symballō · ponder, meet

What it means

symballō (συμβάλλω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “ponder, meet”.

Bring together; hence ponder, think over; also confer, talk with; meet, clash in war; in the middle, help, contribute.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Talk things over together, exchange arguments.
2. Ponder in the heart.
3. Come upon someone, or face them in war.
4. Help, contribute to others.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• encounter ×1
• he met ×1
• helped ×1
• pondering them ×1
• they conferred ×1
• were debating with ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Luke×2
• Acts×4

• Luke 2:19

  But Mary was keeping all these words, pondering them in her heart.

• Luke 14:31

  Or what king, going to encounter another king in war, will not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet the one who comes against him with twenty thousand?

• Acts 4:15

  But after ordering them to go outside the council, they conferred with one another,

• Acts 17:18

  And some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were debating with him, and some were saying, “What would this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities,” because he was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.

• Acts 18:27

  And when he wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;

• Acts 20:14

  And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene.