"to run together, flock together, Mk. 6:33; Acts 3:11; to run in company with others, met. 1 Pet. 4:4*"
Definition and meaning
to run together, flock together, Mk. 6:33; Acts 3:11; to run in company with others, met. 1 Pet. 4:4*
In the original Greek the word is written: συντρέχω
Historical context
The Gospel of Mark moves urgently — the word "immediately" appears over 40 times. It was written for a Roman audience familiar with power and action. Jesus is portrayed as a man who acts, heals, and commands authority that the Roman world had never seen from a Jewish teacher.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of syntrecho (G4936) across the King James Bible.
And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him.
And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
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Common questions
Strong's G4936 (syntrecho) is a Greek word that means: to run together, flock together, Mk. 6:33; Acts 3:11; to run in company with others, met. 1 Pet. 4:4* It appears 3 times in the King James Bible.
The word syntrecho (G4936) appears 3 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G4936 is syntrecho, a Greek word defined as: to run together, flock together, Mk. 6:33; Acts 3:11; to run in company with others, met. 1 Pet. 4:4*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
syntrecho is a Greek word found in the New Testament.