Greek word · G4936

συντρέχω

syntrechō

to flock

To run together, to rush with others in a crowd. Figuratively, to join in, go along with, throw in one's lot with (BDAG s.v.).

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Greek New Testament. ·

What it means

συν-τρέχω

[in LXX: Psalms 50:18 (עִם רָצָה), עִם רָצָה), 2Ma.2:1-32, Judith 4.1-15 * ;]

to run together or with: before ἐκεῖ, Mark 6:33; πρόσ, with accusative, Acts 3:11; metaphorically, 1 Peter 4:4.†

(AS)

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of 1 Peter 4:4

Range of meaning

To run together, to rush with others in a crowd. Figuratively, to join in, go along with, throw in one's lot with (BDAG s.v.).

Against the English

KJV/WEB/YLT "run with" keeps the image. NIV and ESV "join" make it flat and lose the picture of a crowd running. BSB's "plunge with them" shifts the image to diving into the flood. That matches ἀνάχυσις well, but "running" drops out.

Used elsewhere in the period

Mark 6:33 and Acts 3:11 use it of crowds running together. LXX Psalm 49:18 (Ps 50:18 in Hebrew numbering) gives the moral sense: "if you saw a thief, you ran along with him (συνέτρεχες αὐτῷ)", meaning you took part in his wrongdoing.

Where it appears

Mark · 1

  1. Mark 6:33 συνέδραμον ran together

    But many people saw them leaving and recognized them. They ran together on foot from all the towns and arrived before them.

Acts · 1

  1. Acts 3:11 συνέδραμεν ran together

    While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade.

1 Peter · 1

  1. 1 Peter 4:4 συντρεχόντων running with [them]

    Because of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, and they heap abuse on you.

    Here: A picture of a crowd running together, like revellers streaming to a festival or a party. With μή it makes up a clause, "since you are not running along with them", which gives the reason for their surprise. The present tense means a steady, continuing refusal.

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