G4939: σύντροφος
sýntrophos · “brought up with”
Definition
a fellow-nursling, i.e. comrade
KJV translates it as: brought up with
Word origin: from G4862 (σύν) and G5162 (τροφός) (in a passive sense);
Extended definition
σύν-τροφος, -ου, ὁ
(συντρέφομαι, to be brought up together) [in LXX: 3Ki.12:24, 1Ma.1:6 R, 2Ma.9:29 * ;]
1. prop., one nourished or brought up with, a foster-brother: Act.13:1 EV.
2. In Hellenistic usage, as a court term, an intimate friend of a king (see Deiss., BS, 305, 310 f.): Act.13:1 (cf. also MM, xxiv).†
(AS)
(συντρέφομαι, to be brought up together) [in LXX: 3Ki.12:24, 1Ma.1:6 R, 2Ma.9:29 * ;]
1. prop., one nourished or brought up with, a foster-brother: Act.13:1 EV.
2. In Hellenistic usage, as a court term, an intimate friend of a king (see Deiss., BS, 305, 310 f.): Act.13:1 (cf. also MM, xxiv).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G4939 is translated
- brought up — ×1
Bible verses with G4939 (sýntrophos)
Sýntrophos appears in 1 verse.
- Acts 13:1
Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.