"to crucify with another, Mt. 27:44; Mk. 15:32; Jn. 19:32; pass. met. to be crucified with another in a spiritual resemblance, Rom. 6:6; Gal. 2:20*"
Definition and meaning
to crucify with another, Mt. 27:44; Mk. 15:32; Jn. 19:32; pass. met. to be crucified with another in a spiritual resemblance, Rom. 6:6; Gal. 2:20*
In the original Greek the word is written: συσταυρόω
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
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 systauroo (G4957) across the King James Bible.
The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.
Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
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Common questions
Strong's G4957 (systauroo) is a Greek word that means: to crucify with another, Mt. 27:44; Mk. 15:32; Jn. 19:32; pass. met. to be crucified with another in a spiritual resemblance, Rom. 6:6; Gal. 2:20* It appears 5 times in the King James Bible.
The word systauroo (G4957) appears 5 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G4957 is systauroo, a Greek word defined as: to crucify with another, Mt. 27:44; Mk. 15:32; Jn. 19:32; pass. met. to be crucified with another in a spiritual resemblance, Rom. 6:6; Gal. 2:20*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
systauroo is a Greek word found in the New Testament.