The meaning of “συμβάλλω”
Understanding symbállō reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
confer, encounter, help, make, meet with, ponder. - to combine, i.e. (in speaking) to converse, consult, dispute, (menta...
συμβάλλω
confer, encounter, help, make, meet with, ponder. - to combine, i.e. (in speaking) to converse, consult, dispute, (mentally) to consider, (by implication) to aid, (personally) to join, attack
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Luke 14:31 | “Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?” Word: συμβάλλω (symbállō) | |
| Acts 18:27 | “And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:” Word: συμβάλλω (symbállō) |