συστρέφω (sustrέfō) — to gather together / to call together / to come together

Notes: 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

Related lemmas: στρέφω

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: ACT 28:3

OET-RV ACT 28:3

3 However when Paulos was helping to pick up sticks and putting them on the fire, a viper was driven out by the heat and clamped its jaws down on his hand.

OET-LV ACT 28:3

3 But the Paulos having _gathered some multitude of _sticks, and having _laid _on them on the fire, a_viper having _come _out from the heat, clamped _down on _the hand of _him.

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Sense 2: 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:001}

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: συστρέφομαι

Show passage in OET: MAT 17:22

OET-RV MAT 17:22

22 Another time when they were all together in Galil, Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) told them, “The son of humanity is going to be handed over to the people,

OET-LV MAT 17:22

22 And them being _gathered in the Galilaia/(Gālīl), the Yaʸsous said to _them:
The son of_ the _man is _going to _be _being _given _over into the_hands of _people,

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament