To assemble
συνέρχομαιStrong’s G4905sunerchomai
Appears in 32 verses of the New Testament
In short
Sunerchomai is the Greek word usually translated “come together”, “went with” and “assemble”. It appears in 32 verses of the New Testament.
“Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.”
Meaning
Usually translated “come together”, “went with” and “assemble”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- come together 2
- went with 2
- to assemble 2
- coming together 2
- you may come together 2
- to come together 1
- comes together 1
- together went 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 17
- 1 Corinthians 7
- Mark 3
- Luke 2
- John 2
- Matthew 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 3:20And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
- Mark 6:33And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him.
- Mark 14:53And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.
- Luke 5:15But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.
- Luke 23:55And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
- John 11:33When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
Greek dictionary
συνέρχομαι sunerchomai · to assemble
συν-έρχομαι [in LXX for הָלַךְ, בּוֹא, אָסַף ni., etc. ;] 1. (cl.) to come together, assemble: Mrk.3:20 14:53, T, WH, txt., Act.1:6 2:6 10:27 16:13 19:32 21:22 22:30 28:17, 1Co.14:26; before εἰς, with accusative loc., Act.5:16; ἐπὶ τ. αὐτό, 1Co.11:20 14:23; with dative of person(s), Mrk.14:53, WH, mg., R (πρὸς αὐτόν, see Field, Notes, 40), Jhn.11:33; ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ, 1Co.11:18; ἐνθάδε, Act.25:17; Mrk.6:33, WH, mg. (cf. WH, Intr., 95 ff.); ὅπου, Jhn.18:20; with inf., Luk.5:15; εἰς τ. φαγεῖν, 1Co.11:33; εἰς τ. ἧσσον, 1Co.11:17 11:34; of sexual intercourse (Xen., al.; γυναικί or absol.), Mat.1:18. …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “assemble” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ASSEM'BLE, verb transitive
[Latin simul.]
All definitions and other forms of “assemble”
ASSEM'BLE, verb intransitive
To meet or come together; to convene, as a number of individuals.
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.