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σύντροφος

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Gloss: brought up with

Transliteration: suntrophos

Strong’s: G4939

σύν-τροφος, -ου, ὁ
(συντρέφομαι, to be brought up together) [in LXX: 3Ki.12:24, 1Ma.1:6 R, 2Ma.9:29 * ;]
__1. prop., one nourished or brought up with, a foster-brother: Act.13:1 EV.
__2. In Hellenistic usage, as a court term, an intimate friend of a king (see Deiss., BS, 305, 310 f.): Act.13:1 (cf. also MM, xxiv).†
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