Concession
συγγνώμηStrong’s G4774sungnōmē
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Sungnōmē is the Greek word usually translated “concession”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.”
Meaning
Usually translated “concession”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- concession 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Corinthians 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
συγγνώμη sungnōmē · concession
συν-γνώμη (Rec. συγγ-), -ης, ἡ (συγγιγνώσκω, (a) to agree with; (b) to pardon), [in LXX: Sir prol.14 (B1N1 cm.) 313, 2Mac 14:20* ;] 1. confession. 2. fellow feeling; hence, concession, allowance: 1Co.7:6 (see ICC, in l). 3. pardon.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “concession” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CONCESSION, noun
[Latin From concedo. See Concede.]
- The act of granting or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request from the party to whom it is made, and thus distinguished from giving, which is voluntary or spontaneous.
- The thing yielded; as, in the treaty of peace, each power made large concessions.
- In rhetoric or debate, the yielding, granting, or allowing to the opposite party some point or face that may bear dispute, with a view to obtain something which cannot be denied, or to show that even admitting the point conceded, the cause is not with the adverse party, but can be maintained by the advocate on other grounds.
- Acknowledgment by way of apology; confession of a fault.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.