Quick Definition
συνάγω v. I gather together
Strong's Definition
from 4862 and 71; to lead together, i.e. collect or convene; specially, to entertain (hospitably)
KJV Usage: + accompany, assemble (selves, together), bestow, come together, gather (selves together, up, together), lead into, resort, take in
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor. συνήγαγον · inf. συναγαγεῖν · pf.pass.ptc. συνηγμένος · aor.pass. συνήχθην · fut.pass. συναχθήσομαι | ἄγω
15.125 · Linear Movement · Gather, Cause To Come Together
to gather together, to call together to cause to come together, whether of animate or inanimate objects
MAT 2:4 · MAT 3:12 · MAT 6:26 · MAT 12:30 · MAT 13:30 · MAT 13:47 · MAT 22:10 · MAT 25:24 · MAT 25:26 · MAT 25:32 · MAT 27:27 · LUK 3:17 · LUK 11:23 · JHN 4:36 · JHN 11:47 · JHN 11:52 · JHN 15:6 · ACT 14:27 · ACT 15:30 · REV 16:14 · REV 16:16 · REV 20:8
85.48 · Existence in Space · Put, Place
to store, to keep in a place to collect and put in a safe place
57.144 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Exchange
to convert into money, to turn into money to convert property or goods into money
15.123 · (συνάγομαι) · Linear Movement · Gather, Cause To Come Together
to gather together, to come together, to go together, to meet, to assemble the movement of two or more objects to the same location 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.
MAT 13:2 · MAT 18:20 · MAT 22:34 · MAT 22:41 · MAT 24:28 · MAT 25:35 · MAT 25:38 · MAT 25:43 · MAT 26:3 · MAT 26:57 · MAT 27:17 · MAT 27:62 · MAT 28:12 · MRK 2:2 · MRK 4:1 · MRK 5:21 · MRK 6:30 · MRK 7:1 · LUK 22:66 · JHN 18:2 · ACT 4:5 · ACT 4:26 · ACT 4:27 · ACT 4:31 · ACT 11:26 · ACT 13:44 · ACT 15:6 · ACT 20:7 · ACT 20:8 · 1CO 5:4 · REV 19:17 · REV 19:19
1 LUK 12:17 συνάγω in 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 LUK 12:17 the focus seems to be upon the storage rather than the process of harvesting. 2 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.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
συν-άγω ; fut. συνάξω ; 2 aor. συνήγαγον ; Pass., pres. συνάγομαι; pf. ptep. συνηγμένος ; 1 aor. συνήχθην; 1 fut. συναχθήσομαι; fr. Hom. down; Sept. chiefly for Ox, ΥΞΡ and 73: a. to gather together, to gather: with an ace. of the thing, Lk. xv. 13; Jn. vi. 12sq.; xv. 6; har-. vests, ὅθεν, Mt. xxv. 24, 26; with εἴς τι added, Mt. iii. 12; vi. 26; xiii. 30; Lk. iii. 17; ποῦ, Lk. xii. 17; ἐκεῖ, Lk. xii. 18; συνάγειν καρπὸν eis ζωὴν αἰώνιον (see καρπός, 2 d.), Jn. iv. 36; συνάγω pera twos, Mt. xii. 30; Lk. xi. 23; to draw together, collect: fishes, —of a net in which they are caught, Mt. xiii. 47. b. to bring together, assemble, collect: αἰχμαλωσίαν (1. 6. αἰχμαλώτους), Rev. xiii. 10 RG; eis αἰχμαλωσίαν, i. 6. τινάς, ot ὦσιν αἰχμάλωτοι, Rev. xiii. 10 Led. min.; to join together, join in one (those previously separated): τὰ τέκνα τοῦ θεοῦ τὰ διεσκορπισμένα εἰς ἕν, Jn. xi. 52, (συ"ἀξειν εἰς ἐν τὰ ἔθνη καὶ ποιήσειν φιλίαν, Dion. Hal. 2, 45; ὅπως εἰς φιλίαν συνάξουσι τὰ ἔθνη, ibid.) ; to gather together by convoking: τινάς, Mt. ii. 4; xxii. 10; συνέδριον, Jn. xi. 47; τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, Acts xiv. 27; τὸ πλῆθος, Acts xv. 30; τινὰς εἰς with an ace. of place, Rev. xvi. 16; εἰς τὸν πόλεμον, in order to engage in war, Rey. xvi. 14: xx. 8: ἐπί τινα. unto one, Mt. xxvii. 27. Pass. to be gathered i.e. come together, gather, meet, [ef. B. 52 (45)]: absol., Mt. xxii. 41; xxvii. 17; Mk. ii. 2; Lk. xxii. 66; Acts xiii. 44; xv.6; xx. 7; 1Co.v. 4; Rev. xix. 19; with the addition of εἰς and an ace. of place, Mt. xxvi. 3; Acts iv. 5; εἰς δεῖπνον, Rey. xix. 17; ἔμπροσθέν τινος, Mt. xxv. 32; ἐπί twa, unto one, Mk. v. 21; ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό [see αὐτός, III. 1], Mt. xxii. 34; Acts iv. 26; ἐπί twa, against one, Acts iv. 27; πρός τινα, unto one, Mt. xiii. 2; xxvii. 62; Mk. iv. 1; vi. 30; vil. 1; ἐν with dat. of the place, Acts iv. 31; ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ, Acts xi. 26 ; μετά τινος, Mt. xxviii.12; with adverbs of place: ov, Mt. xviii. 20; Acts χχ. 8; ὅπου, Mt. xxvi. 57; Jn. xx. 19 RG; ἐκεῖ, Jn. xviii. 2; Mt. xxiv. 28; Lk. xvii. 387RGL. c. to lead with one’s self sc. unto one’s home, i. e.to receive hospitably, to entertain, [A.V. to take in]: ξένον, Mt. xxv. 35, 38, 43, (with the addition of εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν, eis τὸν οἶκον, Deut. xxii. 2; Josh. ii. 18; Judg. xix. 18, ete.). [Comp.: ἐπι-συνάγω.}
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
συνάγω synagō 59x
to bring together, collect, gather, as grain, fruits, etc., Mt. 3:12 6:26; 13:30, 47; to collect an assembly; pass. to convene, come together, meet, Mt. 2:4; 13:2; 18:20; 22:10; in NT to receive with kindness and hospitality, to entertain, Mt. 25:35, 38, 43
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
συν-άγω
[in LXX chiefly forאסף, also forקבץ, etc. (cf. Kennedy, Sources, 128) ;]
to gather or bring together: of things, Jo 6:12, 13; seq. εἰς, Mt 3:12, al.; ἐκεῖ, Lk 12:18; ποῦ, Lk 12:17; συναγαγὼν πάντα (sc. εἰς ἀργύριον; v. Field, Notes, 68, MM, xxiv), having sold off all: Lk 15:13; of persons, Jo 11:52; esp. of assemblies, Mt 2:4, Jo 11:47, Ac 14:27, al. Pass., to be gathered or come together: Mt 22:41, Mk 2:2, Lk 22:66, al.; seq. ἐπί Mk 5:21, Ac 4:27; πρός, Mt 13:2, Mk 4:1, al.; εἰς, Re 19:17; ἐν, Ac 11:26; μετά, Mt 28:12; οὗ, Mt 18:20; ὅπου, Mt 26:57; ἐκεῖ, Jo 18:2, al.
In late writers (v. Kennedy, Sources, 128; cf. De 22:2, al.), to receive hospitably, entertain: Mt 25:35, 38, 43 (cf. ἐπι-συνάγω)
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
συνάγω, “bring or gather together.” of the total amount, the full sum, received by sale or by purchase, e.g. P Oxy 11. 285'® (c. A.D. 50) διέσισέν pe ἄλλας δραχμὰς τέσσαρες μηνῶν ἕξ, κατὰ μῆνα δραχμὰς δύο, al συναγόμεναι (δραχμαὶ) KS, ‘he also extorted from me four more drachmae, and two drachmae each month during six months .. .: total, 24 drachmae”’ (Edd.), P Tebt 11. 296% (a.p. 123) τὸ συναγ[όμενον τῆς πρ[ο]σθήκης ἀνελήφθη, ‘the total amount of the increase was received,” or P Oxy I. 55! (A.D. 283) where two joiners ask for payment of 4000 drachmae as the totalamount of wages due to them in connexion with the construction The verb is frequently used of a street—Tad συναγόμενα τῶν μισθῶν τοῦ ὅλου ἔργου. It would seem, therefore, that by συναγαγὼν πάντα in Lk 158 we must understand with Field (/Vo/es, p. 68) that the prodigal converted his goods into money, sold all off
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
συνάγω (sunagō) — to assemble. συνάγω [ᾰ], imperfect συνῆγον, Doric dialect -ᾶγον[Refs 5th c.BC+], Epic dialect σύνᾰγον [Refs 8th c.BC+]future συνάξω: aorist 1 συνῆξα, Doric dialect -ᾶξα[Refs 2nd c.BC+]; infinitive συνάξαι variant in [NT]; participle συνάξας falsa lectio for{συννάξας} in [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist is συνήγαγον: Attic dialect perfect συνῆχα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect συναγάγοχα [Refs]perfect passive συνῆγμαι, Doric dialect -ᾶγμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+].--Old Attic dialect ξυνάγω, which [Refs 8th c.BC+] also uses for the sake of meter:—bring together, gather together:
I. of persons, animals, etc., ἡ δὲ ξυνάγουσα γεραιὰς νηόν.. to the temple, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ποίμνας Ὀλύμπου σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ἕλληνας εἰς ἓν καὶ Φρύγας σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ἐς ὀλίγον crowd them into a narrow compass, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἕν, εἰς μίαν ἀρχήν, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.2. bring together for deliberation or festivity, βουλήν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔς τι, περί τινος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. πανηγύρεις, ἑταιρείας, συσσίτια, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, πανήγυρις.. συναγομένη [Refs 3rd c.AD+]: absolutely, hold a club dinner or meeting, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σ. ἀπὸ συμβολῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; νυνὶ.. συνάγουσι they are at dinner, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.3. in hostile sense, ξ. Ἄρηα, ἔριδα Ἄρηος, ὑσμίνην, join battle, begin the battle-strife, etc., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πόλεμον σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.3. b match, pit two warriors one against the other, [Refs 4th c.BC+]. engage in fight, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
I.3. c collect or levy soldiers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; collect slaves for work, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
I.4. bring together, join in one, unite, ἄμφω ἐς φιλότητα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ κακὸν σέ τε κἀμὲ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γυναῖκα καὶ ἄνδρα, of Isis, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]. contract marriages, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.5. bring together, make friends of, reconcile, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; bring persons together in works of fiction, Κρέοντα καὶ Τειρεσίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.6. σ. ἑαυτόν collect oneself, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
I.7. lead with one, receive, σ. εἰς τὸν οἶκον [LXX]gave hospitality to.., [NT]:—passive, [NT]
II. of things, σύναγεν νεφέλας [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ ἔλαιον ἐν ἀγγείοις interpolated in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καρπόν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τρυγᾶν καὶ σ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τὴν μήκωνα σ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; σ. εἰς μίαν γωνίαν τὸ ἀποκτένισμα τοῦ στιππύου [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; συναγαγεῖν καὶ συναθροῖσαι τὸ θερμόν [NT+5th c.BC+]; of an artist, σ. τὰ κάλλιστα ἐκ πολλῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. b of a historical writer, σ. τὰς πράξεις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; συνηγμένος concise in speech, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; of an anthologist, ὅλας ῥήσεις εἰς ταὐτὸν σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. εἰς ταὐτὸν τὰ κάλλιστα τοῖς αἰσχίστοις jumble together, identify, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. draw together, so as to make the extremities meet, τὰ κέρεα (of an army) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Αἴας δὲ.. δεξιὸν κέρας πρὸς τὸ λαιὸν (uncertain reading) ξυνᾶγε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. τὰ τέρματα, of two rivers which gradually approach one another, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ἑαυτόν, of a snake, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σ. τοὺς πόρους, of a styptic, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σ. τὰν ἁφάν, τὰν γεῦσιν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. b draw together, narrow, contract, [τὴν διώρυχα] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρῴρην σ. bring it to a point, [Refs]; τὸν.. Χρόνον ὡς εἰς μικρότατον σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, συνάγεται καὶ διοίγεται ὁ φάρυγξ [Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἰς στενόν Didym. cited in [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; συνῆκται ἡ κοιλία is pinched in, drawn in, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.2. c σ. τὰς ὀφρῦς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. τὰ βλέφαρα close the eyelids,[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; but σ. τὰ ὦτα prick the ears, of dogs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. d metaphorically, σ. τινὰς ἐς κίνδυνον ἔσχατον [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; συνάγεσθαι to be straitened, afflicted, λιμῷ, σιτοδείᾳ, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; συνάγεσθαι τοῖς Χαρακτῆρσι to become pinched in its features, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; but πεφυκότος τοῦ θερμοῦ συνάγειν καὶ τονοῦν τὴν γαστέρα pull the stomach together, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.3. conclude from premisses, infer, prove, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: with infinitive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] form a conclusion of his having been.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; συνάγοντες λόγοι cogent arguments, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: also, sum up numbers, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; also, obtain them by multiplication, ὁ συνηγμένος [ἀριθμὸς] ἐκ τῶν κβ καὶ πθ the product.. , [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of division, give a quotient, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; of an integer, yield a fraction [Refs]; of any calculation, yield a result, [Refs]
II.4. passive, συνάγεται τᾷ περιφορᾷ is carried along with it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.5. bring about, τὸ τέλος τῆς νίκης [Refs 2nd c.AD+]