συμπάσχω G4841
to suffer together with, share in suffering
This compound verb describes experiencing suffering alongside another person. Romans 8:17 connects suffering with Christ to the hope of being glorified with him—joint suffering leads to joint glory. First Corinthians 12:26 applies it to the body of Christ: when one member suffers, all suffer together. The term emphasizes solidarity in hardship, whether with Christ or fellow believers.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Indicates experiencing suffering or affliction together with another, sharing in their pain as co-participants rather than observers. The cross-lingual renderings (Spanish 'padecemos juntamente,' French 'souffrir-avec,' German 'mitleiden') all maintain the compound 'with' structure. Paul uses this in Rom 8:17 to link present co-suffering with Christ to future co-glorification, and in 1 Cor 12:26 to describe the organic unity of the church body where pain in one member affects all. 2×
AR["نَتَأَلَّمُ-مَعَ-هِ", "يَتَألَّمُ-مَعَهُ"]·ben["আমরা-একসঙ্গে-কষ্ট-ভোগ-করি", "একসাথে-কষ্ট-পায়"]·DE["mitleiden"]·EN["suffer-together", "we-suffer-together"]·FR["souffrir-avec"]·heb["סוֹבְלִים-יַחַד"]·HI["दुख-उठाते-हैं", "साथ-दुख-भोगते-हैं"]·ID["kita-menderita-bersama,", "turut-menderita"]·IT["soffrire-con"]·jav["kita-nandhang-sangsara-sesarengan", "sami-nandhang"]·KO["함께-고난-받으면", "함께-고통받고"]·PT["co-sofremos,", "sofrem-junto"]·RU["сострадают", "чтобы"]·ES["padecemos-juntamente", "padecen-con"]·SW["tunateswa-pamoja", "vinateseka-pamoja"]·TR["birlikte acı çekiyor", "birlikte-acı-çekiyorsak"]·urd["ساتھ-دکھ-پاتے-ہیں", "ہم-دکھ-بھریں"]
Related Senses
H5971a 1. people, nation (1836×)H5973a 1. accompaniment, together with (956×)H0854 1. with (accompaniment) (665×)H1471a 1. nations, peoples (plural/collective) (466×)G3326 1. with (368×)H1285 1. covenant, pact, treaty (284×)G2453 1. Jewish person, Jew (194×)H4150 1. meeting (tent of meeting) (151×)G2992 1. people/nation (an ethnic or political community) (142×)G4862 1. (129×)G1484 1. Gentiles, non-Jewish nations (128×)H1471a 2. nation, people-group (singular) (98×)H3162b 1. together (97×)H1616 1. sojourner, resident alien (92×)H0567 1. Amorite (people group) (87×)H3064 1. Jew, Jewish person (81×)H3669a 1. Canaanite (ethnic designation) (70×)G1122 1. scribe / expert in the Law (63×)H2114a 1. stranger, foreigner (person) (54×)H5608b 1. scribe, royal secretary (48×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
συμπάσχω, have the same thing happen to one, οἱ τοὺς Χασμωμένους.. ὁρῶντες ταὐτὸν τοῦτο σ. NT+5th c.BC+ __II with dative, to be affected in common with, ἀλλήλοις Refs 4th c.BC+; commotiunculis, Refs 1st c.BC+; προσώποις, of a mimic dancer, Refs 2nd c.AD+; τοῖς τῆς ψυχῆς παθήμασι τὸ σῶμα σ. Refs 4th c.BC+; τοῖς ἀναπνευστικοῖς ὀργάνοις τὸ ἧπαρ σ. Refs 2nd c.AD+ __III have a fellow-feeling, sympathize, feel sympathy, Refs 5th c.BC+