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Swarming

συνδρομήStrong’s G4890

sundromē

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Sundromē is the Greek word usually translated “rushing together”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.”
Acts 21:30 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • a rushing together 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

    συνδρομή sundromē · swarming

    συνδρομή, -ῆς, ἡ (συντρέχω), [in LXX: Jdth.10:18, 3Ma.3:8 * ;] concourse, esp. of a riotous gathering: Act.21:30 (Arist., Polyb., al.).† (AS)

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    SWARM, noun

    sworm. [Latin ferveo, and boiling is very expressive of the motions of a swarm of bees. See the Verb.]

    1. In a general sense, a large number or body of small animals or insects, particularly when in motion; but appropriately, a great number of honey bees which emigrate from a hive at once, and seek new lodgings under the direction of a queen; or a like body of bees united and settled permanently in a hive. Exodus 8:24Judges 14:8
    2. A swarm or multitude; particularly, a multitude of people in motion.
    All definitions and other forms of “swarm”

      SWARM, verb intransitive

      sworm.

      1. To collect and depart from a hive by flight in a body, as bees.
      2. To appear or collect in a crowd; to run; to throng together; to congregate in a multitude.
      3. To be crowded; to be thronged with a multitude of animals in motion.
      4. To breed multitudes.
      5. To climb, as a tree, by embracing it with the arms and legs, and scrambling.

      SWARM, verb transitive

      To crowd or throng. [Not in use.]

        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.