What does συστροφή (systrophḗ) mean in the Bible?
συστροφή (systrophḗ): Gathering with unified hostile intent, whether riotous mob or conspiracy to act together.
Greek · G4963
συστροφή
Commotion/plot
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συστροφήG4963
Pronunciationsystrophḗ
What does συστροφή (systrophḗ) mean in the Bible?
συστροφή (systrophḗ): Gathering with unified hostile intent, whether riotous mob or conspiracy to act together.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4963?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a conspiracy (1), commotion (1).
Where does συστροφή (systrophḗ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 19:40. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Ita conspiracy1×Acts 23:12
commotion1×Acts 19:40
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 19:40
Aligned rows2
Books represented1
Acts2
Source forms
συστροφὴν1xsystrophēnActs 23:12
συστροφῆς1xsystrophēsActs 19:40
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular1xActs 23:12
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular1xActs 19:40
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Gathering with unified hostile intent, whether riotous mob or conspiracy to act together.
Strong'sG4963
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
commotion/plot
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 19:40Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
συστροφῆςsustrofhv
a gathering together, riotous concourse
Read verseActs 23:12Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
συστροφήν,sustrofhn
a gathering together, riotous concourse
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 patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · FeminineActs 19:401×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineActs 23:121×
Word Origins
συστροφή is built from this root: