συνάγω G4863
To gather or bring together; of people assembling; of welcoming strangers with hospitality
Built from σύν ('together') and ἄγω ('lead'), this verb pictures the active drawing-together of people or things into one place. It appears across the Gospels for both crowds assembling around Jesus and deliberate acts of collecting — harvesting grain into barns (Matt 3:12; 6:26) or summoning councils (Matt 2:4). A striking extended sense emerges in Matthew 25:35, where 'gathering in' a stranger becomes an act of hospitality: Spanish 'me recogisteis' ('you took me in') reveals the warmth embedded in this word, well beyond mere physical assembly.
Senses
1. assemble together (intransitive) — The intransitive or middle/passive sense: people assembling, coming together, or being gathered as a group. Large crowds 'gathered together' around Jesus (Matt 13:2), the Pharisees 'assembled' to question him (Matt 22:34, 41), and early believers met in gathered communities. The Spanish 'fueron reunidos' / 'habiéndose reunido' and German 'versammelt' all capture this reflexive quality — the gathering happens to or among the subjects themselves. Jesus' promise in Matt 18:20 ('where two or three are gathered') makes this sense theologically foundational. 30×
AR["إِذْ-ٱجْتَمَعْنَا", "اجتَمَعوا", "اجتَمَعَت", "اجْتَمَعَ", "اجْتَمَعُوا", "اِجْتَمَعَ", "اِجْتَمَعُوا", "مُجْتَمِعينَ", "مُجْتَمِعِينَ", "يَجْتَمِعُونَ"]·ben["একত্রিত-হল", "জড়ো", "জড়ো-হওয়া", "জড়ো-হয়", "জড়ো-হয়ে", "জড়ো-হয়েছিল", "জড়ো-হল", "জমা-হল", "সংগৃহীত", "সংগৃহীত-হল", "সমবেত-হয়েছিলেন"]·DE["versammeln", "versammelt"]·EN["gather", "gathered", "gathered-together", "having-been-gathered", "having-gathered", "was-gathered", "were-gathered"]·FR["rassembler"]·heb["נֶאֱסַף", "נֶאֱסָף", "נֶאֱסָפִים", "נֶאֶסְפ-וּ", "נֶאֶסְפִים", "נֶאֶסְפָה", "נֶאֶסְפוּ", "נֶאֶסַף", "צְדוּקִים"]·HI["इकट्ठा-की-हुई", "इकट्ठा-हुआ", "इकट्ठा-होता-था", "इकट्ठी-हुई", "इकट्ठे-हुए", "इकट्ठे-हुए-थे", "इकट्ठे-होते-हैं", "इकट्ठे-होने-पर", "इकठ्ठे-हुए", "इकतथे", "इकतथे-हुए", "और", "भर-गए", "भीड़"]·ID["Berkumpul", "berkumpul", "berkumpul,", "mereka-berkumpul"]·IT["radunare"]·jav["Makempal", "Sasampunipun-kempal", "kakempalaken", "kempal", "kempalan", "makempal", "makempal,", "nalika-kempal", "nglempak", "nglumpuk", "padha-nglumpuk", "sami-nglempak", "sampun-kempal.", "sampun-nglempak"]·KO["모여들었다", "모였다", "모인", "모인-동안", "모인-후에", "모인다"]·PT["estando-reunidos", "foram-reunidas", "reunidos", "reunidos.", "reuniram-se", "reuniu-se", "reúnem-se"]·RU["собирался", "собираются", "собравшихся", "собралась", "собрались", "собрались-", "собралось", "собрался", "собранные", "собранные,", "собранных", "собраны."]·ES["fueron-reunidos", "habiéndose-reunido", "reunidos", "se-habían-reunido", "se-reunieron", "se-reunió", "se-reúnen"]·SW["alikutana", "lilikusanyika", "pamoja", "tulipokusanyika", "tumekusanyika", "ulikusanyika", "wakakusanyika", "walikusanyika", "waliokusanyika", "walipokusanyika", "wamekusanyika", "wanakusanyika", "yamekusanyika"]·TR["toplandı", "toplandıklarında", "toplandılar", "toplanmış", "toplanmış-iken", "toplanmıştılar", "toplanırlar"]·urd["اکٹّھے", "جمع ہوتا تھا", "جمع-ہو-گئے", "جمع-ہوئی", "جمع-ہوئے", "جمع-ہوا", "جمع-ہوتے-ہیں", "جمع-ہونے-پر", "جمع-ہُوئے"]
Matt 13:2, Matt 18:20, Matt 22:34, Matt 22:41, Matt 24:28, Matt 25:32, Matt 26:3, Matt 26:57, Matt 27:17, Matt 27:62, Matt 28:12, Mark 2:2 (+18 more)
2. gather or collect (transitive) — The transitive, active sense: to gather, collect, or bring together people or things by deliberate action. Herod 'gathered' the chief priests (Matt 2:4), the angels will 'gather' the elect (Matt 24:31), and farmers gather wheat into barns (Matt 3:12; 6:26). The Spanish 'Recoged' (imperative 'Gather!') and the English 'I will gather' highlight the agent's initiative. Jesus uses the farming metaphor powerfully: 'He who does not gather with me scatters' (Matt 12:30). 26×
AR["أَجْمَعُ", "الْجامِعُ", "اِجْمَعُوا", "تَجمَعُ", "تَجْمَعُ", "جَمَعا", "جَمَعوا", "جَمَعَ", "جَمَعَت", "جَمَعُوا", "سَأَجْمَعُ", "لَمَّا-جَمَعَ", "لِتَجمَعَهُم", "لِيَجْمَعَهُمْ", "يَجمَعُ", "يَجْمَعَ", "يَجْمَعُونَ-"]·ben["একত্র-করে", "একত্রিত-করতে", "জড়ো-করতে", "জড়ো-করব", "জড়ো-করল", "জড়ো-করলেন", "জড়ো-করে", "জমা-করে", "সংগ্রহ-কর", "সংগ্রহ-করছ", "সংগ্রহ-করল"]·DE["versammeln", "versammelt"]·EN["Gather", "Gathered", "I-will-gather", "do-they-gather", "gathered", "gathering", "having-gathered", "they-gather", "they-gathered", "to-gather"]·FR["rassembler"]·heb["אִסְפוּ", "אֶאֱסֹף", "אָסְפ-וּ", "אָסְפוּ", "אָסַף", "אוֹסְפִים", "אוֹסְפוֹת", "אוֹסֵף", "אוֹסֶפֶת", "כְּשֶׁאָסַף", "כִּנְּסוּ", "לְאֶסֹף", "לְאַסְפָּם", "לְאַסְפָם", "מְאַסֵּף", "שֶׁאוֹסֵף"]·HI["इकट्ठा-करके", "इकट्ठा-करते-हैं", "इकट्ठा-करने-को", "इकट्ठा-करने-वाला", "इकट्ठा-करूँ", "इकट्ठा-करूँगा", "इकट्ठे-करो", "इकट्ठे-किए", "इकट्ठे-किया", "इकठ्ठा-किया", "इकथथअ-करने-वअले", "जो-इकतथअ-करतअ-है", "बटोरनेवाला"]·ID["Kumpulkanlah", "Mengumpulkan", "mengumpulkan", "mengumpulkanlah", "untuk-mengumpulkan"]·IT["radunare"]·jav["Klempakna", "Nglempakaken", "dipunkempalaken", "kula-badhé-ngempalaken", "ngempalaken", "ngempalan", "ngempali", "nglempakaken", "nglempakaken;", "ngumpulaken", "sasampunipun-ngempalaken", "supados-nglempakaken"]·KO["모아라", "모아서", "모았다", "모으고", "모으려고", "모으리라", "모으시는", "모으지", "모은", "모은다", "모을지", "함께-모으는-자는"]·PT["ajuntam", "ajuntando", "para-reunir", "que-juntou", "recolher", "reuniram", "tendo-reunido"]·RU["Соберите", "Собрали", "соберу", "собирают", "собирающий", "собрав", "собравшему", "собрали", "собрать"]·ES["Recoged", "Reunieron", "a-reunirlos", "habiendo-reunido", "para-reunir", "que-recogió", "que-reúne", "recogen", "recogiendo", "recogieron", "reuniendo", "reunieron", "reunir", "reuniré"]·SW["Kusanyeni", "Walikusanya", "akikusanya", "akiwakusanya", "kukusanya", "kusanya", "kuwakusanya", "nitakusanya", "uliokusanya", "unakusanya", "wakakusanya", "wakilikusanya", "walikusanya", "wanayakusanya", "wote"]·TR["Topladılar", "Toplayın", "topladılar", "toplamak", "toplamayan", "toplarlar", "toplasam", "toplayacağım", "toplayan", "toplayarak", "toplayınca", "toplayıp"]·urd["-ال", "جمع کرتے ہیں", "جمع-کر-کے", "جمع-کرتا", "جمع-کرتے", "جمع-کرنے", "جمع-کرنے-والا", "جمع-کرنے-والے", "جمع-کرنے-کو", "جمع-کروں", "جمع-کروں-گا", "جمع-کِیا", "جمع-کیا", "جمع-کیے"]
Matt 2:4, Matt 3:12, Matt 6:26, Matt 12:30, Matt 13:30, Matt 13:47, Matt 22:10, Matt 25:24, Matt 25:26, Matt 27:27, Luke 3:17, Luke 11:23 (+14 more)
3. take in, show hospitality — An extended figurative sense meaning to take in, welcome, or show hospitality to a stranger — found exclusively in Jesus' parable of the sheep and goats (Matt 25:35, 38, 43). Here 'gathering' someone means receiving them into one's home and care. The Spanish 'me recogisteis' ('you took me in') and the English 'you gathered me' shift the spatial metaphor from assembling a crowd to sheltering an individual. This sense uniquely ties physical gathering to moral obligation and compassion. 3×
AR["آوَيْتُمُونِي", "آوَيْنَاكَ", "تُؤْوُونِي"]·ben["গ্রহণ-করেছ", "গ্রহণ-করেছি"]·DE["versammelt"]·EN["we-gathered", "you-gathered"]·FR["rassembler"]·heb["אֲסַפְנוּךָ", "אֲסַפְתֶּם-אוֹתִי"]·HI["ठहराया"]·ID["kami-menerima", "kamu-menerima"]·IT["radunare"]·jav["kawula-lempakaken", "panjenengan-nglempakaken"]·KO["맞아들였다", "맞아들였습니까"]·PT["acolhemos", "acolhestes"]·RU["вы-приняли", "мы-приняли"]·ES["me-recogisteis", "te-recogimos"]·SW["mlinikaribisha", "nikaribisha", "tukakukaribisha"]·TR["topladık", "topladınız"]·urd["جمع-کیا", "جمع-کیا-تم-نے"]
Related Senses
H0935 1. come, arrive (Qal) (2413×)G1473 1. first person singular pronoun (2084×)H3318 1. Qal: go out, depart, come forth (891×)H7725 1. to return, come/go back (Qal) (874×)H5927 1. go up, ascend (Qal) (779×)H7971 1. to send, dispatch (Qal) (701×)G2064 1. come / arrive (physical movement toward) (588×)H5307 1. Qal: fall down physically (339×)H5375 1. Qal: to lift up, raise (330×)H5975 1. to stand, stand up (310×)H5674a 1. Qal: pass by, pass through (256×)H3381 1. Qal: to go down, descend (physical movement) (242×)G1831 1. go/come out physically (193×)H5337 1. deliver, rescue, save (Hifil) (188×)H7901 1. lie down, rest, sleep (183×)G1525 1. enter a place physically (179×)H7812 1. prostrate oneself, bow down, worship (173×)H3318 2. Hifil: bring out, lead out, take out (persons) (172×)H7725 2. to bring back, restore (Hifil) (151×)H5674a 2. Qal: cross over (134×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
συνάγω [ᾰ], imperfect συνῆγον, Doric dialect -ᾶγονRefs 5th c.BC+, Epic dialect σύνᾰγον Refs 8th c.BC+future συνάξω: aorist 1 συνῆξα, Doric dialect -ᾶξαRefs 2nd c.BC+; infinitive συνάξαι variant in NT; participle συνάξας falsa lectio for{συννάξας} in Refs 5th c.BC+aorist is συνήγαγον: Attic dialect perfect συνῆχα Refs 5th c.BC+; Doric dialect συναγάγοχα Refsperfect passive συνῆγμαι, Doric dialect…