Quick Definition
συστρέφω v. I roll or gather together
Strong's Definition
from 4862 and 4762; to twist together, i.e. collect (a bundle, a crowd)
KJV Usage: gather
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | στρέφω
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
15.123 · (συστρέφομαι) · 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.
1 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
συστρέφω: 1 aor. ptep. συστρέψας ; pres. pass. ptep. συστρεφόμενος ; [fr. Aeschyl. and Hdt. down]; -to twist together, roll together (into a bundle): φρυγάνων πλῆθος, Acts xxviii. 3. 2. to collect, combine, uniie: τινάς, pass. [reflexively (?)] of men, to [gather themselves together,| assemble: Mt. xvii. 22 LT Trtxt. WH, see ἀναστρέφω, 3 ἃ.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
συστρέφω systrephō 2x
to turn or roll together; to collect, gather, Acts 28:3; Mt. 17:22*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
συ-στρέφω
[in LXX chiefly for קשׁר ;]
to twist together: c. acc. rei, Ac 28:3.
Pass., of persons, to gather themselves together: Mt 17:22 (WH, R, mg.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
συστρέφω, ‘gather together,” ‘‘ twist together,’ c. acc. rei, as in Ac 28%, is seen in P Oxy II. 234% 15. (medical prescription συστρέψας καὶ χλιαίνων ἔνσταζε, ‘twist some wool with the oil in it round a probe, warm, and drop in,” and so%?, also BGU VII. 1673!° (ii/a.pD.) o[v]véorpepa, unfortunately in a broken context. Cf. Wiinsch 47 p. 2315 (iii/A.D.) δρκίζω oe τὸν συνστρέφοντα τὴν γῆν ἐϊπὶ τ]ῶν θεμελίων αὐτῆς, where the verb = conglobare (cf. Prov 8533). For the mid., apparently in the sense of ‘‘gather themselves together,” cf. Mt 172%.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
συστρέφω (sustrephō) — to gather. συστρέφω, twist up, roll up, of a whirlwind, μή σ᾽ ἀναρπάσῃ.. συστρέψας ἄφνω [NT+5th c.BC+]; of animals, gather themselves together, in preparing to spring, σ. ἑαυτὸν ὥσπερ θηρίον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. τὸν αὐχένα, of one struggling to get loose, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ὄμματα διὰ κενῆς, ὡς εἴ τι βλέπων, ξυνέστρεφε screwed up his eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; συστρέψαι ἑαυτούς, of dolphins, [Refs 4th c.BC+] — passive, εἰ τὸ χόριον εἰς αὑτὸ συνεστραμμένον εἴη[Refs]; συνεστραμμένη χείρ clenched fist, [Refs]; of a whirlwind, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the moon, uncertain meaning in Palchus in [Refs]
II. of soldiers, σ. ἑωυτούς form in a compact body, for attack or defence, collect themselves, rally, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. εἰς ταὐτό (i.e. τὰς ἵππους) [Refs 4th c.BC+]passive, συστραφέντες in a body, [Refs 5th c.BC+]they were formed in a mass [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so of bees, fishes, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2. of soldiers, also, συστρέφειν ἐπὶ δόρυ wheel them to the right, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so probably σ. τὸν ἵππον turn him sharply, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
III. form into an organized whole, unite, τὸ Μηδικὸν ἔθνος [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, club together, conspire, [LXX+5th c.BC+]:—in active,[LXX]
IV. passive, collect, gather, σ. αἷμα ἐς.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of humours, gather, come to a head, φύματος συστραφέντος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of gravel collecting in the bladder, [Refs]Aër.[Refs]
V. make the hair curl, [Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, συνεστραμμένα ξύλα knotted, gnarled, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
VI. condense, congeal, harden, τὸ ψυχρὸν συστρέφον καὶ συσφίγγον [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of condensing fluids by heat, ἐν ἡλίῳ [Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὰ γυμνάσια τὰς σάρκας σ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, to be condensed, acquire substance or consistency, ἀφρὸς σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]perfect participle passive, σπέρμα ξηρὸν καὶ συνεστραμμένον[Refs]; νέφος ἐστὶ πάχος ἀτμῶδες σ. [Refs]; πῦρ σ. concentrated, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; compact, σ. τὸ εὐπαγές [Refs 1st c.BC+]; σωμάτιον σ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; συστρέφεσθαι καὶ ἀπεψῦχθαι, of an infant, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
VII. of sentences, narratives, and the like, bring into a close form, compress, ἐὰν μὴ συστρέφῃ τὰ πράγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐνθυμήματα σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σ. τὰ νοήματα, τὸν νοῦν ἐν ὀλίγοις ὀνόμασι, [Refs 1st c.BC+] writes briefly, curtly, [Refs 4th c.BC+] —frequently in passive, ῥῆμα βραχὺ καὶ συνεστραμμένον a short and pithy saying, of the Spartans, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λέξις συνεστραμμένη, opposed to διῃρημένη, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
VII. b also, speak or write in an involved style, twist one's words, [Refs 4th c.BC+]