Strong's Greek Concordance

G4853: συμφυλέτης

symphylétēs · “fellow countryman”

Definition

a co-tribesman, i.e. native of the same country

KJV translates it as: countryman

Word origin: from G4862 (σύν) and a derivative of G5443 (φυλή);

Extended definition

συμ-φυλέτης, -ου, ὁ
(σύν, φυλή; cf. σύμφυλος, Aq.: Zec.13:7; and see Rutherford, NPhr., 255 f.)
a fellow-tribesman, fellow-countryman: 1Th.2:14 (see M, Th., in l, and Intr. liii). Not found elsewhere.†
(AS)

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How G4853 is translated

  • countrymen, ×1

Bible verses with G4853 (symphylétēs)

Symphylétēs appears in 1 verse.

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:14

    For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: