sympherō · be better

What it means

sympherō (συμφέρω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “be better”.

Be to one's advantage; what is best.

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. To gather things in one place.
2. To be useful to someone.

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

How it is translated

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

• it is better ×5
• beneficial ×4
• advantage ×2
• benefit ×2
• anything that was profitable ×1
• brought together ×1
• good ×1
• it was better ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×4
• John×3
• Acts×2
• 1 Corinthians×5
• 2 Corinthians×2
• Hebrews×1

• Matthew 5:29

  And if your right eye causes you to stumble, tear it out and throw it away from you; for it is better for you that one of your members perish and not your whole body be thrown into Gehenna.

• Matthew 5:30

  And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away from you; for it is better for you that one of your members perish and not your whole body go off into Gehenna.

• Matthew 18:6

  But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it is better for him that a donkey’s millstone be hung around his neck and that he be drowned in the depth of the sea.

• Matthew 19:10

  The disciples say to him, “If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry.”

• John 11:50

  nor do you consider that it is better for you that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation perish.”

• John 16:7

  But I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

• John 18:14

  Now it was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it was better for one man to die for the people.

• Acts 19:19

  And a number of those who had practiced magic brought together their books and were burning them before everyone; and they counted up their value and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.

• Acts 20:20

  how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly and from house to house,

• 1 Corinthians 6:12

  All things are permitted for me, but not all things are beneficial. All things are permitted for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.

• 1 Corinthians 7:35

  Now I say this for your own benefit, not to put a noose on you, but for what is fitting and for constant devotion to the Lord without distraction.

• 1 Corinthians 10:23

  All things are permitted, but not all things are beneficial; all things are permitted, but not all things build up.

• 1 Corinthians 10:33

  just as I also please all people in all things, not seeking my own advantage but that of the many, so that they may be saved.

• 1 Corinthians 12:7

  But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the benefit of all.

• 2 Corinthians 8:10

  And I give my opinion in this matter; for this is beneficial for you, who were the first to begin not only to do it but also to want it, since last year;

• 2 Corinthians 12:1

  It is necessary to boast, though it is not beneficial; but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

• Hebrews 12:10

  For they disciplined us for a few days as seemed best to them, but he does so for our good, so that we may share in his holiness.