Bible word study

Synistao (Strong’s G4921): Meaning in the Bible

Synistao (συνιστάω) is the Greek word numbered G4921 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as to set together, i.e. (by implication) to introduce (favorably), or (figuratively) to exhibit; intransitively, to stand near, or (figuratively) to constitute. In the King James Bible it is translated approve, commend, consist, make, stand (with)..

• Original wordσυνιστάω
• Transliterationsynistáō
• Pronunciationsoon-is-tah'-o
• Strong’s numberG4921
• LanguageGreek

The full Strong’s definition

Derivation. from G4862 and G2476 (including its collateral forms);

How the King James Bible translates it

Where Synistao appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Synistao (G4921) stands behind 16 English renderings in 15 verses across 6 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in 2 Corinthians (9), Romans (3), Luke (1).

How the King James Bible renders Synistao, by count

• commend5 of 16 (31 percent)
• commendeth3 of 16 (19 percent)
• approved1 of 16 (6 percent)
• approving1 of 16 (6 percent)
• commended1 of 16 (6 percent)
• commending1 of 16 (6 percent)

Three places to read Synistao

• Luke 9:32 But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.
• 2 Corinthians 4:2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
• 2 Corinthians 10:18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.

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 Synistao 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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