ΣΥΜΦΥΓΕΙΝ, συμφυγειν
SYMPHYGEIN, symphygein
Sounds Like: soom-FYOO-gayn
Translations: to flee together, to escape together, to take refuge with, to take refuge together
From the root: ΣΥΜΦΕΥΓΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb, formed from the preposition σύν (syn), meaning 'with' or 'together', and the verb φεύγω (pheugō), meaning 'to flee' or 'to escape'. Therefore, it means to flee or escape in company with others, or to take refuge alongside someone or something. It describes the act of seeking safety by fleeing as a group or finding a common place of refuge.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4868 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΥΜΦΕΥΓΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΣΥΜΠΕΦΕΥΓΕΣΑΝ — they had fled together, they had taken refuge together, they had escaped together
- ΣΥΜΠΕΦΕΥΓΟΤΟΣ — of having fled together, of having taken refuge together, of having escaped together
- ΣΥΜΠΕΦΕΥΓΟΤΩΝ — of those who have fled together, of those who have taken refuge together, of those who have sought refuge together
- ΣΥΜΦΕΥΓΟΝ — fleeing with, escaping with, those fleeing with, a fleeing with
- ΣΥΜΦΕΥΓΟΝΤΩΝΤΑΣ — those fleeing with, those who flee together, those who escape with, those who escape together
- ΣΥΜΦΕΥΓΟΥΣΙΝ — they flee together, they escape together, they run away with
- ΣΥΜΦΥΓΟΝΤΑ — fleeing with, having fled with, having escaped with, having taken refuge with
- ΣΥΜΦΥΓΟΝΤΑΣ — fleeing together, having fled together, those who fled together
- ΣΥΜΦΥΓΟΝΤΕΣ — fleeing together, having fled together, taking refuge together, having taken refuge together
- ΣΥΜΦΥΓΟΝΤΩΝ — of those having fled together, of those who fled together, of those who had fled together
- ΣΥΜΦΥΓΟΥΣΑΝ — fleeing with, having fled with, escaping with
- ΣΥΜΦΥΓΟΥΣΗΣ — of having fled with, of having escaped together, of having joined in flight
- ΣΥΜΦΥΓΩΝ — having fled with, fleeing with, escaping with, having escaped with
- ΣΥΝΕΦΕΥΓΟΝ — fled together, escaped with, took flight with
- ΣΥΝΦΥΓΟΝΤΩΝ — fleeing with, having fled with, those who fled with
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