What does συνεσθίω (synesthíō) mean in the Bible?
συνεσθίω (synesthíō): Shared eating that signifies fellowship and acceptance, often with social-religious implications.
Greek · G4906
συνεσθίω
To take food in company with
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συνεσθίω G4906
Pronunciation synesthíō
What does συνεσθίω (synesthíō) mean in the Bible?
συνεσθίω (synesthíō): Shared eating that signifies fellowship and acceptance, often with social-religious implications.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4906?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include ate (1), ate with (1), eat (1), eats with (1), he used to eat (1).
Where does συνεσθίω (synesthíō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 15:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), 1 Corinthians (1), Galatians (1), Luke (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 ate 1× Acts 10:41
ate with 1× Acts 11:3
eat 1× 1 Corinthians 5:11
eats with 1× Luke 15:2
he used to eat 1× Galatians 2:12
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 15:2 συνεσθίει to eats with Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Acts 10:41 συνεφάγομεν to ate Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural Acts 11:3 συνέφαγες to ate with Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular 1 Corinthians 5:11 συνεσθίειν to eat Verb - Present Infinitive Active Galatians 2:12 συνήσθιεν to he used to eat Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 15:2
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 4
Luke 1 Acts 2 1 Corinthians 1 Galatians 1
Source forms
συνεσθίει 1x synesthiei Luke 15:2
συνεσθίειν 1x synesthiein 1 Corinthians 5:11
συνέφαγες 1x synephages Acts 11:3
συνεφάγομεν 1x synephagomen Acts 10:41
συνήσθιεν 1x synēsthien Galatians 2:12
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural 1x Acts 10:41
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular 1x Acts 11:3
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x Galatians 2:12
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x Luke 15:2
Verb - Present Infinitive Active 1x 1 Corinthians 5:11
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Shared eating that signifies fellowship and acceptance, often with social-religious implications.
Strong's G4906
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 2 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 15:1-10 Source Gloss
to take food in company with
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.
Luke 15:2 Verb Third Person Singular Present Active Indicative
συνεσθίει sunesqiei
I eat with
Read verse Acts 10:41 Verb First Person Plural Second Aorist Active Indicative
συνεφάγομεν sunefagomen
I eat with
Read verse Acts 11:3 Verb Second Person Singular Second Aorist Active Indicative
συνέφαγες sunefagev
I eat with
Read verse 1 Corinthians 5:11 Verb Present Active Infinitive
συνεσθίειν. sunesqiein
I eat with
Read verse Galatians 2:12 Verb Third Person Singular Imperfect Active Indicative
συνήσθιεν· sunhsqien
I eat with
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, Aorist, Imperfect Voices Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 4×
Aorist Active Acts 10:41 · Acts 11:3 2×
Present Active Luke 15:2 1×
Imperfect Active Gal 2:12 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Present Active 1 Cor 5:11 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 4 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 2 aorist 1 imperfect 1
Voice
active 4
Mood
indicative 3 infinitive 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 Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Jesus eating with tax collectors and sinners, emphasizing table fellowship and association
Peter's withdrawal from eating with gentiles, highlighting social and religious boundaries in shared meals
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
συνεσθίω is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
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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