Quick Definition
a gathering together, riotous concourse
Strong's Definition
a twisting together, i.e. (figuratively) a secret coalition, riotous crowd
Derivation: from G4962 (συστρέφω);
KJV Usage: + band together, concourse
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
συστροφή, συστροφῆς, ἡ (συστρέφω);
a. a twisting up together, a binding together.
b. a secret combination, a coalition, conspiracy: Act_23:12 (Psa_63:3 (); (2Ki_15:15; Amo_7:10)); a concourse of disorderly persons, a riot (Polybius 4, 34, 6), Act_19:40.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
συστροφή systrophē 2x
a gathering, tumultuous assembly, Act_19:40 ;
a combination, conspiracy, Act_23:12
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
συ -στροφή , -ῆς , ἡ
( < συστρέφω ),
[in LXX : Rom_4:19 ; Rom_13:12 ( H6887 ); σ . ποιεῖσθαι , Amo_7:10 ( H7194 ), etc.;]
1. a twisting together ( Plat .).
2. a concourse, a riotous gathering ( Polyb .): Act_19:40 ; σ . ποιεῖσθαι (Am, l.c .), to make a compact ( RV , banded themselves together ): Act_23:12 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
συστροφή [page 617]
With συστροφή = concourse, assembly ( Act_19:40 ; Act_23:12 ), cf. the metaph. application of the subst. to style in P Lond 46 .25 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 66) ἐν συστροφῇ πρὸς πνευματικ (ὴν ) ἀπειλή [ν , shortly, for spiritual threatening (Ed.), and of the adv. συστρ [όφως ] in Menander Κιθαρ . 92.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
συστροφή [Etym: from συστρέφω] συστροφή, ἡ, "a dense mass" of men, "a gathering" of people, Hdt. "a sudden storm", Polyb.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
συ-στροφή, -ῆς, ἡ
(συστρέφω), [in LXX: Rom.4:19 13:12 (צָרַר); σ. ποιεῖσθαι, Amo.7:10 (קָשַׁר), etc. ;]
__1. a twisting together (Plat.).
__2. a concourse, a riotous gathering (Polyb.): Act.19:40; σ. ποιεῖσθαι (Am, l.with), to make a compact (RV, banded themselves together): Act.23:12.†
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