What does ἀνακεφαλαίομαι (anakephalaíomai) mean in the Bible?
ἀνακεφαλαίομαι (anakephalaíomai): To gather scattered elements into unified whole; unite or recapitulate under one head.
Greek · G346
ἀνακεφαλαίομαι
To sum up
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ἀνακεφαλαίομαι G346
Pronunciation anakephalaíomai
What does ἀνακεφαλαίομαι (anakephalaíomai) mean in the Bible?
ἀνακεφαλαίομαι (anakephalaíomai): To gather scattered elements into unified whole; unite or recapitulate under one head.
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How does the BSB render G346?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include are summed up (1), to bring (1).
Where does ἀνακεφαλαίομαι (anakephalaíomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 13:9. Its strongest book concentrations include Ephesians (1), Romans (1).
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 are summed up 1× Romans 13:9
to bring 1× Ephesians 1:10
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First aligned row Romans 13:9
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Romans 1 Ephesians 1
Source forms
ἀνακεφαλαιοῦται 1x anakephalaioutai Romans 13:9
ἀνακεφαλαιώσασθαι 1x anakephalaiōsasthai Ephesians 1:10
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle 1x Ephesians 1:10
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular 1x Romans 13:9
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To gather scattered elements into unified whole; unite or recapitulate under one head.
Strong's G346
Lexical occurrences 0 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Ephesians 1:7-10 Source Gloss
to sum up
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To gather scattered elements into unified whole; unite or recapitulate under one head.
(see: κεφαλαιόω) [in Th., Al.: Psa.72:20 * ;] to sum up, gather up, present as a whole: mid., Rom.13:9, Eph.1:10 (on WH. see Lft., Notes, 321 L; AR, in l; Cremer, 354, 748).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 13:9 Verb Third Person Singular Present Passive Indicative
ἀνακεφαλαιοῦται, anakefalaioutai
I sum up, summarize, recapitulate, gather up in one
Read verse Ephesians 1:10 Verb Aorist Middle Deponent Infinitive
ἀνακεφαλαιώσασθαι anakefalaiwsasqai
I sum up, summarize, recapitulate, gather up in one
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.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 1 present 1
Voice
middle 1 passive 1
Mood
infinitive 1 indicative 1
NT Occurrences
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)
Sampled Scripture Occurrences
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Biblical Witnesses
to gather all things in heaven and earth under Christ as head
Word Origins
ἀνακεφαλαίομαι is built from these roots:
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