Word study
Fellow
2 Hebrew and 7 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with “fellow”. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.
At a glance
How often each original word is translated “fellow” or one of its forms.
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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- אָח âchbrothertranslated this way 15 times of its 615 uses · Strong’s H251Noun · Translated: brothers 234, brother 211, relatives 36, brother's 18Full study and all 562 verses →
Numbers 16:10 He has brought you near, you and all your fellow Levites, but you are seeking the priesthood as well.
Deuteronomy 15:12 If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free.
- אִישׁ îshmantranslated this way 2 times of its 1,399 uses · Strong’s H376Noun · Translated: man 650, men 198, one 79, each 79Full study and all 1,278 verses →
Genesis 9:5 And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
Greek words (New Testament)
- συνεργός synergósa fellow workertranslated this way 13 times of its 13 uses · Strong’s G4904Adjective · Translated: fellow workers 7, fellow worker 6Full study and all 13 verses →
Romans 16:3 Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,
1 Corinthians 3:9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
- σύνδουλος sýndoulosa fellow servant, colleaguetranslated this way 10 times of its 10 uses · Strong’s G4889Noun · Translated: fellow servant 6, fellow servants 4Full study and all 10 verses →
Matthew 18:28 But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’
Colossians 1:7 You learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,
- συγγενής syngenḗsakin, a relativetranslated this way 3 times of its 12 uses · Strong’s G4773Adjective · Translated: relatives 6, relative 2, fellow countrymen 2, flesh and blood 1Full study and all 12 verses →
Romans 16:7 Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow countrymen and fellow prisoners. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.
Romans 16:11 Greet Herodion, my fellow countryman. Greet those from the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.
- συναιχμάλωτος synaichmálōtosa fellow captivetranslated this way 3 times of its 3 uses · Strong’s G4869Noun · Translated: fellow prisoner 2, fellow prisoners 1Full study and all 3 verses →
Romans 16:7 Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow countrymen and fellow prisoners. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.
Colossians 4:10 My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you greetings, as does Mark the cousin of Barnabas. You have already received instructions about him: If he comes to you, welcome him.
- συνεργέω synergéōI work togethertranslated this way 2 times of its 5 uses · Strong’s G4903Verb · Translated: worked 1, works all things together 1, fellow worker 1, fellow workers 1Full study and all 5 verses →
1 Corinthians 16:16 to submit to such as these, and to every fellow worker and laborer.
2 Corinthians 6:1 As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
- συγκληρονόμος synklēronómosa joint heir, participanttranslated this way 2 times of its 4 uses · Strong’s G4789Adjective · Translated: fellow heirs 2, co-heirs 1, heirs 1Full study and all 4 verses →
Ephesians 3:6 This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
1 Peter 3:7 Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
- συστρατιώτης systratiṓtēsa fellow soldiertranslated this way 2 times of its 2 uses · Strong’s G4961Noun · Translated: fellow soldier 2Full study and all 2 verses →
Philippians 2:25 But I thought it necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my needs.
Philemon 1:2 to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets at your house:
How to study a word well
- Start from the verse, not the dictionary. Find which Hebrew or Greek word stands in the verse you are studying. One English word often translates several different original words.
- Read every place the word is used. A word means what its writers used it to mean. The list of verses and the count by book show its range, and who uses it most.
- Look at how it is translated. A word rendered five different ways has a wider meaning than any one English word can carry.
- Notice the form. A command is not a statement, and a passive verb is something done to the subject. The form in your verse is part of the meaning.
- See what it keeps company with. The words that appear beside it again and again show how the Bible itself connects ideas.
- Then read the dictionaries. They give the considered view of scholars, with their evidence.
- Come back to the verse. Context decides. A word does not carry every one of its meanings into every verse, and where a word came from does not settle what it means in a sentence written centuries later.
Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.