King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4939
Transliteration: syntrophos
Phonetic Spelling: (soon'-trof-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: one brought up with, a foster brother or an intimate friend
Meaning: one brought up with, a foster brother or an intimate friend
σύντροφος, συντροφου, ὁ (συντρέφω) (from Herodotus down), "nourished with one (Vulg.collactaneus (English foster-brother)); brought up with one; universally, companion of one's childhood and youth": τίνος (of some prince or king), Acts 13:1. (1 Macc. 1:6; 2 Macc. 9:29; Polybius 5, 9, 4; Diodorus 1, 53; Josephus, b. j. 1, 10, 9; Aelian v. h. 12, 26.)
Word Summary
syntrophos: one brought up with, a foster brother or an intimate friend
Original Word: σύντροφοςTransliteration: syntrophos
Phonetic Spelling: (soon'-trof-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: one brought up with, a foster brother or an intimate friend
Meaning: one brought up with, a foster brother or an intimate friend
Strong's Concordance
brought up with. From sun and trophos (in a passive sense); a fellow-nursling, i.e. Comrade -- brought up with.
see GREEK sun
see GREEK trophos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4939: σύντροφοςσύντροφος, συντροφου, ὁ (συντρέφω) (from Herodotus down), "nourished with one (Vulg.collactaneus (English foster-brother)); brought up with one; universally, companion of one's childhood and youth": τίνος (of some prince or king), Acts 13:1. (1 Macc. 1:6; 2 Macc. 9:29; Polybius 5, 9, 4; Diodorus 1, 53; Josephus, b. j. 1, 10, 9; Aelian v. h. 12, 26.)