What is the Strong's number for Synecho?

The Strong's number for Synecho (συνέχω) is G4912. It is a Greek word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

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Synecho (Strong’s G4912): Meaning in the Bible

Q: What does Synecho mean?

Synecho (συνέχω, Strong's G4912) is a Greek word. Strong's defines it as to hold together, i.e. to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner); figuratively, to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy. The King James Bible translates it as constrain, hold, keep in, press, lie sick of, stop, be in a strait, straiten, be taken with, throng.

Synecho (συνέχω) is the Greek word numbered G4912 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as to hold together, i.e. to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner); figuratively, to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy. In the King James Bible it is translated constrain, hold, keep in, press, lie sick of.

συνέχω

synéchō · Greek

Strong’s G4912 · soon-ekh'-o

Original wordσυνέχω
Transliterationsynéchō
Pronunciationsoon-ekh'-o
Strong’s numberG4912
LanguageGreek

The full Strong’s definition

to hold together, i.e. to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner); figuratively, to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy

Derivation. from G4862 and G2192;

How the King James Bible translates it

constrain, hold, keep in, press, lie sick of, stop, be in a strait, straiten, be taken with, throng.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Synecho in the original Greek lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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