ΣΥΜΦΗΜΙ, συμφημι
SYMPHĒMI, symphēmi
Sounds Like: sym-PHE-mee
Translations: assent, agree, consent, approve
From the root: ΣΥΜΦΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to assent, agree with, or consent to something. It is a compound word formed from the preposition ΣΥΝ (SYN), meaning 'with' or 'together', and the verb ΦΗΜΙ (PHEMI), meaning 'to say' or 'to speak'. Thus, it literally means 'to speak with' or 'to say together', implying agreement. It is used to express concurrence with a statement or opinion.
Inflection: Present Active Indicative, First Person Singular
Strong’s number: G4855 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 77:1
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Romans — 7:16
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΥΜΦΗΜΙ.
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.
- ΣΥΜΦΑΜΕΝΟΙ — agreeing, assenting, speaking together, confessing
- ΣΥΜΦΗΣΕΤΕ — you will agree, you will assent, you will say together
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