συνδρομ-ή G4890
A rushing together of people, tumultuous crowd gathering; violent concourse
A tumultuous gathering or mob rushing together, a violent concourse of people. In Acts 21:30, when a riot erupts in Jerusalem over Paul's presence in the temple, Luke describes 'there was a rushing together of the people.' The word captures the chaos of a mob forming: individuals converging from all directions into a violent crowd. Classical usage included medical senses (blood rushing to an injury, combination of symptoms) and rhetorical senses (conclusion of argument). Luke uses it for crowd violence—the spontaneous, dangerous convergence that threatens Paul's life.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The violent mob formation in Jerusalem that nearly kills Paul before Roman soldiers intervene. The rushing together creates lethal danger—not an organized protest but spontaneous mob violence. Spanish 'tumulto' (tumult), French 'course' (rush), German transcribes the Greek. The violence/conflict domain fits perfectly. Luke's term choice emphasizes the sudden, chaotic nature of the threat: scattered individuals become a dangerous mass rushing together with deadly intent. Only military intervention saves Paul from being torn apart. 1×
AR["تَجَمُّعٌ"]·ben["জমায়েত"]·DE["συνδρομὴ"]·EN["rushing-together"]·FR["course"]·heb["מֵרוּצַת"]·HI["भीड़"]·ID["kerumunan"]·IT["corsa"]·jav["keroyokan"]·KO["돌진이"]·PT["ajuntamento"]·RU["стечение"]·ES["tumulto"]·SW["mkusanyiko"]·TR["koşuşturma"]·urd["جمگھٹا"]
Related Senses
H4421 1. war, battle, armed conflict (319×)H0341 1. enemy, adversary, foe (284×)H3898a 1. Nifal: to fight, wage war (167×)H2026 1. kill, slay (active) (146×)H2451 1. wisdom, discernment (146×)H5483b 1. horse (the animal) (138×)H0006 1. to perish, be destroyed (105×)H7843 1. Hifil: destroy, annihilate (83×)H2491a 1. slain, fatally pierced (74×)H6862c 1. adversary, enemy, foe (69×)H8045 1. destroy, exterminate (69×)G0615 1. kill, put to death (60×)H6571b 1. horseman, cavalryman (52×)H8077a 1. desolation, waste (abstract state) (52×)G4678 1. of wisdom (51×)G4717 1. crucify, fasten to a cross (46×)H2763a 1. utterly destroy (Hifil active) (44×)G0622 1. perish, be destroyed (intransitive) (41×)H0006 2. to destroy, annihilate (Piel) (38×)H8074 1. be desolate, lie waste (36×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
συνδρομ-ή, ἡ, tumultuous concourse of people, NT+5th c.BC+; ἐπί τινα, κατά τινων, Refs 2nd c.BC+; ἀπὸ συνδρομῆς tumultuously, Refs 1st c.BC+ __2 of things, στενὴ πορθμοῦ σ. (compare {συνδρομάς}) Refs 3rd c.BC+; σ. αἵματος εἰς τὸν πληγέντα τόπον a determination of blood, Refs 4th c.BC+; combination, κέκληται ἡ σ. τούτων καυλός Refs 1st c.BC+; ἡς. τοῦ λόγου its conclusion, moral, Refs 5th c.AD+;…