Greek

To compare

συγκρίνωStrong’s G4793

sugkrinō

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Sugkrinō is the Greek word usually translated “communicating”, “compare” and “comparing”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.”

1 Corinthians 2:13 KJV

Meaning

Usually translated “communicating”, “compare” and “comparing”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

communicating 1
to compare 1
comparing 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

1 Corinthians 1
2 Corinthians 1

2 books in all.

Related words

Be like (shavah)

Explore in Scripture

2 Corinthians 10:12For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

Greek dictionary

συγκρίνω sugkrinō · to compare

συν-κρίνω (Rec. συγκ-) [in LXX chiefly for פָּתַר ;] 1. to compound, combine: 1Co.2:13, R, mg.1 (Lft., Notes, 180 f.). 2. In Arist. and later writers (Wis.7:29, a1.) = παραβάλλω, to compare: 1Co, l.with, R, txt. (Field, Notes, 168), 2Co.10:12 3. In LXX, of dreams, to interpret (Gen.40:8, 1Co, l.with, R, mg. 2 (but see reff. supr.).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “compare” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

COMPARE, verb transitive

To set or bring things together in fact or in contemplation, and to examine the relations they bear to each other, with a view to ascertain their agreement or disagreement; as, to compare two pieces of cloth, two tables, or coins; to compare reasons and arguments; to compare pleasure with pain.
To liken; to represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration.
To examine the relations of thins to each other, with a view to discover their relative proportions, quantities or qualities; as, to compare two kingdoms, or two mountains with each other; to compare the number ten with fifteen; to compare ice with crystal; to compare a clown with a dancing master or a dandy.
In grammar, to form an adjective in the degrees of comparison; as blackish, black, blacker, blackest.

All definitions and other forms of “compare”

To get; to procure; to obtain; as in Latin.

COMPARE, verb intransitive

To hold comparison; to be like or equal.
Simile; similitude; illustration by comparison.

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.