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Koine Greek wordlink #117977

SR GNT 1 Cor 12:7 συμφέρον (sumferon) ‘spirit for the thing benefitting’ Strongs=48510 Lemma=sumferō
Word role=verb mood=participle tense=present voice=active case=accusative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=59 AD

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Other uses (1) of identical word form συμφέρον (V-PPA·ANS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘συμφέρον’ (V-PPA·ANS) is always and only glossed as ‘benefitting’.

Heb 12:10 ‘on_the_other_hand for the thing benefitting in_order that to partake’ SR GNT Heb 12:10 word 18

OET-LV: 10 The ones for on _one _hand for little days according _to the thing supposing to _them were _disciplining us, on _the _other _hand the one for the thing benefitting, in _order that to _partake of _the holiness of _him. (HEB_12:10)

OET-RV: 10 Indeed, they were disciplining us for a few days according to what seemed best to them, but God our father does it for our benefit so that we can also distance ourselves from sin. (HEB 12:10)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘sumferō’ have 4 different glosses: ‘having brought_together’, ‘is benefitting’, ‘it is benefitting’, ‘benefitting’.

Greek words (13) other than συμφέρον (V-PPA·ANS) with a gloss related to ‘benefitting’

Have 13 other words (συμφέρει, συμφέρει, συμφερόντων, συμφέρει, συμφέρει, ἀντιλαμβανόμενοι, συμφέρει, συμφέρει, συμφέρον, συμφέρει, συμφέρει, συμφέρει, συμφέρει) with 2 lemmas altogether (antilambanō, sumferō)

YHN 11:50 συμφέρει (sumferei) V-IPA3··S ‘nor you_all are counting that it is benefitting for you_all that one’ SR GNT Yhn 11:50 word 5

OET-LV: 50 Nor you _all _are _counting that it _is _benefitting for _you _all that one man may _die _off for the people, and not all the nation may _perish. (JHN_11:50)

OET-RV: 50 Don’t you all realise that its better for all of us if one man dies so that the people and the nation won’t be destroyed?” (JHN 11:50)

YHN 16:7 συμφέρει (sumferei) V-IPA3··S ‘truth am saying to you_all it is benefitting for you_all that I’ SR GNT Yhn 16:7 word 7

OET-LV: 7 But I am _saying the truth to _you _all, it _is _benefitting for _you _all that I may _go _away. For/Because if I _may_ not _go _away, the advocate he_˓will˒_ not _be _coming to you _all, but if I _may _be _gone, I _will _be _sending him to you _all. (JHN_16:7)

OET-RV: 7 But honestly it’s for your benefit that I will leave here, because if I don’t, then the assistant won’t be coming to you. But after I’ve gone, I’ll send him to you all. (JHN 16:7)

YHN 18:14 συμφέρει (sumferei) V-IPA3··S ‘to the Youdaiōns that it is benefitting for one man to die_off’ SR GNT Yhn 18:14 word 10

OET-LV: 14 And Kaiafas was the one having _counselled to _the Youdaiōns that it _is _benefitting for _one man to _die _off for the people. (JHN_18:14)

OET-RV: 14 (Caiaphas was the one who had suggested that it was better for the people and the nation if one man should die for all of them.) (JHN 18:14)

MAT 5:29 συμφέρει (sumferei) V-IPA3··S ‘throw it from you it is benefitting for for you that’ SR GNT Mat 5:29 word 17

OET-LV: 29 And if the the right eye of _you is _stumbling you, pluck_ it _out and throw it from you, because/for it _is _benefitting for _you that one of _the members of _you may _perish, and not all the body of _you may _be _thrown into geenna. (MAT_5:29)

OET-RV: 29 If your right eye is causing you to stumble, then pluck it out and throw it away, (MAT 5:29)

MAT 5:30 συμφέρει (sumferei) V-IPA3··S ‘throw it from you it is benefitting for for you that’ SR GNT Mat 5:30 word 16

OET-LV: 30 And if the right hand of _you is _stumbling you, cut _off it and throw it from you, because/for it _is _benefitting for _you that one of _the members of _you may _perish, and not all the body of _you may _go _away into geenna. (MAT_5:30)

OET-RV: 30 and if your right hand is causing you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away, because it’s better for you that one of your body parts would be taken than for your whole body to end up in the judgement fire. (MAT 5:30)

MAT 18:6 συμφέρει (sumferei) V-IPA3··S ‘believing in me it is benefitting for him that may_be hanged’ SR GNT Mat 18:6 word 13

OET-LV: 6 But whoever wishfully may _stumble one of_ the these _little ones which believing in me, it _is _benefitting for _him that a_ heavy _grinding _stone may _be _hanged around the neck of _him, and may _be _sunk in the depth of _the sea. (MAT_18:6)

OET-RV: 6 “But anyone who causes one of these small ones who believe in me to stumble, it would have been better for that person if a heavy stone had been hung around their neck and if they’d been sunk in the deep lake. (MAT 18:6)

MAT 19:10 συμφέρει (sumferei) V-IPA3··S ‘the wife not it is benefitting to marry’ SR GNT Mat 19:10 word 21

OET-LV: 10 The apprentices/followers are _saying to _him: If thus is the cause of _the husband with the wife, it _is_ not _benefitting to _marry. (MAT_19:10)

OET-RV: 10 His followers made the point, “If that’s the case for husband and wife, it’s better not to get married.” (MAT 19:10)

ACTs 20:20 συμφερόντων (sumferontōn) V-PPA·GNP ‘nothing I shrunk_back of the things benefitting not to declare to you_all’ SR GNT Acts 20:20 word 5

OET-LV: 20 how I _shrunk _back nothing of _the_ benefitting _things which to_ not _declare to _you _all, and to _teach you _all with _publicly and in all homes, (ACT_20:20)

OET-RV: 20 But I didn’t shrink back from teaching you everything that would help you, whether I was teaching in public or in individual homes. (ACT 20:20)

1 COR 6:12 συμφέρει (sumferei) V-IPA3··S ‘but not all things is benefitting all things to me is permitting’ SR GNT 1 Cor 6:12 word 7

OET-LV: 12 All things to _me is _permitting, but not all things is _benefitting. All things to _me is _permitting, but not I will _be _being _mastered by anything. (CO1_6:12)

OET-RV: 12 Some might say, ‘Everything is permissible for me,’ but not everything is beneficial. Everything might be permissible for me, but I don’t want those things to have control over me. (CO1 6:12)

1 COR 10:23 συμφέρει (sumferei) V-IPA3··S ‘but not all things is benefitting all things is permitting but’ SR GNT 1 Cor 10:23 word 7

OET-LV: 23 All things is _permitting, but not all things is _benefitting. All things is _permitting, but not all things is _building. (CO1_10:23)

OET-RV: 23 Everything might seem to be allowable, but not everything is beneficial. Everything might seem to be allowable, but not everything builds up character. (CO1 10:23)

2 COR 8:10 συμφέρει (sumferei) V-IPA3··S ‘this for for you_all is benefitting who not only’ SR GNT 2 Cor 8:10 word 9

OET-LV: 10 And a_opinion in this I _am _giving, because/for this for _you _all is _benefitting, who not only which to _do, but also which to _be _willing, previously _began from last _year. (CO2_8:10)

OET-RV: 10 And I’m giving my opinion on this because it’s beneficial for you all not only to do what began last year, but to do it willingly. (CO2 8:10)

2 COR 12:1 συμφέρον (sumferon) V-PPA·NNS ‘to_be boasting it is fitting not benefitting indeed I will_be coming and’ SR GNT 2 Cor 12:1 word 7

OET-LV: 12 To _be _boasting it _is _fitting, not benefitting indeed, I _will _be _coming and to visions and revelations of_the_master. (CO2_12:1)

OET-RV: 12 It’s not appropriate or beneficial to be boasting, so I’ll come to the visions and revelations from Yahweh. (CO2 12:1)

1 TIM 6:2 ἀντιλαμβανόμενοι (antilambanomenoi) V-PPM·NMP Lemma=antilambanō ‘who are from their good_work benefitting these things be teaching and’ SR GNT 1 Tim 6:2 word 23

OET-LV: 2 And the_ believing _ones having masters, them _let_ not _be _despising, because they _are brothers, but rather them _let _be _serving, because they _are believing and beloved, who are benefitting from _their good _work. Be _teaching these things and be _exhorting. (TI1_6:2)

OET-RV: 2 and the ones having masters who are also believers shouldn’t despise their masters because we’re all brothers. On the contrary, let them serve well because the ones benefitting from their good work are beloved believers.
¶ Those principles are what you should be teaching and encouraging the believers to do. (TI1 6:2)

Key: V=verb