ΣΥΝΘΛΙΒΩ, συνθλιβω
SYNTHLIBŌ, synthlibō
Sounds Like: soon-THLEE-boh
Translations: to press together, to throng, to crush, to oppress
From the root: ΣΥΝΘΛΙΒΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition ΣΥΝ (SYN), meaning 'with' or 'together', and the verb ΘΛΙΒΩ (THLIBO), meaning 'to press' or 'to trouble'. Therefore, it literally means 'to press together' or 'to crowd together'. It is often used to describe people pressing in on someone, or a crowd thronging around a person. It can also carry the sense of crushing or oppressing someone.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, First Person Singular; or Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4918 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΥΝΘΛΙΒΩ.
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.
- ΣΥΝΕΘΛΙΒΕΝ — pressed together, thronged, crushed, afflicted
- ΣΥΝΕΘΛΙΒΟΝ — they were pressing, they were crowding, they were thronging
- ΣΥΝΘΛΙΒΗ — distress, affliction, tribulation, pressure, a distress, an affliction, a tribulation, a pressure
- ΣΥΝΘΛΙΒΟΜΕΝΟΥ — (of) being pressed together, (of) being crowded, (of) being crushed, (of) being afflicted
- ΣΥΝΘΛΙΒΟΝΤΑ — pressing, crowding, crushing, thronging
- ΣΥΝΘΛΙΒΟΥ — crush, press together, afflict, oppress
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