What does ἐπισυνάγω (episynágō) mean in the Bible?
ἐπισυνάγω (episynágō): To gather together in one place, often of crowds assembling or enemies mustering against someone.
Greek · G1996
ἐπισυνάγω
To collect upon the same place
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ἐπισυνάγω G1996
Pronunciation episynágō
What does ἐπισυνάγω (episynágō) mean in the Bible?
ἐπισυνάγω (episynágō): To gather together in one place, often of crowds assembling or enemies mustering against someone.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1996?
The BSB source-word alignment has 8 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include to gather (3), gathered (1), gathers (1), had gathered (1), they will gather (1).
Where does ἐπισυνάγω (episynágō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 23:37. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (3), Matthew (3), Mark (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It to gather 3× Matthew 23:37, Mark 13:27, Luke 13:34
gathered 1× Mark 1:33
gathers 1× Matthew 23:37
had gathered 1× Luke 12:1
they will gather 1× Matthew 24:31
will gather 1× Luke 17:37
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 23:37 ἐπισυναγαγεῖν to to gather Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active Matthew 23:37 ἐπισυνάγει to gathers Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Matthew 24:31 ἐπισυνάξουσιν to they will gather Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Mark 1:33 ἐπισυνηγμένη to gathered Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Singular Mark 13:27 ἐπισυνάξει to to gather Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Luke 12:1 ἐπισυναχθεισῶν to had gathered Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Genitive Feminine Plural Luke 13:34 ἐπισυνάξαι to to gather Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active Luke 17:37 ἐπισυναχθήσονται to will gather Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 23:37
Aligned rows 8
Books represented 3
Matthew 3 Mark 2 Luke 3
Source forms
ἐπισυναγαγεῖν 1x episynagagein Matthew 23:37
ἐπισυνάγει 1x episynagei Matthew 23:37
ἐπισυνάξαι 1x episynaxai Luke 13:34
ἐπισυνάξει 1x episynaxei Mark 13:27
ἐπισυνάξουσιν 1x episynaxousin Matthew 24:31
ἐπισυναχθεισῶν 1x episynachtheisōn Luke 12:1
ἐπισυναχθήσονται 1x episynachthēsontai Luke 17:37
ἐπισυνηγμένη 1x episynēgmenē Mark 1:33
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active 2x Matthew 23:37, Luke 13:34
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Genitive Feminine Plural 1x Luke 12:1
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural 1x Matthew 24:31
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x Mark 13:27
Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural 1x Luke 17:37
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Mark 1:33
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x Matthew 23:37
Evidence Summary
Messiah
Greek word. To gather together in one place, often of crowds assembling or enemies mustering against someone.
Strong's G1996
Lexical occurrences 8 verses Greek text appearances 7 times Word forms 3 forms 8 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 13:31–35 Source Gloss
to collect upon the same place
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
7 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 23:37 Verb Second Aorist Active Infinitive
ἐπισυναγαγεῖν episunagagein
I collect, gather together
Read verse Matthew 23:37 Verb Third Person Singular Present Active Indicative
ἐπισυνάγει episunagei
I collect, gather together
Read verse Matthew 24:31 Verb Third Person Plural Future Active Indicative
ἐπισυνάξουσι episunaxousin
I collect, gather together
Read verse Mark 1:33 Verb Perfect Passive Participle Nominative Singular Feminine
ἐπισυνηγμένη episunhgmenh
I collect, gather together
Read verse Mark 13:27 Verb Third Person Singular Future Active Indicative
ἐπισυνάξει episunaxei
I collect, gather together
Read verse Luke 12:1 Verb Aorist Passive Participle Genitive Plural Feminine
ἐπισυναχθεισῶν episunacqeiswn
I collect, gather together
Read verse Luke 13:34 Verb Aorist Active Infinitive
ἐπισυνάξαι episunaxai
I collect, gather together
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 8 Tenses Aorist, Present, Future, Perfect Voices Active, Passive
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 2×
Aorist Active Matt 23:37 · Luke 13:34 2×
Indicative states a fact or reality 4×
Future Active Matt 24:31 · Mark 13:27 2×
Present Active Matt 23:37 1×
Future Passive Luke 17:37 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×
Perfect Passive Mark 1:33 1×
Aorist Passive Luke 12:1 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 7 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 3 future 3 present 1
Voice
active 5 passive 2
Mood
indicative 4 infinitive 2 participle 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 23:37 ἐπισυναγαγεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 23:37 ἐπισυνάγει present active indicative ongoing Matthew 24:31 ἐπισυνάξουσιν future active indicative prospective Mark 13:27 ἐπισυνάξει future active indicative prospective Luke 12:1 ἐπισυναχθεισῶν aorist passive participle participle Luke 13:34 ἐπισυνάξαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Luke 17:37 ἐπισυναχθήσονται future passive indicative prospective
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
to gather together
Additional Occurrences
Luke 13:31–35 ἐπισυνάξαι episynágō
To gather together
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 8 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἐπισυνάγω is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Expresses Christ’s compassionate desire to save. Luke 13:31–35
Canonical Themes
Messiah
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain