What does συμμαθητής (symmathētḗs) mean in the Bible?
συμμαθητής (symmathētḗs) is a Greek word meaning "a co-learner (of Christianity)".
Greek · G4827
συμμαθητής
A co-learner (of Christianity)
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συμμαθητήςG4827
Pronunciationsymmathētḗs
What does συμμαθητής (symmathētḗs) mean in the Bible?
συμμαθητής (symmathētḗs) is a Greek word meaning "a co-learner (of Christianity)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4827?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include fellow disciples (1).
Where does συμμαθητής (symmathētḗs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at John 11:16. Its strongest book concentrations include John (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 Itfellow disciples1×John 11:16
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowJohn 11:16
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
John1
Source forms
συμμαθηταῖς1xsymmathētaisJohn 11:16
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural1xJohn 11:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a co-learner (of Christianity)
Strong'sG4827
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a co-learner (of Christianity)
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
a fellow-disciple: Jhn.11:16 (on the use of συν- in such compounds as this, see Rutherford, NPhr., 255 f.).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
John 11:16Noun Dative Plural Masculine
συμμαθηταῖς,summaqhtaiv
a fellow-disciple
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 this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternDative (1)Number patternPlural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Plural · MasculineJohn 11:161×
Word Origins
συμμαθητής is built from these roots: