Quick Definition
συναιχμάλωτος, ου, ὁ Adj a fellow captive
Strong's Definition
a co-captive
Derivation: from G4862 (σύν) and G164 (αἰχμάλωτος);
KJV Usage: fellowprisoner
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου | αἰχμή + ἅλωσις
37.118 · Control, Rule · Imprison
fellow prisoner one who has been arrested and imprisoned along with someone else A strictly literal rendering of συναιχμάλωτος in the sense of ‘fellow captive’ could be misleading, since it might imply that Paul himself had been a soldier or civilian captured in a war.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
συν-αιχμάλωτος, -ov, 6, a fellow-prisoner (Vulg. concaptivus): Ro. xvi. 7; Col. iv. 10; Philem. 23, (Leian. asin. 27). [Cf. Bp. Lghtft. on Col. 1. ¢.; Fritzsche, Com. on Rom. vol. 1. p. xxi. note. ]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
συναιχμάλωτος synaichmalōtos 3x
a fellow captive, Rom. 16:7; Col. 4:10; Phlm. 23*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† συν-αιχμάλωτος, -ου, ὁ a fellow prisoner (prop., of a captive in war, v. Lft., Col., 234): Ro 16:7, Col 4:10, Phm 23.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
συναιχμάλωτος, one of Paul’s numerous compounds in ovy-: cf. Deissmann fau/*, p. 240f. Properly the word denotes ‘fa fellow-prisoner of war,” and in its Pauline occurrences can hardly be confined to the thought of sfzrrtua/ captivity : cf. Abbott 7006 ad Col 4}°.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
συναιχμάλωτος (sunaichmalōtos) — fellow prisoner. συναιχμᾰλωτ-ος, ὁ, fellow-prisoner, [NT+2nd c.AD+]:—feminine συναιχμᾰλώτ-ωτις, ιδος, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
