Companion
συνέκδημοςStrong’s G4898sunekdēmos
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Sunekdēmos is the Greek word usually translated “fellow travelers” and “fellow traveler”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.”
Meaning
Usually translated “fellow travelers” and “fellow traveler”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- fellow travelers 1
- fellow traveler 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
2 books in all.
Greek dictionary
συνέκδημος sunekdēmos · companion
συν-έκδημος, -ου, ὁ (ἔκδημος, abroad), a fellow-traveller: Act.19:29, 2Co.8:1.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “companion” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
COMPANION, noun
- One who keeps company with another; one with whom a person frequently associates, and converses.“A companion of fools shall be destroyed” Proverbs 13:20
- One who accompanies another; as two persons meeting casually and traveling together are called companions.
- A partner; an associate.
- A fellow; a mate.
All definitions
- A sort of wooden porch placed over the entrance or stair case of the cabin in merchant ships.
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.