What does συναθλέω (synathléō) mean in the Bible?
συναθλέω (synathléō): To struggle or strive together with someone toward a common goal or cause.
Greek · G4866
συναθλέω
To contend
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συναθλέω G4866
Pronunciation synathléō
What does συναθλέω (synathléō) mean in the Bible?
συναθλέω (synathléō): To struggle or strive together with someone toward a common goal or cause.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4866?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include contending together (1), have contended (1).
Where does συναθλέω (synathléō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Philippians 1:27. Its strongest book concentrations include Philippians (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 contending together 1× Philippians 1:27
have contended 1× Philippians 4:3
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Philippians 1:27
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
Philippians 2
Source forms
συναθλοῦντες 1x synathlountes Philippians 1:27
συνήθλησάν 1x synēthlēsan Philippians 4:3
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural 1x Philippians 4:3
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Philippians 1:27
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To struggle or strive together with someone toward a common goal or cause.
Strong's G4866
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Philippians 1:27–30 Source Gloss
to contend
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.
Philippians 1:27 Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
συναθλοῦντες sunaqlountev
I compete together with others
Read verse Philippians 4:3 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
συνήθλησάν sunhqlhsan
I compete together with others
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 2 Aligned forms 2 Tenses Present, Aorist Voices Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Present Active Phil 1:27 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Aorist Active Phil 4:3 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 1 aorist 1
Voice
active 2
Mood
participle 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)
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
striving together in the same spirit for the gospel faith
Showing 1 selected witness from 2 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
συναθλέω 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