Greek

To settle accounts

συναίρωStrong’s G4868

sunairō

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Sunairō is the Greek word usually translated “settle” and “takes”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.”

Matthew 18:23 KJV

Meaning

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

How it's translated

to settle 2
takes 1

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

Where it's used most

Matthew 3

1 book in all.

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Greek dictionary

συναίρω sunairō · to settle accounts

συν-αίρω [in LXX: Exo.23:5 (עָזַב) * ;] to take up together: σ. λόγον (of which there are several exx. in π.; see Deiss., LAE, 118 f.; MM, i, xxiv; M, Pr., 160), to settle accounts, Mat.18:23-24; before μετά, C. genitive of person(s), Mat.25:19.† (AS)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

SET'TLE, noun

[Latin sedile. See Set.]

A seat or bench; something to sit on.

All definitions and other forms of “settle”

SET'TLE, verb transitive

[from set.]

To place in a permanent condition after wandering or fluctuation.“I will settle you after your old estates” Ezekiel 36:11
To fix; to establish; to make permanent in any place.“I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever” 1 Chronicles 17:14
To establish in business or way of life; as, to settle a son in trade.
To marry; as, to settle a daughter.
To establish; to confirm.
To determine what is uncertain; to establish; to free from doubt; as, to settle questions or points of law.
To fix; to establish; to make certain or permanent; as, to settle the succession to the throne in a particular family.
To fix or establish; not to suffer to doubt or waver.
To make close or compact.
To cause to subside after being heaved and loosened by frost; or to dry and harden after rain.
To fix or establish by gift, grant or any legal act; as, to settle a pension on an officer, or an annuity on a child.
To fix firmly.
To cause to sink or subside, as extraneous matters in liquors.
To compose; to tranquilize what is disturbed; as, to settle the thoughts or mind when agitated.
To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain over a church and society, or parish; as, to settle a minister.
To plant with inhabitants; to colonize.
To adjust; to close by amicable agreement or otherwise; as, to settle a controversy or dispute by agreement; treaty or by force.
To adjust; to liquidate; to cause it to sink or appear lower by receding from it.

SET'TLE, verb intransitive

To fall to the bottom of liquor; to subside; to sink and rest on the bottom; as, lees or dregs settle.
To lose motion or fermentation; to deposit, as feces.
To fix one's habitation or residence.
To marry and establish a domestic state.
To become fixed after change or fluctuation; as, the wind came about and settled in the west.
To become stationary; To quit a rambling or irregular course for a permanent or methodical one.
To become fixed or permanent; to take a lasting form or state; as a settled conviction.
To rest; to repose.
To become calm; to cease from agitation.
To make a jointure for a wife.
To sink by its weight; and in loose bodies, to become more compact.
To sink after being heaved, and to dry; as, roads settle in spring after frost and rain.
To be ordained and installed over a parish, church or congregation.
To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement.
To make a jointure for a wife.

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.