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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συναιχμάλωτος G4869
Pronunciation synaichmálōtos
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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Questions this entry answers
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 It fellow prisoner 2× Colossians 4:10, Philemon 1:23
fellow prisoners 1× Romans 16:7
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Usage map
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First aligned row Romans 16:7
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Romans 1 Colossians 1 Philemon 1
Source forms
συναιχμάλωτός 2x synaichmalōtos Colossians 4:10, Philemon 1:23
συναιχμαλώτους 1x synaichmalōtous Romans 16:7
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 2x Colossians 4:10, Philemon 1:23
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Romans 16:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Fellow prisoner in war or captivity; emphasizes shared suffering and solidarity in confinement.
Strong's G4869
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a co-captive
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 16:7 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
συναιχμαλώτους sunaicmalwtouv
a fellow captive
Read verse Colossians 4:10 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
συναιχμάλωτός sunaicmalwtov
a fellow captive
Read verse Philemon 1:23 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
συναιχμάλωτός sunaicmalwtov
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 patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Col 4:10 · Phlm 1:23 2×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Rom 16:7 1×
Word Origins
συναιχμάλωτος 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