What does σύσσωμος (sýssōmos) mean in the Bible?
σύσσωμος (sýssōmos): Members incorporated into one unified body through shared participation in Christ
Greek · G4954
σύσσωμος
Of the same body
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σύσσωμος G4954
Pronunciation sýssōmos
What does σύσσωμος (sýssōmos) mean in the Bible?
σύσσωμος (sýssōmos): Members incorporated into one unified body through shared participation in Christ
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How does the BSB render G4954?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include fellow members of the body (1).
Where does σύσσωμος (sýssōmos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Ephesians 3:6. Its strongest book concentrations include Ephesians (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 members of the body 1× Ephesians 3:6
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Usage map
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First aligned row Ephesians 3:6
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Ephesians 1
Source forms
σύσσωμα 1x syssōma Ephesians 3:6
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural 1x Ephesians 3:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Members incorporated into one unified body through shared participation in Christ
Strong's G4954
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Ephesians 3:1-6 Source Gloss
of the same body
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Members incorporated into one unified body through shared participation in Christ
(σῶμα), of the same body: Eph.3:6 (Eccl.).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Ephesians 3:6 Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
σύσσωμα susswma
belonging to the same body
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Eph 3:6 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
Gentiles and Jews united as one body in Christ through the gospel
Word Origins
σύσσωμος 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