Synkrínō — G4793

Definition

verb

to judge of one thing in connection with another, i.e. combine (spiritual ideas with appropriate expressions) or collate (one person with another by way of contrast or resemblance)

1. to join together fitly, compound, combine
2. according to a use foreign to the earlier Greeks (who used παραβάλλω), but frequent from the time of Aristotle onward , to compare

Usually translated as

compare among

Origin

from G4862 and G2919

• sýn (G4862)
• krínō (G2919)

Occurrences

Synkrínō occurs 3 times in 2 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Corinthians (1), 2 Corinthians (1)

• 1 Corinthians 2:13 — Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing (συγκρίνοντες) spiritual things with spiritual.
• 2 Corinthians 10:12 — For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare (συγκρῖναι) ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
• 2 Corinthians 10:12 — For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing (συγκρίνοντες) themselves among themselves, are not wise.