G4822: συμβιβάζω (symbibázō)

G4822 συμβιβάζω (symbibázō)

Greek

Verb

Quick Definition

I unite, prove, instruct

Strong's Definition

causative (by reduplication) of the base of G939 (βάσις)); to drive together, i.e. unite (in association or affection), (mentally) to infer, show, teach

Derivation: from G4862 (σύν) and (to force;

KJV Usage: compact, assuredly gather, intrust, knit together, prove

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

συμβιβάζω (WH συνβιβάζω (so Tdf. in Eph_4:16; Col_2:19); cf. σύν, II. at the end); 1 aorist βυνεβίβασα (Act_19:33 L T Tr WH, but see below); passive, present participle συμβιβαζόμενος; 1 aorist participle συμβιβασθεις; (βιβάζω to mount the female, copulate with her; to leap, cover, of animals; allow to be covered, admit to cover); 1. to cause to coalesce, to join together, put together: τό σῶμα, passive, of the parts of the body 'knit together' into one whole, compacted together, Eph_4:16; Col_2:19; to unite or knit together in affection, passive, Col_2:2 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 63, 2 a.; Buttmann, § 144, 13 a.) (to reconcile one to another, Herodotus 1, 74; Thucydides 2, 29). 2. to put together in one's mind, to compare; by comparison to gather, conclude, consider: followed by ὅτι, Act_16:10 (Plato, Hipp., min., p. 369 d.; de rep. 6, p. 504 a.). 3. to cause a person to unite with one in a conclusion or come to the same opinion, to prove, demonstrate: followed by ὅτι, Act_9:22 ((Aristotle, top. 7, 5, p. 151a, 36); followed by ὡς (Aristotle, rhet. Alex. 4, p. 1426a, 37: etc.); Jamblichus, vit. Pythagoras c. 13 § 60; followed by the accusative with infinitive, Ocellus Lucanus, 3, 3); by a usage purely Biblical, with the accusative of a person, to teach, instruct, one: 1Co_2:16; for δΕαΔιο, Isa_40:14; for δεγΔιςΗ , Exo_18:16; Deu_4:9; Isa_40:13, Alex., Ald., etc.; for δεψΘδ, Exo_4:12; Exo_4:15; Lev_10:11; αΔΜιπΘδ δΔωΐ�λΔΜιμ, Theod., Dan_9:22. (The reading συνεβίβασαν in Act_19:33, given by manuscripts ΰ A B etc. (and adopted by L T Tr WH) yields no sense; (but it may be translated (with R. V. marginal reading) 'some of the multitude instructed Alexander', etc.; R. V. text translates it they brought Alexander out of the multitude, etc.).)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

συμβιβάζω symbibazō 7x pr. to cause to come together; to unite, knit together, Eph_4:16 ; Col_2:2 ; Col_2:19 ; to infer, conclude, Act_16:10 ; by impl. to prove, demonstrate, Act_9:22 ; in NT to teach, instruct, Act_19:33 ; 1Co_2:16

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

συν -βιβάζω ( Rec. συμ -), [in LXX : Exo_4:12 ; Exo_4:15 , Lev_10:11 , Jdg_13:8 , Psa_32:8 ( H3384 hi .); Exo_18:16 , Deu_4:9 , Isa_40:13 ( H3045 hi .), Isa_40:14 ( H995 hi .), Da TH Dan_9:22 ( H7919 hi .) * ;] 1. to join or knit together, unite: Eph_4:16 , Col_2:2 (but v. infr .), Col_2:19 . 2. to compare, consider, conclude ( Plat .): Act_16:10 . 3. to deduce, prove, demonstrate ( Arist .): Act_9:22 . 4. As in LXX ("translation Greek," = ἐμβιβάζω , metaph .), to teach, instruct: 1Co_2:16 Act_19:33 , R , mg . (also in Vg ., Col_2:2 , instructi , but v. supr .).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

συνβιβάζω [page 603] συνβιβάζω has its ordinary Greek sense bring together, compact in Eph_4:16 , Col_2:2 ; Col_2:19 , but in 1Co_2:16 συνβιβάσει (for form see Moulton Gr . ii. p. 187) the meaning is instruct, as always in the LXX ( Isa_40:13 f. al .) : so Act_19:33 , and cf. Act_9:22 ; Act_16:10 . For a similar development of meaning, cf. ἐκβιβάζω in such passages as P Oxy II. 260 .15 (A.D. 59) μέχρι οὗ ἃ ἔχωμεν πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς ἐγ [β ]ιβασθῆι , until our suit is decided (Edd.), P Hamb I. 4 .10 (A.D. 87) μέχρι οὗ ἐκβιβάσω ἃ ἔχει πρός με , and P Oxy IX. 1195 .8 (A.D. 135) ἐκβιβάζων τὰ ἐνεστῶτ [ά μοι π ]ρὸς Ἑρμ [α ]ῖον , in explanation of my case against Hermaeus (Ed.).

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

συμβιβάζω Causal of συμβαίνω "to bring together": Pass. "to be joined or knit together, framed", NTest. metaph. "to bring together, reconcile", Hdt. ; ς. τινά τινι "to reconcile" one to another, Thuc. "to put together, compare, examine", Plat. "to prove logically", Arist. , NTest. "to teach, instruct", NTest.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

συν-βιβάζω (Rec. συμ-), [in LXX: Exo.4:12, 15, Lev.10:11, Jdg.13:8, Psa.32:8 (יָרָה hi.); Exo.18:16, Deu.4:9, Isa.40:13 (יָדַע hi.), Isa.40:14 (בִּין hi.), Da TH Dan.9:22 (שָׂכַל hi.) * ;] __1. to join or knit together, unite: Eph.4:16, Col.2:2 (but see infr.), Col.2:19. __2. to compare, consider, conclude (Plat.): Act.16:10. __3. to deduce, prove, demonstrate (Arist.): Act.9:22. __4. As in LXX ("translation Greek," = ἐμβιβάζω, metaphorically), to teach, instruct: 1Co.2:16 Act.19:33, R, mg. (also in Vg., Col.2:2, instructi, but see supr.).† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (7)

9:22 16:10 19:33

2:16

4:16

2:2 2:19

Acts 9:22

But Saul was empowered all the more, and he confounded the Jews living in Damascus by proving that [Jesus] is the Christ.

Acts 16:10

As soon as [Paul] had seen the vision, we got ready to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

Acts 19:33

The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander {forward} to explain himself, and [he] motioned for silence...... so he could make [his] defense to the people.

1 Corinthians 2:16

For who has known [the] mind of [the] Lord, [so as] to instruct Him?” But we have [the] mind of Christ.

Ephesians 4:16

From [Him] the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows [and] builds itself up... in love through [the] work of each individual part.

Colossians 2:2

that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with [the] full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, [namely] Christ,

Colossians 2:19

He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by [its] joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.