To calculate
συμψηφίζωStrong’s G4860sumpsēphizō
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Sumpsēphizō is the Greek word usually translated “counted up”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.”
Meaning
Usually translated “counted up”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- they counted up 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
συμψηφίζω sumpsēphizō · to calculate
συμ-ψηφίζω [in LXX: Jer.29:20 (Jer.49:20) A * ;] to reckon together, count up: Act.19:19.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “calculate” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CALCULATE, verb transitive
- To compute; to reckon; to add, subtract, multiply or divide any sums, for the purpose of finding the amount, difference, or other result.
- To ascertain by the use of tables or numbers; as, to calculate an eclipse.
- To form tables upon mathematical principles, as logarithms, ephemerides, etc.
- To compute the situation of the planets at a certain time, for astrological purposes; as, to calculate the birth of a person.
All definitions and other forms of “calculate”
- To adjust by computation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of the means to the end; as, to calculate a system of laws for a free people.
CALCULATE, verb intransitive
To make a computation; as, we calculate better for ourselves than for others.
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.