Systrophe means “concourse” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4963 — mathben (“straw”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4963 συστροφή (sustrophe) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. sustrophe (soos-trof-ay') n. 1. a twisting together 2. (figuratively) a secret coalition, riotous crowd It has 12 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include concourse and together. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
sustrophe (soos-trof-ay') n. 1. a twisting together 2. (figuratively) a secret coalition, riotous crowd [from G4962] KJV: + band together, concourse Root(s): G4962
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4963. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
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Usage: συ-στροφή, -ῆς, ἡ (συστρέφω), [in LXX: Rom.4:19 13:12 (צָרַר); σ. ποιεῖσθαι, Amo.7:10 (קָשַׁר), etc. ;] __1. a twisting together (Plat.). __2. a concourse, a riotous gathering (Polyb.): Act.19:40; σ. ποιεῖσθαι (Am, l.with), to make a compact (RV, banded themselves together): Act.23:12.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render sustrophe, 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.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. 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.
Strong's G4963 (συστροφή) appears 10 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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2 indexed usages in New Testament.
For we are in danger to be called in question for this day's uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.
And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
7 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy wherein he was engaged, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
Thou hast sheltered me from the conspiracy of them that do wickedly; From the multitude of them that work iniquity;
Remind ye the nations; behold, they are come: proclaim it in Jerusalem, that bands are approaching from a land afar off, and have uttered their voice against the cities of Judah.
3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Also that it should be lawful for none of the people or priests to break any of these things, or to gainsay his words, or to gather an assembly in the country without him, or to be clothed in purple, or wear a buckle of gold:
For this cause the feeling of expectation causes tumult in the city: it swarms with factions; and is continually on the point of being plundered.
The noise of the thunder maketh the earth to tremble: So doth the northern storm and the whirlwind: As birds flying he scattereth the snow, And the falling down thereof is as the lighting of grasshoppers:
First 12 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4963.
And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy wherein he was engaged, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
Thou hast sheltered me from the conspiracy of them that do wickedly; From the multitude of them that work iniquity;
Remind ye the nations; behold, they are come: proclaim it in Jerusalem, that bands are approaching from a land afar off, and have uttered their voice against the cities of Judah.
And I will tear your kerchiefs, and will rescue my people out of your hand, and they shall no longer be in your hands to be confounded; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Thou art a blast of wind in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their altars.
Ephraim has framed a conspiracy of unrighteousness, his sin is hidden.
Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos is forming conspiracies against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land will be utterly unable to bear all his words.
For we are in danger to be called in question for this day's uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.
And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
Also that it should be lawful for none of the people or priests to break any of these things, or to gainsay his words, or to gather an assembly in the country without him, or to be clothed in purple, or wear a buckle of gold:
For this cause the feeling of expectation causes tumult in the city: it swarms with factions; and is continually on the point of being plundered.
The noise of the thunder maketh the earth to tremble: So doth the northern storm and the whirlwind: As birds flying he scattereth the snow, And the falling down thereof is as the lighting of grasshoppers:
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4963, grouped by book.
Systrophe (Strong's G4963) is a Greek word most simply glossed "concourse". sustrophe (soos-trof-ay') n. 1. a twisting together 2. (figuratively) a secret coalition, riotous crowd
This page currently indexes 12 linked usages for Strong's G4963 across 10 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4963 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as concourse and together. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 7 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4963, with linked reader references where each row is available.