Bible word study

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

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.

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

The full Strong’s definition

Derivation. from G4862 and G2192;

How the King James Bible translates it

Where Synecho appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Synecho (G4912) stands behind 13 English renderings in 12 verses across 5 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Luke (7), Acts (3), Matthew (1).

How the King James Bible renders Synecho, by count

• with2 of 13 (15 percent)
• am i straitened1 of 13 (8 percent)
• constraineth1 of 13 (8 percent)
• held1 of 13 (8 percent)
• in1 of 13 (8 percent)
• keep1 of 13 (8 percent)

Three places to read Synecho

• Matthew 4:24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
• Luke 12:50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
• Acts 18:5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

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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