Lexicon
συνευδοκέω
suneudokeō
G4909
G:V Greek

to agree to

6
Occurrences
4
Books
Greek
Language

suneudokeo denotes joining in approval or consent, whether toward harmful deeds or continued shared living.

The attested usage chiefly shows active approval or concurrence with others' actions, including killing, ancestral deeds, and practices known to merit death; it also describes an unbelieving spouse's consent to continue living with a believer.

Senses in use

  1. Approval or concurrence with others' actions · dominant

    The present participle in Acts 8:1 accompanies Saul's concurrence with Stephen's death, while Acts 22:20 places the same form with his standing by and guarding the killers' garments. In Luke 11:48 the present plural form addresses people who concur with their fathers' deeds, and in Romans 1:32 it concerns approval of others who practice condemned things; the APB renders these clauses with "consenting," "approving," "consent," and "give approval."

  2. Consent to continue living together · common

    In 1 Corinthians 7:12 and 1 Corinthians 7:13, the present active indicative singular form occurs in the condition that an unbelieving wife or husband consents to live with the believing spouse. The APB renders the relevant clause "she consents to live with him" and "he consents to live with her."

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB varies between "consenting," "approving," "consent," and "give approval." In the two marital clauses it explicitly frames the consent as willingness "to live with" the spouse; these are verse-level renderings rather than word-by-word alignments.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture