Soreuo means “heap” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4987 — motheq (“sweetness”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4987 σωρεύω (soreuo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. soreuo (sore-yoo'-o) v. 1. to pile up {literally or figuratively} It has 4 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include heap. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
soreuo (sore-yoo'-o) v. 1. to pile up {literally or figuratively} [from another form of G4673] KJV: heap, load Root(s): G4673
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4987. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to pile up
Usage: σωρεύω [in LXX: Pro.25:22 (חָתָה), Jdth.15:11 * ;] __(a) to heap on: with accusative before ἐπί with accusative, Rom.12:20 (LXX) (Arist., al.); __(b) to heap with: with accusative and dative, metaphorically, ἁμαρτίαις, 2Ti.3:6 (overwhelmed with, Field, Notes, 217) (Polyb.).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render soreuo, 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 New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old 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.
Strong's G4987 (σωρεύω) appears 2 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.
Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
1 indexed usage in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
And the people spoiled the camp the space of thirty days: and they gave unto Judith Holofernes his tent, and all his plate, and beds, and vessels, and all his stuff: and she took it, and laid it on her mule; and made ready her carts, and laid them thereon.
First 4 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4987.
Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
And the people spoiled the camp the space of thirty days: and they gave unto Judith Holofernes his tent, and all his plate, and beds, and vessels, and all his stuff: and she took it, and laid it on her mule; and made ready her carts, and laid them thereon.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4987, grouped by book.
Soreuo (Strong's G4987) is a Greek word most simply glossed "heap". soreuo (sore-yoo'-o) v. 1. to pile up {literally or figuratively}
This page currently indexes 4 linked usages for Strong's G4987 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4987 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 heap. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4987, with linked reader references where each row is available.