What does συμφωνέω (symphōnéō) mean in the Bible?
συμφωνέω (symphōnéō): Harmonious agreement, often involving explicit negotiation or contract about specific terms.
Greek · G4856
συμφωνέω
To agree with
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συμφωνέω G4856
Pronunciation symphōnéō
What does συμφωνέω (symphōnéō) mean in the Bible?
συμφωνέω (symphōnéō): Harmonious agreement, often involving explicit negotiation or contract about specific terms.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4856?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include agree (3), Did you not agree (1), He agreed (1), will not match (1).
Where does συμφωνέω (symphōnéō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 18:19. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (3), Acts (2), Luke (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 agree 3× Matthew 18:19, Acts 5:9, Acts 15:15
Did you not agree 1× Matthew 20:13
He agreed 1× Matthew 20:2
will not match 1× Luke 5:36
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 18:19 συμφωνήσωσιν to agree Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural Matthew 20:2 συμφωνήσας to He agreed Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 20:13 συνεφώνησάς to Did you not agree Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular Luke 5:36 συμφωνήσει to will not match Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Acts 5:9 συνεφωνήθη to agree Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular Acts 15:15 συμφωνοῦσιν to agree Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 18:19
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 3
Matthew 3 Luke 1 Acts 2
Source forms
συμφωνήσας 1x symphōnēsas Matthew 20:2
συμφωνήσει 1x symphōnēsei Luke 5:36
συμφωνήσωσιν 1x symphōnēsōsin Matthew 18:19
συμφωνοῦσιν 1x symphōnousin Acts 15:15
συνεφωνήθη 1x synephōnēthē Acts 5:9
συνεφώνησάς 1x synephōnēsas Matthew 20:13
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular 1x Matthew 20:13
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular 1x Acts 5:9
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Matthew 20:2
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural 1x Matthew 18:19
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x Luke 5:36
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural 1x Acts 15:15
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Harmonious agreement, often involving explicit negotiation or contract about specific terms.
Strong's G4856
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 3 forms 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to agree with
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Harmonious agreement, often involving explicit negotiation or contract about specific terms.
prop., to agree in sound, be in harmony (Plat., Arist.). Metaphorical,
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 18:19 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Active Subjunctive
συμφωνήσωσιν sumfwnhswsin
I agree with
Read verse Matthew 20:2 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
συμφωνήσας sumfwnhsav
I agree with
Read verse Matthew 20:13 Verb Second Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
συνεφώνησάς sunefwnhsav
I agree with
Read verse Luke 5:36 Verb Third Person Singular Present Active Indicative
συμφωνεῖ sumfwnei
I agree with
Read verse Acts 5:9 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Passive Indicative
συνεφωνήθη sunefwnhqh
I agree with
Read verse Acts 15:15 Verb Third Person Plural Present Active Indicative
συμφωνοῦσιν sumfwnousin
I agree with
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 6 Tenses Aorist, Future, Present Voices Active, Passive
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 1×
Aorist Active Matt 18:19 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Aorist Active Matt 20:2 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 4×
Aorist Active Matt 20:13 1×
Future Active Luke 5:36 1×
Aorist Passive Acts 5:9 1×
Present Active Acts 15:15 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 6 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 4 present 1 future 1
Voice
active 5 passive 1
Mood
indicative 4 subjunctive 1 participle 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 18:19 συμφωνήσωσιν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 20:13 συνεφώνησάς aorist active indicative completed Matthew 20:2 συμφωνήσας aorist active participle participle Luke 5:36 συμφωνήσει future active indicative prospective Acts 5:9 συνεφωνήθη aorist passive indicative completed Acts 15:15 συμφωνοῦσιν present active indicative ongoing
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)
Word Origins
συμφωνέω is built from this root:
σύμφωνος G4859
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