Quick Definition
σωρεύω v. I heap up, load
Strong's Definition
from another form of 4673; to pile up (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: heap, load
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἐπισωρεύω
25.199 · Attitudes and Emotions · Shame, Disgrace, Humiliation
Collocation: σωρεύω ἄνθρακας πυρὸς ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν
to cause to be ashamed, to make ashamed (an idiom, literally: to heap coals of fire on the head, but the historical background of this idiom is not known, and hence to some extent the meaning is uncertain) to treat someone in such a positive manner as to cause that person to be ashamed or embarrassed
68.76 · (σωρεύομαι) · Aspect · Do Intensely or Extensively
to be given over to doing, to be fully engaged in (a figurative extension of meaning of σωρεύω ‘to heap up’; see 25.199) to be engaged intensively and extensively in some activity It is possible to interpret the usage of σωρεύομαι in 2TI 3:6 as referring to a state of being ‘burdened by sins’ or ‘burdened by the guilt of sin.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σωρεύω: fut. σωρεύσω ; pf. pass. ptep. σεσωρευμένος; (σωρός, ἃ heap); [fr. Aristot. down]; to heap together, to heap up: τὶ ἐπί τι, Ro. xii. 20 (fr. Prov. xxv. 22; see ἄνθραξ) ; τινά τινι, to overwhelm one with a heap of anything: trop. ἁμαρτίαις, to load one with the consciousness of many sins, pass. 2 Tim. iii. 6. [Comp.: ἐπιowpeva. |
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σωρεύω sōreuō 2x
to heap or pile up, Rom. 12:20; met. pass. to be filled with sins, 2 Tim. 3:6*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σωρεύω
[in LXX: Pr 25:22 (חתה), Jth 15:11 * ;]
to heap on: c. acc. seq. ἐπί c. acc., Ro 12:20 (LXX) (Arist., al.);
to heap with: c. acc. et dat., metaph., ἁμαρτίαις, II Ti 3:6 (overwhelmed with, Field, Notes, 217) (Polyb.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σωρεύω occurs in 2 Tim 35 in the sense of ‘‘overwhelm’”’: see Field ores, p. 217, and cf. Bp. Barn. iv. 6 ἐπισωρεύοντας ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ὑμῶν. The subst. σωρός, ‘a heap,” is common in the papyri and ostraca, especially with reference to corn, e.g. P Flor III. 3307 (A.D. 119) αὐτῆς (πυροῦ) σωροῦ (ἀρτάβαι) τ. “Σωσθένης. This proper name (Ac 1817, 1 Cor 11) is found both in the papyriand the inscrr.—P Petr II]. 112(c)?} (iii/B.c.), P Lond 1044°* (vi/A.D.) (=III. p. 255), AZagn 1188 (ii/A.D.) and Preisigke 678°* (Egypt—c. A.D. 200). Lwainatpos, a Christian of Rome (Rom 1651), perhaps to be identified with Σώπατρος of Ac 204. The name under both forms is common : see reff. in Preisigke’s Mamenbuch.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σωρεύω (sōreuō) — to pile up. σωρ-εύω, heap one thing on another, τι πρός τι [NT+4th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. heap with something, with genitive, αἰγιαλοὶ σεσωρευμένοι τινῶν [NT+2nd c.BC+]