What does συναιχμάλωτος (synaichmálōtos) mean in the Bible?
συναιχμάλωτος (synaichmálōtos): Fellow prisoner in war or captivity; emphasizes shared suffering and solidarity in confinement.
Greek · G4869
συναιχμάλωτος
A co-captive
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συναιχμάλωτοςG4869
Pronunciationsynaichmálōtos
What does συναιχμάλωτος (synaichmálōtos) mean in the Bible?
συναιχμάλωτος (synaichmálōtos): Fellow prisoner in war or captivity; emphasizes shared suffering and solidarity in confinement.
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How does the BSB render G4869?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include fellow prisoner (2), fellow prisoners (1).
Where does συναιχμάλωτος (synaichmálōtos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 16:7. Its strongest book concentrations include Colossians (1), Philemon (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 Itfellow prisoner2×Colossians 4:10, Philemon 1:23
fellow prisoners1×Romans 16:7
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First aligned rowRomans 16:7
Aligned rows3
Books represented3
Romans1Colossians1Philemon1
Source forms
συναιχμάλωτός2xsynaichmalōtosColossians 4:10, Philemon 1:23
συναιχμαλώτους1xsynaichmalōtousRomans 16:7
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular2xColossians 4:10, Philemon 1:23
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural1xRomans 16:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Fellow prisoner in war or captivity; emphasizes shared suffering and solidarity in confinement.
Strong'sG4869
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms2 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a co-captive
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 16:7Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
συναιχμαλώτουςsunaicmalwtouv
a fellow captive
Read verseColossians 4:10Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
συναιχμάλωτόςsunaicmalwtov
a fellow captive
Read versePhilemon 1:23Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
συναιχμάλωτόςsunaicmalwtov
a fellow captive
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 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms3Case patternNominative (2)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineCol 4:10 · Phlm 1:232×
Accusative · Plural · MasculineRom 16:71×
Word Origins
συναιχμάλωτος is built from these roots: