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
- σύνsýn · G4862with or together (but much closer than G3326 (μετά) or G3844 (παρά)), i.e. by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, addition, etc.
- λέγωlégō · G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 (ἔπω) and G5346 (φημί) generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 (ῥέω) is properly to break silence merely, and G2980 (λαλέω) means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean
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.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.