What does συνεργέω (synergéō) mean in the Bible?
συνεργέω (synergéō): Cooperative action toward shared purpose; often divine empowerment working alongside human effort.
Greek · G4903
συνεργέω
To work with
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συνεργέω G4903
Pronunciation synergéō
What does συνεργέω (synergéō) mean in the Bible?
συνεργέω (synergéō): Cooperative action toward shared purpose; often divine empowerment working alongside human effort.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4903?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [God’s] fellow workers (1), fellow worker (1), was working with (1), worked through [them] (1), works all things together (1).
Where does συνεργέω (synergéō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 16:20. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (1), 2 Corinthians (1), James (1), Mark (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 [God’s] fellow workers 1× 2 Corinthians 6:1
fellow worker 1× 1 Corinthians 16:16
was working with 1× James 2:22
worked through [them] 1× Mark 16:20
works all things together 1× Romans 8:28
Show sample aligned rows
Mark 16:20 συνεργοῦντος to worked through [them] Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular Romans 8:28 συνεργεῖ to works all things together Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1 Corinthians 16:16 συνεργοῦντι to fellow worker Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Singular 2 Corinthians 6:1 Συνεργοῦντες to [God’s] fellow workers Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural James 2:22 συνήργει to was working with Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 16:20
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 5
Mark 1 Romans 1 1 Corinthians 1 2 Corinthians 1 James 1
Source forms
συνεργεῖ 1x synergei Romans 8:28
Συνεργοῦντες 1x Synergountes 2 Corinthians 6:1
συνεργοῦντι 1x synergounti 1 Corinthians 16:16
συνεργοῦντος 1x synergountos Mark 16:20
συνήργει 1x synērgei James 2:22
Parsing patterns
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x James 2:22
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x Romans 8:28
Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Singular 1x 1 Corinthians 16:16
Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Mark 16:20
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x 2 Corinthians 6:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Cooperative action toward shared purpose; often divine empowerment working alongside human effort.
Strong's G4903
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 2 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link James 2:21–24 Source Gloss
to work with
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Cooperative action toward shared purpose; often divine empowerment working alongside human effort.
1prop., to work together (with): absol., Mrk.16:20, 1Co.16:16, 2Co.6:1; with dative, Jas.2:22; dative commod., Rom.8:28, T, R, txt. (but see infr.).
2In Hellenistic writers (M, Pr., 65), trans., to cause to work together (cf. ICC, in l): with accusative of thing(s), Rom.8:28 [WH] R, mg. (but see supr.).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 16:20 Verb Present Active Participle Genitive Singular Masculine
συνεργοῦντος, sunergountov
I work together
Read verse Romans 8:28 Verb Third Person Singular Present Active Indicative
συνεργεῖ sunergei
I work together
Read verse 1 Corinthians 16:16 Verb Present Active Participle Dative Singular Masculine
συνεργοῦντι sunergounti
I work together
Read verse 2 Corinthians 6:1 Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
συνεργοῦντες sunergountev
I work together
Read verse James 2:22 Verb Third Person Singular Imperfect Active Indicative
συνήργει sunhrgei
I work together
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 5 Tenses Present, Imperfect 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 3×
Present Active Mark 16:20 · 1 Cor 16:16 · 2 Cor 6:1 3×
Indicative states a fact or reality 2×
Present Active Rom 8:28 1×
Imperfect Active Jas 2:22 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 5 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 4 imperfect 1
Voice
active 5
Mood
participle 3 indicative 2
NT Occurrences
Mark 16:20 συνεργοῦντος present active participle participle Romans 8:28 συνεργεῖ present active indicative ongoing 1 Corinthians 16:16 συνεργοῦντι present active participle participle 2 Corinthians 6:1 Συνεργοῦντες present active participle participle James 2:22 συνήργει imperfect active indicative background
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 Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
working together
Additional Occurrences
was working together with
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
συνεργέω is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Shows cooperation between faith and works. James 2:21–24
Canonical Themes
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