Strong's Lexicon sugkrinó: To compare, to interpret, to join together Original Word: συγκρίνω Word Origin: From σύν (syn, "with, together") and κρίνω (krinó, "to judge, to discern") Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "sugkrinó," the concept of comparison and interpretation can be related to Hebrew words like בִּין (biyn, Strong's H995), which means to discern or understand. Usage: The Greek verb "sugkrinó" primarily means to compare or to interpret by bringing together. It involves the act of discerning or judging by placing things side by side to understand their relationship or differences. In the New Testament, it is used in contexts where understanding or interpreting spiritual truths is necessary. Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the act of comparison was a common rhetorical and philosophical tool. Philosophers and teachers often used comparison to explain complex ideas by relating them to more familiar concepts. In the Jewish tradition, interpretation of the Scriptures was a revered practice, requiring discernment and wisdom to understand the deeper meanings of the texts. HELPS Word-studies 4793 sygkrínō (from 4862 /sýn, "identified with" and 2919 /krínō, "to judge") – properly, judge together, i.e. closely compare (discriminate). 4793 /sygkrínō ("judging together") is only used three times in the NT: positively in 1 Cor 2:13, and twice negatively in 2 Cor 10:12. Positively, 4793 /sygkrínō ("closely compare") means grasping truths combinatively as they are "fitly joined" into one entity, i.e. where each is understood in terms of the other (WP, 1 Cor 2:14). [4793 /sygkrínō ("comparative evaluating") results in "unified understanding" as elements in a comparison are grasped as similar or dissimilar.] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom sun and krinó Definition to combine, compare NASB Translation combining (1), compare (2). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4793: συγκρίνωσυγκρίνω (T WH συνκρίνω (cf. σύν, II. at the end)); 1 aorist infinitive συγκρῖναι; 1. to join together fitly, compound, combine (Epicharm. in Plutarch, mor., p. 110 a.; Plato, Aristotle, others): πνευματικός πνευματικά, 1 Corinthians 2:13 (for Paul, in delivering the things disclosed to him by the Holy Spirit in speech derived not from rhetorical instruction but received from the same divine Spirit, 'combines spiritual things with spiritual', adapts the discourse to the subject; other interpretations are refuted by Meyer ad loc.; πνευματικός is neuter; (but others would take it as masculine and give συγκίνειν the meaning to interpret (R. V. margin interpreting spiritual things to spiritual men); cf. the Sept. Genesis 40:8, 16, 22; Genesis 41:12, 15; Judges 7:15; Daniel 5:12, etc.; see Heinrici in Meyer 6te Aufl.)). 2. according to a use foreign to the earlier Greeks (who used παραβάλλω), but frequent from the time of Aristotle onward (cf. Passow, under the word, 2; (Liddell and Scott, v. II.); Lob. ad Phryn., p. 278f; (Winers Grammar, 23 (22))), to compare: ἑαυτούς ἑαυτοῖς, 2 Corinthians 10:12 (Wis. 7:29 Wis. 15:18). From sun and krino; to judge of one thing in connection with another, i.e. Combine (spiritual ideas with appropriate expressions) or collate (one person with another by way of contrast or resemblance) -- compare among (with). see GREEK sun see GREEK krino Englishman's Concordance 1 Corinthians 2:13 V-PPA-NMPGRK: πνευματικοῖς πνευματικὰ συνκρίνοντες NAS: by the Spirit, combining spiritual KJV: teacheth; comparing spiritual things INT: by spiritual [means] spiritual things communicating 2 Corinthians 10:12 V-ANA 2 Corinthians 10:12 V-PPA-NMP Strong's Greek 4793 |
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