2001 Translation

SYNTROPHOUS, syntrophous

Sounds Like: soon-TRO-foos

Translations: fellow-nourisher, foster-brother, companion, associate

From the root: ΣΥΝΤΡΟΦΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word is a compound noun, formed from the preposition σύν (syn), meaning 'with' or 'together', and τροφός (trophos), meaning 'nourisher' or 'one who feeds'. It refers to someone who has been nourished or brought up with another, thus a foster-brother, a companion, or an associate. It is used to describe someone who shares a close relationship, often implying a shared upbringing or close fellowship.

Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine or Feminine

Strong’s number: G4939 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 1 Kings — 12:24

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΥΝΤΡΟΦΟΣ.

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.

• ΣΥΝΤΡΟΦΟΙ — companion, a companion, fellow-nurtured, fellow-nourished
• ΣΥΝΤΡΟΦΟΣ — companion, fellow, comrade, a companion, a fellow, a comrade
• ΣΥΝΤΡΟΦΩ — nurtured with, brought up with, companion, comrade, foster-brother, fellow-servant, fellow-slave, a companion, a comrade

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