To ponder/confer
συμβάλλωStrong’s G4820sumballō
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Sumballō is the Greek word usually translated “pondering”, “engage” and “were confering”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.”
Meaning
Usually translated “pondering”, “engage” and “were confering”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- pondering 1
- to engage 1
- they were confering 1
- were encountering 1
- he helped 1
- he was meeting with 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 4
- Luke 2
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 14:31Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
- Acts 4:15But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
- Acts 17:18Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
- Acts 18:27And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:
- Acts 20:14And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.
Greek dictionary
συμβάλλω sumballō · to ponder/confer
συν-βάλλω (Rec. συμ-), [in LXX: 2Ch.25:19 (גָּרָה hith.), Isa.46:6 (זוּל), Jer.43:3 (סוּת hi.), Wis.5:8, al. ;] to throw together, hence, (a) of speech (before λόγους, Eur., al.), to discuss, confer (sc. λόγους): with dative of person(s), Luk.11:53, WH, mg., Act.17:18; before πρὸς ἀλλήλους, Act.4:15; (b) to reflect, consider, ponder: ἐν τ. καρδίᾳ, Luk.2:19; (with) to meet with, fall in with: Act.20:14; in hostile sense, εἰς πόλεμον, with dative (εἰς μάχην, Polyb.), Luk.14:31; (d) mid., to contribute (Polyb., al.; cf. MM, xxiv): Act.18:27.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ponder” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PON'DER, verb transitive
[Latin pondero, from pondo, pondus, a pound; pendeo, pendo, to weigh.]
- To weigh in the mind; to consider and compare the circumstances or consequences of an event, or the importance of the reasons for or against a decision.“Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart” Luke 2:19
- To view with deliberation; to examine.“Ponder the path of thy feet” Proverbs 4:26“The Lord pondereth the hearts” Proverbs 21:2
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.