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συνεσθίω

To take food in company with

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συνεσθίω G4906
Pronunciation synesthíō

What does συνεσθίω (synesthíō) mean in the Bible?

συνεσθίω (synesthíō) is a Greek word meaning "to take food in company with". συν-εσθίω [in LXX: Gen.

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Meaning

to take food in company with
Extended definition

Shared eating that signifies fellowship and acceptance, often with social-religious implications.

to eat with one: with dative of person(s), Luk.15:2, Act.10:41 11:3, 1Co.5:11; before μετά, with genitive of person(s), Gal.2:12.

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

Tenses
Present Aorist Imperfect
Voices
Active
Indicative states a fact or reality 4×
Aorist Active Acts 10:41 · Acts 11:3 2×
Present Active Luke 15:2 1×
Imperfect Active Gal 2:12 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Present Active 1 Cor 5:11 1×
5 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 4 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
completed 1 ongoing 1 background 1 infinitive 1
Tense
present 2 aorist 1 imperfect 1
Voice
active 4
Mood
indicative 3 infinitive 1
NT Occurrences
Luke 15:2 συνεσθίει present active indicative ongoing Acts 11:3 συνέφαγες aorist active indicative completed 1 Corinthians 5:11 συνεσθίειν present active infinitive infinitive Galatians 2:12 συνήσθιεν imperfect active indicative background

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Biblical Witnesses
Luke 15:1-10 eating with synesthíō Indicative · Present Active
Jesus eating with tax collectors and sinners, emphasizing table fellowship and association
Galatians 2:11-14 eating with synesthíō Indicative · Imperfect Active
Peter's withdrawal from eating with gentiles, highlighting social and religious boundaries in shared meals
Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

κατάκειμαι · συνεσθίω G2621, G4906
recline at table, eat together
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Mark 2 — The Son of Man Has Authority: Forgiveness, Fellowship, and Lordship

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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