ΣΥΝΗΓΟΡΕΙΣ, συνηγορεις
SYNĒGOREIS, synēgoreis
Sounds Like: soon-ay-go-REH-ees
Translations: you advocate, you defend, you plead for, you speak in defense of
From the root: ΣΥΝΗΓΟΡΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning to advocate, defend, or plead for someone. It is a compound word formed from the preposition ΣΥΝ (SYN), meaning 'with' or 'together', and the verb ΑΓΟΡΕΥΩ (AGOREUO), meaning 'to speak' or 'to declare'. Therefore, it literally means 'to speak together with' or 'to speak on behalf of'. It is used when someone speaks in support of another person, often in a legal or formal context.
Inflection: Second Person, Singular, Present Tense, Indicative Mood, Active Voice
Strong’s number: G4895 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 17 — 13:352
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΥΝΗΓΟΡΕΩ.
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.
- ΣΥΝΗΓΟΡΕΩ — to advocate, to defend, to plead for, to speak in defense of
- ΣΥΝΗΓΟΡΗΣΑΝΤΟΣ — of one who advocated, of one who defended, of one who pleaded for, of one who spoke in defense
- ΣΥΝΗΓΟΡΟΥΝ — they were advocating, they were defending, they were pleading for
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