Word Summary
systrephō: to twist together, to gather together (pass.)
Original Word: συστρέφωTransliteration: systrephō
Phonetic Spelling: (soos-tref'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to twist together, to gather together (pass.)
Meaning: to twist together, to gather together
Strong's Concordance
gather.
From sun and strepho; to twist together, i.e. Collect (a bundle, a crowd) -- gather.
see GREEK sun
see GREEK strepho
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4962: συστρέφωσυστρέφω: 1 aorist participle
συτρεψας; present passive participle
συστρεφόμενος; (from
Aeschylus and
Herodotus down);
1. to twist together, roll together (into a bundle): φρυγάνων πλῆθος, Acts 28:3.
2. to collect, combine, unite: τινας, passive (reflexively (?)) of men, to (gather themselves together) assemble: Matthew 17:22 L T Tr text WH, see ἀναστρέφω, 3 a.