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σύντροφος

Strong’s: G4939

Associated OET lemmas: σύντροφος

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: σύντροφος; -ου

Related lemmas: τρέφω

Sense 1: foster brother or foster sister

Semantic entry: 10.51

Semantic domains: Kinship Terms

Subdomains: Kinship Relations of the Same Generation

Definition: a person offered parental care and/or adoption along with the reference person, though not related by blood

Notes: It is possible, however, that σύντροφος in RV ACT 13:1 · LV ACT 13:1 · Read together ACT 13:1 has the meaning of ‘a close friend from childhood’ (see 34.15: σύντροφος).|In some languages ‘a foster brother’ may be referred to as ‘a person who becomes a brother by being adopted’ or ‘a person who grows up just as though he were a brother.’

ACT 13:1: RV ACT 13:1 · LV ACT 13:1 · Read together ACT 13:1

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OET-RV ACT 13:1

13 In the assembly at Antiokeia there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Shim’on (Simeon; Grk. Sumeon) (called Niger), Lukios from Kurainai (Cyrene), Menahem (Grk. Manaen) (who grew up with Herodes (Herod) the tetrarch), and Sha’ul (Saul; Grk. Saulos /Saul).

OET-LV ACT 13:1

13 And there _were prophets and teachers in Antioⱪeia, in the assembly being:
the both Barnabas, and Sumeōn/(Shimˊōn) who being _called Niger, and Loukios the from _Kuraʸnaʸ, And Manaaʸn raised _with of _Haʸrōdaʸs of _the quarter _ruler, and Saulos.

Sense 2: close friend, intimate friend, friend since childhood

Semantic entry: 34.15

Semantic domains: Association

Subdomains: Associate

Definition: a close friend on the basis of having been brought up together

Notes: Some scholars, however, understand σύντροφος in RV ACT 13:1 · LV ACT 13:1 · Read together ACT 13:1 as being an instance of σύντροφος[a] 'foster brother' (see 10.51: σύντροφος).

ACT 13:1: RV ACT 13:1 · LV ACT 13:1 · Read together ACT 13:1

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OET-RV ACT 13:1

13 In the assembly at Antiokeia there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Shim’on (Simeon; Grk. Sumeon) (called Niger), Lukios from Kurainai (Cyrene), Menahem (Grk. Manaen) (who grew up with Herodes (Herod) the tetrarch), and Sha’ul (Saul; Grk. Saulos /Saul).

OET-LV ACT 13:1

13 And there _were prophets and teachers in Antioⱪeia, in the assembly being:
the both Barnabas, and Sumeōn/(Shimˊōn) who being _called Niger, and Loukios the from _Kuraʸnaʸ, And Manaaʸn raised _with of _Haʸrōdaʸs of _the quarter _ruler, and Saulos.