συμβάλλωsymbállō
to throw together, hence
Greek (New Testament) · G4820
Meanings
(a) of speech (followed by λόγους, Eur., and elsewhere), to discuss, confer (namely λόγους): with dative of person, Luke 11:53, WH, margin, Acts 17:18; followed by πρὸς ἀλλήλους, Acts 4:15
(b) to reflect, consider, ponder: ἐν τ. καρδίᾳ, Luke 2:19
(c) to meet with, fall in with: Acts 20:14; in hostile sense, εἰς πόλεμον, with dative, Luke 14:31
(d) middle, to contribute: Acts 18:27.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Luke 2:19 but Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often.
- Luke 14:31 “Or what king would go to war against another king without first sitting down with his counselors to discuss whether his army of 10,000 could defeat the 20,000 soldiers marching against him?
- Acts 4:15 So they ordered Peter and John out of the council chamber and conferred among themselves.
- Acts 17:18 He also had a debate with some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers. When he told them about Jesus and his resurrection, they said, “What’s this babbler trying to say with these strange ideas he’s picked up?” Others said, “He seems to be preaching about some foreign gods.”
- Acts 18:27 Apollos had been thinking about going to Achaia, and the brothers and sisters in Ephesus encouraged him to go. They wrote to the believers in Achaia, asking them to welcome him. When he arrived there, he proved to be of great benefit to those who, by God’s grace, had believed.
- Acts 20:14 He joined us there, and we sailed together to Mitylene.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.