To agree
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G4934 describes parties agreeing together, arranging something jointly, or binding themselves to a compact. Its four governed forms concern payment for Judas's betrayal, a decision to exclude confessors of Jesus from the synagogue, a concealed ambush plan against Paul, and accusers concurring before Felix.
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G4934 describes parties agreeing together, arranging something jointly, or binding themselves to a compact. Its four governed forms concern payment for Judas's betrayal, a decision to exclude confessors of Jesus from the synagogue, a concealed ambush plan against Paul, and accusers concurring before Felix.
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include agreed (1), concurred (1), had already determined (1), have agreed (1).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 22:5. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), John (1), Luke (1).
G4934 describes parties agreeing together, arranging something jointly, or binding themselves to a compact. Its four governed forms concern payment for Judas's betrayal, a decision to exclude confessors of Jesus from the synagogue, a concealed ambush plan against Paul, and accusers concurring before Felix. The action of agreement is not inherently evil, but all four New Testament settings show why shared commitment must be judged by its object, means, truthfulness, and effect on others.
Luke 22 places the agreement inside leaders' delight at Judas's offer and their promise of money. John 9 describes frightened parents because particular authorities had already determined an exclusion consequence for confessing Jesus as Messiah. Acts 23 reports some Jewish men coordinating a deceptive request to facilitate Paul's killing, and Acts 24 reports Jewish accusers joining their case. These are specific intra-Jewish and Roman-era conflicts involving Jewish followers and opponents of Jesus; they cannot sustain collective Jewish guilt, hostility toward synagogues, or stereotypes about Jewish conspiracy.
Agreement can organize betrayal, exclusion, deception, violence, or accusation, yet the verb does not teach that every covenant, policy, disciplinary process, union, contract, or consensus is corrupt. The moral question concerns what is agreed, whether consent is free and informed, whose voice is missing, what evidence supports the action, what consequences follow, and whether challenge is safe. Unity does not transform falsehood or coercion into truth.
Church membership commitments, staff covenants, confidentiality terms, settlement agreements, discipline policies, and informal loyalty expectations must not block lawful reporting, independent investigation, due process, safe departure, or truthful testimony. Accusers also require fair hearing and protection from retaliation, while accused people require notice, evidence, impartial review, and a meaningful response. Agreement should serve truth and care, not preserve appearances by making dissenters, harmed people, or minority voices disappear.
Four governed forms describe coordinated payment for betrayal, a confession-related exclusion decision, an ambush arrangement hidden behind a hearing request, and accusers joining a case.
Agreed to give him money
A shared financial arrangement advances the planned betrayal.
Had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out
An institutional decision creates fear around public testimony and belonging.
The Jews concurred, asserting that these charges were true
Joint assertion occurs within a hearing where the governor still receives Paul's answer.
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How English Renders ItA compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
Greek word. to agree
to place or put together, in various senses. Mid.,
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
I make an agreement, agree
Read verseI make an agreement, agree
Read verseI make an agreement, agree
Read verseI make an agreement, agree
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
How this verb appears across 4 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
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συντίθεμαι is built from these roots:
G4934 warns that agreement multiplies agency without creating righteousness. Money can bind betrayal, an institutional decision can make truthful confession costly, a formal request can conceal an ambush, and several accusers can join a claim that still requires examination. The passages name particular first-century actors and do not authorize anti-Jewish generalization.
Modern churches should audit both written policies and unwritten expectations: what do they reward, conceal, punish, and make difficult to report? Healthy agreement protects consent, conscience, evidence, dissent, impartial review, proportionality, and safe exit. Unity becomes faithful when it serves truth and vulnerable people rather than a group's reputation or leaders' control.
John.9.22
Three forms are third-person plural aorist middle indicatives, while John 9:22 uses a third-person plural pluperfect middle form for an agreement already in place. The middle forms emphasize parties participating in the arrangement; grammar does not make the compact truthful or binding before God.
Israel's Scriptures value covenant fidelity and truthful common purpose while condemning conspiracy, bribery, false witness, partial judgment, and plots against innocent blood. Those norms help evaluate agreements without treating all collective commitments as suspect.
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