Word study · Greek
syniēmi
to understand
Say it: soo-NEE-ay-mee (approximate)
συνίημι
What it means
Literally "to bring together": to put the pieces into a whole. In chapter 13 it's the dividing line. People who hear the word without understanding it are the path and rocky soil; the one who hears and understands is the good soil. The quotation from Isaiah turns on the same word.
Range of meaning
- GraspTake in what something means.
- Have insightSee how things fit together.
In Matthew
- Chapter 13
Hearing and not understanding is the heart of the chapter (13:13-23, 13:51).
Every verse (9)
- Matthew 13:13
- Matthew 13:14
- Matthew 13:15
- Matthew 13:19
- Matthew 13:23
- Matthew 13:51
- Matthew 15:10
- Matthew 16:12
- Matthew 17:13
Verses where G4920 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources