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συνεργός

Co-worker

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συνεργός G4904
Pronunciation synergós

What does συνεργός (synergós) mean in the Bible?

συνεργός (synergós) is a Greek word meaning "co-worker". συνεργός, -όν [in LXX: 2Ma. Highlights shared participation in gospel mission.

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Meaning

co-worker
Extended definition

Active partnership in shared labor, emphasizing mutual cooperation toward a common goal or ministry.

a fellow-worker: with genitive of person(s), Rom.16:3, 9 16:21, Php.2:25 4:3, 1Th.3:2, Rec., Phm 1 24; θεοῦ (cf. Lft., Notes, 41, 188), 1Co.3:9 (pl.), 1Th.3:2 [WH] R, mg. (R, txt., διάκονον τοῦ θ.; on the original reading, see ICC, in l); τ. χαρᾶς ὑηῶν, 2Co.1:24; τ. ἀληθείᾳ, III Jn 8; before εἰς, 2Co.8:23, Col.4:11.

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Why This Word Matters
Highlights shared participation in gospel mission. Romans 16:1-16
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Plural · Masculine 1 Cor 3:9 · 2 Cor 1:24 · Col 4:11 · Phlm 1:24 · 3 John 1:8 5×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Rom 16:21 · 2 Cor 8:23 2×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Phil 4:3 1×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Phlm 1:1 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Rom 16:9 · Phil 2:25 · 1 Thess 3:2 3×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Rom 16:3 1×
13 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

New Testament Witnesses
Romans 16:1-16 συνεργός synergós Accusative · Singular · Masculine
Co-worker, fellow laborer.
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Colossians 4 — Prayer, Wise Witness, Faithful Service, and Gospel Fellowship Philippians 2 — The Mind of Christ and the Humility of Gospel Witness Romans 16 — Gospel Partnership, Holy Greeting, False-Teacher Warning, and Doxology to the God Who Establishes

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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