συλλέγωsyllégō

to collect

Greek (New Testament) · G4816

Meanings

to bring together, collect, gather up: with accusative of thing, Matthew 13:28-30; passive, Matthew 13:40; with accusative, followed by ἀπό, Matthew 7:16; id. followed by ἐκ, Matthew 13:41, Luke 6:44; followed by εἰς, Matthew 13:48.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 7:16 You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
  • Matthew 13:28 “‘An enemy has done this!’ the farmer exclaimed. “‘Should we pull out the weeds?’ they asked.
  • Matthew 13:29 “‘No,’ he replied, ‘you’ll uproot the wheat if you do.
  • Matthew 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest. Then I will tell the harvesters to sort out the weeds, tie them into bundles, and burn them, and to put the wheat in the barn.’”
  • Matthew 13:40 “Just as the weeds are sorted out and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the world.
  • Matthew 13:41 The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will remove from his Kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.