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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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συμφέρω

Strong’s: G4851

Associated OET lemmas: συμφέρω

UBS dictionary entries sharing a lemma or Strong’s identifier: σύμφορος (G4851a)

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: συμφέρω; aor.ptc.; συνενέγκας

Related lemmas: φέρω

Sense 1: to gather together, to call together

Semantic entry: 15.125

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Gather, Cause To Come Together

Definition: to cause to come together, whether of animate or inanimate objects

Sense 2: to be advantageous, to be better off, to be to someone’s advantage

Semantic entry: 65.44

Semantic domains: Value

Subdomains: Advantageous, Not Advantageous

Definition: to be of an advantage to someone

Notes: In a number of languages the idea of ‘advantage’ implies some comparison, either a benefit which is greater than someone else has or a benefit which makes one’s later state better off than the previous state. For example, in the case of OET JHN 11:50 one may translate ‘don’t you realize that if one man dies for the people, then you are much better off.’

All 14 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 5:29–30 · OET MAT 18:6 · OET MAT 19:10

JHN: OET JHN 11:50 · OET JHN 16:7 · OET JHN 18:14

ACT: OET ACT 20:20

CO1: OET CO1 6:12 · OET CO1 10:23 · OET CO1 12:7

CO2: OET CO2 8:10 · OET CO2 12:1

HEB: OET HEB 12:10