συμφων-έω G4856
symphoneo -- to agree, harmonize, be in accord; from syn + phone ('sound together')
Built from syn ('together') and phone ('voice, sound'), symphoneo literally means 'to sound together in harmony' -- the root behind English 'symphony.' In the New Testament it consistently denotes reaching agreement or being in accord. Jesus promises that 'if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them' (Matt 18:19). In the parable of the vineyard laborers, the master 'agreed with' the workers for a denarius a day (Matt 20:2, 13). Luke 5:36 uses it of cloth patches that do not 'match,' and Acts 5:9 asks why Ananias and Sapphira 'agreed together' to test the Spirit. French s'accorder and Spanish acordar neatly mirror the musical-to-social harmony trajectory.
Senses
1. agree, be in accord — To come to mutual agreement, harmonize, or correspond -- whether in the context of prayer partnership (Matt 18:19, where two agreeing believers receive what they ask), contractual terms (Matt 20:2, 13, the vineyard wage agreement), material compatibility (Luke 5:36, a patch that does not 'match'), or conspiratorial accord (Acts 5:9, Sapphira agreeing with Ananias to deceive). The etymological image of voices sounding together underlies every usage. French s'accorder and Spanish acordar reflect both the musical origin and the social extension, confirming a single cohesive sense of mutual concord. 6×
AR["اتَّفَقتَ", "اتَّفَقَ", "اِتَّفَقْتُمَا", "تَتَّفِقُ", "تُوافِقُ", "يَتَّفِقُوا"]·ben["একমত-হয়", "একমত-হলে", "চুক্তি-করে", "চুক্তি-করেছিলে", "মিলবে", "মিলে-যায়"]·DE["συμφωνήσας", "συμφωνήσει", "συμφωνήσωσιν", "συμφωνοῦσιν", "συνεφωνήθη", "συνεφώνησάς"]·EN["agree", "having-agreed", "was-agreed", "will-match", "you-agreed"]·FR["s'accorder"]·heb["הִסְכַּמְתֶּם", "הִסְכַּמְתָּ", "הַ-", "יַסְכִּימוּ", "יַתְאִים", "מַסְכִּים"]·HI["परीक्षा-करने", "मेल-खाएगा", "मेल-खाते-हैं", "सहमत-हुअ-थ", "सहमत-होकर", "सहमत-होन"]·ID["akan-cocok", "cocok", "disepakati", "setuju"]·IT["essere-d'accordo", "sumphonesas", "sumphonesei", "sumphonesosin", "sunephonesas"]·jav["cocog", "sarujuk"]·KO["너희-에게", "맞지-않을-것이다", "일치한다", "합의하고", "합의하면", "합의하지-않았느냐"]·PT["Tendo-concordado", "concordam", "concordaste"]·RU["Согласившись", "подойдёт,", "согласились", "согласился-со", "согласуются", "согласятся"]·ES["acordando", "acordaste", "combinará", "concuerdan", "fue-acordado", "se-pusieren-de-acuerdo"]·SW["akipatana", "baliana", "haitapatana", "mimi", "mlikubaliana", "yanakubaliana"]·TR["anlaşarak", "anlaştın", "anlaşıldı", "anlaşırsa", "uymayacak", "uyuyorlar"]·urd["متّفق-ہو-کر", "متّفق-ہوا-تھا", "متّفق-ہوں", "ملی-بھگت-کی", "موافق-ہیں"]
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
συμφων-έω, sound together, be in harmony or unison (compare συμφωνία), ἐκ πασῶν μία ἁρμονία συμφωνεῖ Refs 5th c.BC+; of reed-tongues, to be of the same quality, Refs 4th c.BC+; κιθαρισταὶ σ. Refs 3rd c.BC+ —passive, τὰ συμφωνούμενα consonants (literal things which are sounded with vowels), Refs 1st c.BC+ __II metaphorically, harmonize with, ποῖα ποίοις σ. τῶν γενῶν Refs 5th c.BC+; συμφωνοῦντα…