συμ-φέρω [in LXX: Jer.33:14 (טוֹב), Pro.19:10 (נָאוֶה), Sir.30:19, al. ;] 1. trans. to bring together: with accusative of thing(s), Act.19:19. 2. Intrans., and mostly impers., συμφέρει, it is expedient, profitable or an advantage: 1Co.6:12 10:23, 2Co.8:10; with inf. (M, Pr., 210), Mat.19:10, Jhn.18:14; with dative, before ἵνα (Bl., § 69, 5), Mat.5:29-30 18:6, Jhn.11:50 16:7. Ptcp., ςυμφέρων, profitable: 1Co.12:7; pl., Act.20:20; (οὐ σ. sc. ἐστιν; = οὐ συμφέρει; cf. Thuc., iii, 44, 2), 2Co.12:1; as subst., τὸ σ., profit, Heb.12:10.† (AS)
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G4851 — συμφέρω
sumpherō · be profitable · Greek
17 tagged verse occurrences
Matthew 5:29 · συμφέρειIf your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.Matthew 5:30 · συμφέρειIf your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.Matthew 18:6 · συμφέρειbut whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.Matthew 19:10 · συμφέρειHis disciples said to him, “If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.”John 11:50 · συμφέρειnor do you consider that it is advantageous for us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.”John 16:7 · συμφέρειNevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I don’t go away, the Counselor won’t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.John 18:14 · συμφέρειNow it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was expedient that one man should perish for the people.Acts 19:19 · συνενέγκαντεςMany of those who practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. They counted their price, and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.Acts 20:20 · συμφερόντωνhow I didn’t shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, teaching you publicly and from house to house,1 Corinthians 6:12 · συμφέρει·“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are expedient. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of anything.1 Corinthians 7:35 · σύμφορονThis I say for your own profit; not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.1 Corinthians 10:23 · συμφέρει·“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are profitable. “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things build up.1 Corinthians 10:33 · σύμφορονeven as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.1 Corinthians 12:7 · συμφέρον.But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the profit of all.2 Corinthians 8:10 · συμφέρει,I give a judgment in this: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to start a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing.2 Corinthians 12:1 · συμφέρονIt is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. For I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.Hebrews 12:10 · συμφέρονFor they indeed, for a few days, punished us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.