pluck it out and cast from thee for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish and not thy whole body should be cast into hell
- GK: ει δε ο οφθαλμός σου ο δεξιός σκανδαλίζει σε έξελε αυτόν και βάλε από σου συμφέρει γαρ σοι ίνα απόληται εν των μελών σου και μη όλον το σώμά σου βληθή εις γέενναν
Matthew 5:30
- KJV: And if thy right hand offend thee cut it off and cast from thee for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish and not thy whole body should be cast into hell
- GK: και ει η δεξιά σου χείρ σκανδαλίζει σε έκκοψον αυτήν και βάλε από σου συμφέρει γαρ σοι ίνα απόληται εν των μελών σου και μη όλον το σώμά σου βληθή εις γέενναν
Matthew 18:6
- KJV: But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and he were drowned in the depth of the sea
- GK: ος δ΄ αν σκανδαλίση ένα των μικρών τούτων των πιστευόντων εις εμέ συμφέρει αυτώ ίνα κρεμασθή μύλος ονικός επί τον τράχηλον αυτού και καταποντισθή εν τω πελάγει της θαλάσσης
Matthew 19:10
- KJV: His disciples say unto him If the case of the man be so with wife it is not good to marry
- GK: λέγουσιν αυτώ οι μαθηταί αυτού ει ούτως εστίν η αιτία του ανθρώπου μετά της γυναικός ου συμφέρει γαμήσαι
John 11:50
- KJV: Nor consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people and that the whole nation perish not
- GK: ουδέ διαλογίζεσθε ότι συμφέρει ημίν ίνα εις άνθρωπος αποθάνη υπέρ του λαού και μη όλον το έθνος απόληται
John 16:7
- KJV: Nevertheless I tell you the truth It is expedient for you that I go away for if I go not away the Comforter will not come unto you but if I depart I will send him unto you
- GK: αλλ΄ εγώ την αλήθειαν λέγω υμίν συμφέρει υμίν ίνα εγώ απέλθω εάν γαρ εγώ μη απέλθω ο παράκλητος ουκ ελεύσεται προς υμάς εάν δε πορευθώ πέμψω αυτόν προς υμάς
John 18:14
- KJV: Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews that it was expedient that one man should die for the people
- GK: ην δε Καϊάφας ο συμβουλεύσας τοις Ιουδαίοις ότι συμφέρει ένα άνθρωπον απολέσθαι υπέρ του λαού
Acts 19:19
- KJV: Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together and burned them before all and they counted the price of them and found fifty thousand of silver
- GK: ικανοί δε των τα περίεργα πραξάντων συνενέγκαντες τας βίβλους κατέκαιον ενώπιον πάντων και συνεψήφισαν τας τιμάς αυτών και εύρον αργυρίου μυριάδας πέντε
Acts 20:20
- KJV: how I kept back nothing that was profitable but have shewed you and have taught you publickly and from house to house
- GK: ως ουδέν υπεστειλάμην των συμφερόντων του μη αναγγείλαι υμίν και διδάξαι υμάς δημοσία και κατ΄ οίκους