ΣΥΝΑΛΓΩΝ, συναλγων
SYNALGŌN, synalgōn
Sounds Like: soon-al-GOHN
Translations: suffering with, sympathizing with, having compassion, feeling pain with
From the root: ΣΥΝΑΛΓΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)
Explanation: This word is a compound verb, formed from the prefix σύν (syn), meaning 'with' or 'together', and ἀλγέω (algeo), meaning 'to suffer' or 'to feel pain'. As a participle, it describes someone who is experiencing pain or suffering alongside another person, indicating empathy or shared distress. It can be used to describe someone who is literally suffering with another, or more figuratively, someone who is sympathizing with their pain.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine or Neuter, Singular
Strong’s number: G4838 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 8:261
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΥΝΑΛΓΕΩ.
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.
- ΣΥΝΑΛΓΕΩ — to suffer with, to sympathize, to feel pain together
- ΣΥΝΑΛΓΗΣΕΙ — will suffer with, will feel pain with, will sympathize
- ΣΥΝΑΛΓΟΥΝΤΑΣ — suffering with, feeling pain with, sympathizing with, a fellow sufferer
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