σύντροφ-ος, ον, brought up together with, τινι Hdt. 1.99; ὦ Κύπριδι.. καὶ Χάρισι.. ξύντροφε Διαλλαγή Ar. Ach. 989 (lyr.); also c. gen., foster-brother, οἱ μόθακες ς. Λακεδαιμονίων Phylarch. 43 J.; ς. τοῦ βασιλέως Σελεύκου, etc., OGI 247.2 (Delos, ii B.C.), al., Plb. 5.9.4, 32.15.10; and in Com. phrase, τηγάνων ς. μειρακύλλια Eub. 75.2; freq. of domestic animals, ς. τοῖσι ἀνθρώποισι Hdt. 2.65; τοῖς θηρίοις πόθος τῶν ς. X. Mem. 2.3.4; ἔστι [λέων] πρὸς τὰ ς. καὶ συνήθη σφόδρα φιλοπαίγμων Arist. HA 629b11; κυνίδιον ς. Plu. Aem. 10; ὄρνις Luc. Lex. 6: abs., τὸ ς. γένος bred up with me, says Ajax of the Athenians, S. Aj. 861; of like habits with oneself, Pl. Lg. 949c: - freq. in Inscrr. and Pap., SIG 798.6(Cyzicus, i A.D.), etc.; Ζωτίκῳ συντρόφῳ his foster-brother, CIG 3109 (Teos), cf. 3142.3 (Smyrna), 3268 (ibid.), BGU 1058.50 (i B.C.); cf. συντρόφη: - τὸ ς., = cross συντροφία 1.1, Arist. EN 1161b34.
2. generally, living with, τοῖς φονεῦσι S. El. 1190; ξ. ὄμμα the eye or presence of a companion, Id. Ph. 171 (lyr.); used to a thing, ς. ὤν (sc. ἀνάγκαις) E. IT 1119 (lyr.); γυμνασίῳ Plu. 2.130c; φιλοσοφίᾳ, πενίᾳ, κολακείᾳ, Luc. Nigr. 12, 15: c. gen., ς. τῆς τόλμης Plb. 1.74.9; ἁρμονίης, μέθας, AP 7.26,423 (both Antip. Sid.).
3. of things, habitual, νόσημα Hp. Aër. 7; ἢν μὴ ἐκ παιδίου σύντροφος ᾖ [ἡ νοῦσος ] Id. Morb.Sacr. 10; οὐκέτι συντρόφοις ὀργαῖς ἔμπεδος S. Aj. 639 (lyr.); τὰ ξ. everyday evils, Th. 2.50; τὸ τῆς πάλαι ποτὲ φύσεως ς. the congenital property of nature, Pl. Plt. 273b; πῦρ τὸ ς. innate heat, Hp. de Arte 12; ς. τινί natural to, χυμῷ Id. Off. 11; φάρμακον ς. ἐπιτέγξει Id. Fract. 29; ἡ ς. τισὶ φιλοπρωτία Phld. Rh. 2.158 S.; τὸ ἐναντιώτατον [πρόσωπον] οὐδὲ ς. ἡμῖν ὑπάρχον the opposite face (that of the dying patient) not being familiar to us, Gal. 18(2).25; τῇ Ἑλλάδι πενίη αἰεὶ ς. Hdt. 7.102: c. gen., κτύπος φωτὸς σύντροφος his habitual cry, S. Ph. 203 (lyr.), cf. σύντροπος. Adv., -φως ἔχειν c. dat., to be suitable, Hp. Fract. 32.
II Act., joint-herd, fellow-herdsman, τῆς ἀγέλης Pl. Plt. 267e.
2. τοῖς ὕδασι ς. τῶν ἀναβλαστανόντων assisting in nourishing.., Pl. Lg. 845d.
G4939 — σύντροφος
συντροφου, ὁ (συντρέφω) (from Herodotus down), "nourished with one (Vulg.collactaneus (English foster-brother)); brought up with one; universally, companion of one's childhood and youth": τίνος (of some prince or king), [Act 13:1]. (1 Macc. 1:6; 2 Macc. 9:29; Polybius 5, 9, 4; Diodorus 1, 53; Josephus, b. j. 1, 10, 9; Aelian v. h. 12, 26.)
σύν - τροφος , - ον , ὁ
( < συντρέφομαι , to be brought up together),
[in LXX : [1Ki 12:24], [1M][a 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 ( v. Deiss., BS , 305, 310 f .): [Act 13:1] ( cf. also MM , xxiv). †