Sumballō συμβάλλω

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Sumballō
συμβάλλω
Transliterationsumballō
Strong's numberG4820
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossto ponder/confer
Occurrences6 in 6 verses
Most frequent inActs (4)

Sumballō (Greek συμβάλλω, Strong's G4820) is a Greek verb meaning “to ponder/confer”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

συν-βάλλω
(Rec. συμ-), [in LXX: 2Ch.25:19 (גָּרָה hith.), Isa.46:6 (זוּל), Jer.43:3 (סוּת hi.), Wis.5:8, al. ;]
to throw together, hence,
(a) of speech (before λόγους, Eur., al.), to discuss, confer (sc. λόγους): with dative of person(s), Luk.11:53, WH, mg., Act.17:18; before πρὸς ἀλλήλους, Act.4:15;
(b) to reflect, consider, ponder: ἐν τ. καρδίᾳ, Luk.2:19;
(with) to meet with, fall in with: Act.20:14; in hostile sense, εἰς πόλεμον, with dative (εἰς μάχην, Polyb.), Luk.14:31;
(d) mid., to contribute (Polyb., al.; cf. MM, xxiv): Act.18:27.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVpondered (1), make (1), conferred (1), encountered (1), them (1), met (1)
BSBpondered (1), conferred (1), began to debate (1), help (1), he met (1)

Verses

Every verse with Sumballō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Luke

Acts

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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