Contemporary
συνηλικιώτηςStrong’s G4915sunēlikiōtēs
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Sunēlikiōtēs is the Greek word usually translated “contemporaries”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And profited in the Jews’ religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.”
Meaning
Usually translated “contemporaries”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- contemporaries 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Galatians 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
συνηλικιώτης sunēlikiōtēs · contemporary
συν-ηλικιώτης (ἡλικία), = συνῆλιζ (Æsch.), one of the same age, an equal in age: Gal.1:14.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “contemporary” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CONTEMPORARY, adjective
[Latin, time. For the sake of easier pronunciation and a ore agreeable sound, this word is often changed to cotemporary.]
Coetaneous; living at the same time, applied to persons; being or existing at the same time, applied to things; as contemporary kings; contemporary events. [See Cotemporary, the preferable word.]
All definitions and other forms of “contemporary”
CONTEMPORARY, noun
One who lives at the same time with another.
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.