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Strong's G4912 συνέχω (synecho)

Synecho means “hold” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4912 — mashal (“byword”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4912
Language Greek
Linked Usages 59
Books 26

Strong's G4912 Quick Answer

Strong's G4912 συνέχω (sunecho) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. sunecho (soon-ekh'-o) v. 1. to hold together, i.e. to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner) 2. (figuratively) to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy It has 59 linked Bible usages across 26 books. Visible English usage signals include ears. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
sunecho (soon-ekh'-o) v. 1. to hold together, i.e. to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner) 2. (figuratively) to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy
Usage
59 linked usages
Books
26 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
ears

Meaning and Definition

sunecho (soon-ekh'-o) v. 1. to hold together, i.e. to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner) 2. (figuratively) to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy [from G4862 and G2192] KJV: constrain, hold, keep in, press, lie sick of, stop, be in a strait, straiten, be taken with, throng Root(s): G4862, G2192

Original Word
συνέχω
Transliteration
sunecho
Derivation
Root: ἔχω R1: 4862 R2: 2192
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4912. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to hold/oppress

Usage: συν-έχω [in LXX for עָצָר, חָבַר, etc. ;] __1. to hold together (τ. συνέχον τ. πάντα, Wis.1:7): of closing the ears, Act.7:57 (τ. στόμα, Isa.52:15); to hem in, press on every side: Luk.8:45 19:43. __2. to hold fast; __(a) of a prisoner, to hold in charge (Luc.; cf. exx. in Deiss., BS, 160; MM, xxiv): Luk.22:63; __(b) to constrain: 2Co.5:14; pass., Luk.12:50, Act.18:5 (τ. λόγῳ; cf. Field, Notes, 128), Php.1:23; in pass., of ills, to be seized or afflicted by, suffering from: Mat.4:24, Luk.4:38 8:37, Act.28:8.† (AS)

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How Strong's G4912 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render sunecho, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

ears Acts 7:57

How Strong's G4912 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 40 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4912 (συνέχω) appears 47 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4912 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4912 in the New Testament

12 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 4:24 KJV

And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.

Luke 4:38 KJV

And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.

Luke 8:37 KJV

Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.

Strong's G4912 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

40 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 8:2 Septuagint / Brenton

And the fountains of the deep were closed up, and the floodgates of heaven, and the rain from heaven was withheld.

Exodus 26:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And the five curtains shall be joined one to another, and the other five curtains shall be closely connected the one with the other.

Exodus 28:7 Septuagint / Brenton

It shall have two shoulder pieces joined together, fastened on the two sides.

Strong's G4912 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

7 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Maccabees 13:15 Septuagint / Brenton

Whereas we have Jonathan thy brother in hold, it is for money that he is owing unto the king’s treasure, concerning the business that was committed unto him.

2 Maccabees 9:2 Septuagint / Brenton

For he had entered the city called Persepolis, and went about to rob the temple, and to hold the city; whereupon the multitude running to defend themselves with their weapons put them to flight; and so it happened, that Antiochus being put to flight of the inhabitants returned with shame.

2 Maccabees 10:10 Septuagint / Brenton

Now will we declare the acts of Antiochus Eupator, who was the son of this wicked man, gathering briefly the calamities of the wars.

Usage Excerpts

First 59 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4912.

Genesis 8:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the fountains of the deep were closed up, and the floodgates of heaven, and the rain from heaven was withheld.
Exodus 26:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the five curtains shall be joined one to another, and the other five curtains shall be closely connected the one with the other.
Exodus 28:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
It shall have two shoulder pieces joined together, fastened on the two sides.
Exodus 36:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
shoulder pieces joined from both sides, a work woven by mutual twisting of the parts into one another.
Exodus 36:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he fastened the oracle by the rings that were on it to the rings of the ephod, which were fastened with a string of blue, joined together with the woven work of the ephod; that the oracle should not be loosed from the ephod, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Deuteronomy 11:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the Lord be angry with you, and restrain the heaven; and there shall not be rain, and the earth shall not yield its fruit, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land, which the Lord has given you.
1 Kingdoms 14:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armor, Come, let us go over to Messab of these uncircumcised, if peradventure the Lord may do something for us; for the Lord is not straitened to save by many or by few.
1 Kingdoms 21:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was there on that day one of Saul’s servants detained before the Lord, and his name was Doeg the Syrian, tending the mules of Saul.
1 Kingdoms 23:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul charged all the people to go down to war to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
2 Kingdoms 20:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David went into his house at Jerusalem: and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and he put them in a place of custody, and maintained them, and went not in to them; and they were kept living as widows, till the day of their death.
2 Kingdoms 24:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Araunah said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? and David said, To buy of thee the threshing floor, in order to build an altar to the Lord, that the plague may be restrained from off the people.
2 Kingdoms 24:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered up whole burnt offerings and peace offerings: and Solomon made an addition to the altar afterward, for it was little at first. And the Lord hearkened to the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
3 Kingdoms 6:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
3 Kingdoms 6:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
3 Kingdoms 8:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When the heaven is restrained, and there is no rain, because they shall sin against thee, and they shall pray toward this place, and shall make confession to thy name, and shall turn from their sins when thou shalt have humbled them,
3 Kingdoms 20:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
behold, I bring evil upon thee: and I will kindle a fire after thee, and I will utterly destroy every male of Ahab, and him that is shut up and him that is left in Israel.
4 Kingdoms 9:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and at the hand of the whole house of Ahab: and thou shalt utterly cut off from the house of Ahab every male, and him that is shut up and left in Israel.
4 Kingdoms 14:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the Lord saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter, and that they were few in number, straitened and in want, and destitute, and Israel had no helper.
1 Chronicles 12:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are they that came to Ziklag, when he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish; and these were among the mighty, aiding him in war,
2 Chronicles 6:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When heaven is restrained, and there is no rain, because they shall have sinned against thee, and when they shall pray toward this place, and praise thy name, and shall turn from their sins, because thou shalt afflict them;
2 Chronicles 7:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If I should restrain the heaven and there should be no rain, and if I should command the locust to devour the trees, and if I should send pestilence upon my people;
Nehemiah 6:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.
Job 3:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For my groaning comes before my food, And I weep being beset with terror.
Job 7:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then neither will I refrain my mouth: I will speak being in distress; Being in anguish I will disclose the bitterness of my soul.
Job 10:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Weary in my soul, I will pour my words with groans upon him: I will speak being straitened in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 20:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Though he will not spare it, and will not leave it, But will keep it in the midst of his throat:
Job 31:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the fear of the Lord constrained me, And I cannot bear up by reason of his burden.
Job 34:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For if he would confine, And restrain his spirit with himself;
Job 36:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But they that are bound in fetters Shall be holden in cords of poverty.
Job 38:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who is this that hides counsel from me, And confines words in his heart, and thinks to conceal them from me?
Job 41:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They will remain united each to the other: They are closely joined, and cannot be separated.
Psalms 68:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let not the waterflood drown me, Nor let the deep swallow me up; Neither let the well shut its mouth upon me.
Psalms 76:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Will God forget to pity? Or will he shut up his compassions in his wrath? Pause.
Proverbs 5:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Be not intimate with a strange woman, Neither fold thyself in the arms of a woman not thine own.
Isaiah 52:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus shall many nations wonder at him; and kings shall keep their mouths shut: for they to whom no report was brought concerning him, shall see; and they who have not heard, shall consider.
Jeremiah 2:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For my people has committed two faults, and evil ones: they have forsaken me, the fountain of water of life, and hewn out for themselves broken cisterns, which will not be able to hold water.
Jeremiah 23:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My heart is broken within me; all my bones are shaken: I am become as a broken-down man, and as a man overcome with wine, because of the Lord, and because of the excellence of his glory.
Ezekiel 33:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now the hand of the Lord had come upon me in the evening, before he came; and he opened my mouth, when he came to me in the morning: and my mouth was open, it was no longer kept closed.
Ezekiel 43:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
when they set my doorway by their doorway, and my thresholds near to their thresholds: and they made my wall as it were joining myself and them, and they profaned my holy name with their iniquities which they wrought: and I destroyed them in my wrath and with slaughter.
Micah 7:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who is a God like thee, canceling iniquities, and passing over the sins of the remnant of his inheritance? and he has not kept his anger for a testimony, for he delights in mercy.
Matthew 4:24 New Testament, KJV
And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
Luke 4:38 New Testament, KJV
And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.
Luke 8:37 New Testament, KJV
Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.
Luke 8:45 New Testament, KJV
And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
Luke 12:50 New Testament, KJV
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
Luke 19:43 New Testament, KJV
For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
Luke 22:63 New Testament, KJV
And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.
Acts 7:57 New Testament, KJV
Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
Acts 18:5 New Testament, KJV
And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
Acts 28:8 New Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.
2 Corinthians 5:14 New Testament, KJV
For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
Philippians 1:23 New Testament, KJV
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
1 Maccabees 13:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Whereas we have Jonathan thy brother in hold, it is for money that he is owing unto the king’s treasure, concerning the business that was committed unto him.
2 Maccabees 9:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For he had entered the city called Persepolis, and went about to rob the temple, and to hold the city; whereupon the multitude running to defend themselves with their weapons put them to flight; and so it happened, that Antiochus being put to flight of the inhabitants returned with shame.
2 Maccabees 10:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now will we declare the acts of Antiochus Eupator, who was the son of this wicked man, gathering briefly the calamities of the wars.
4 Maccabees 15:32 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
so thou, the guardian of the law, when surrounded on every side by the flood of passions, and straitened by violent storms which were the torments of thy children, didst bear up nobly against the storms against religion.
Wisdom of Solomon 1:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For the Spirit of the Lord filleth the world: And that which containeth all things hath knowledge of the voice.
Wisdom of Solomon 17:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
They died for fear, Denying that they saw the air, which could of no side be avoided.
Wisdom of Solomon 17:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Or a terrible sound of stones cast down, Or a running that could not be seen of skipping beasts, Or a roaring voice of most savage wild beasts, Or a rebounding echo from the hollow mountains: These things made them to swoon for fear.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4912, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 6 usages, New Testament
Acts 3 usages, New Testament
2 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
Philippians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4912 FAQ

What does synecho (συνέχω) mean?

Synecho (Strong's G4912) is a Greek word most simply glossed "hold". sunecho (soon-ekh'-o) v. 1. to hold together, i.e. to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner) 2. (figuratively) to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy

How many times is synecho (συνέχω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 59 linked usages for Strong's G4912 across 26 books.

Where can I study synecho (συνέχω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4912 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate synecho (συνέχω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as ears. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4912 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 40 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 7 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4912, with linked reader references where each row is available.