συνάγω (sunάgō) — to gather together / to call together / to store

Notes: συνάγω in OET LUK 12:17 is another instance of a complex semantic structure involving not only the gathering together of material but the proper provision for it in some location. In OET LUK 12:17 the focus seems to be upon the storage rather than the process of harvesting.; There are no doubt a number of subtle distinctions in meaning in this series of expressions meaning ‘to gather together,’ but the precise distinctions in meaning cannot be determined from existing NT contexts.

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: συνάγω; aor.; συνήγαγον; συνάγω; inf.; συναγαγεῖν; συνάγω; pf.pass.ptc.; συνηγμένος; συνάγω; aor.pass.; συνήχθην; συνάγω; fut.pass.; συναχθήσομαι

Related lemmas: ἄγω

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

Show passage in OET: MAT 2:4

OET-RV MAT 2:4

4 He gathered together all the chief priests and religious teachers and asked them where the Messiah was expected to be born.

OET-LV MAT 2:4

4 And having _gathered _together all the chief _priests and scribes of _the people, he _was _inquiring from them where the chosen _one /messiah is _being _born.

Show passage in OET: MAT 3:12

OET-RV MAT 3:12

12 He’s already holding his fork so that he can clear his threshing floor—he’ll work through the pile throwing it into the air, where the breeze will carry the chaff away, and he’ll burn it with unquenchable fire, while the heavier grains of wheat will land in the pile to be brought into the barn.”

OET-LV MAT 3:12

12 Of _whom the winnowing _fork is in the hand of _him, and he _will _be _clearing _out the threshing _floor of _him, and will _be _gathering _together the wheat of _him into the barn, but the chaff he _will _be _burning _up with_ inextinguishable _fire.

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All 22 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 2:4 · OET MAT 3:12 · OET MAT 6:26 · OET MAT 12:30 · OET MAT 13:30 · OET MAT 13:47 · OET MAT 22:10 · OET MAT 25:24 · OET MAT 25:26 · OET MAT 25:32 · OET MAT 27:27

LUK: OET LUK 3:17 · OET LUK 11:23

JHN: OET JHN 4:36 · OET JHN 11:47 · OET JHN 11:52 · OET JHN 15:6

ACT: OET ACT 14:27 · OET ACT 15:30

REV: OET REV 16:14 · OET REV 16:16 · OET REV 20:8

Sense 2: to store, to keep in a place

Semantic entry: 85.48

Semantic domains: Existence in Space

Subdomains: Put, Place

Definition: to collect and put in a safe place

Show passage in OET: LUK 12:17

OET-RV LUK 12:17

17 So he started figuring out what to do, ‘What should I do? I don’t have anywhere to store my harvest.’

OET-LV LUK 12:17

17 And he _was _reasoning by himself saying:
What I _may _do, because I _am_ not _having somewhere I _will _be _gathering _together the fruits of _me?

Show passage in OET: LUK 12:18

OET-RV LUK 12:18

18 ‘Ah,’ he said, ‘I know what I’ll do. I’ll knock down my barns and build bigger ones, and then I’ll store all my grain and other produce in there.

OET-LV LUK 12:18

18 And he _said:
This I _will _be _doing:
I _will _be _taking _down the barns and greater barns of _me and I _will _be _building, I _will _be _gathering _together there all the grain and the good things of _me.

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All 4 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: OET LUK 12:17–18

JHN: OET JHN 6:12–13

Sense 3: to convert into money, to turn into money

Semantic entry: 57.144

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Exchange

Definition: to convert property or goods into money

Show passage in OET: LUK 15:13

OET-RV LUK 15:13

13 Then a few days later, that younger son went off to a distant country where he used his inheritance to enjoy an affluent and carefree lifestyle.

OET-LV LUK 15:13

13 And after not many days having _gathered _together all things, the younger son travelled into a_ distant _country, and there scattered the estate of _him, living intemperately.

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Sense 4: to gather together, to come together, to go together, to meet, to assemble

Semantic entry: 15.123

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Gather, Cause To Come Together

Definition: the movement of two or more objects to the same location{N:002}

Notes: In a number of languages important distinctions are made in terms referring to gathering or assembling of animate beings. The distinctions are usually based upon the number of individuals, the distance which they have come, and whether or not the individuals in question constitute a membership group or whether they are merely a loose aggregation. In view of these types of distinctions, it is likely that quite different terms will be required for the various contexts listed for this set of related meanings.

Forms: συνάγομαι

Show passage in OET: MAT 13:2

OET-RV MAT 13:2