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Agree, Agreement

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

lit., "to sound together" (sun, "together," phone, "a sound"), i.e., "to be in accord, primarily of musical instruments," is used in the NT of the "agreement" (a) of persons concerning a matter, Matthew 18:19; 20:2,13; Acts 5:9; (b) of the writers of Scripture, Acts 15:15; (c) of things that are said to be congruous in their nature, Luke 5:36 .

Note: Cp. sumphonesis, "concord," 2 Corinthians 6:15 , and sumphonia, "music," Luke 15:25 .

lit., "to put together" (sun, "with," tithemi, "to put"), in the Middle Voice, means "to make an agreement, or to assent to;" translated "covenanted" in Luke 22:5; "agreed" in John 9:22; Acts 23:20; "assented" in Acts 24:9 .

Note: For the synonym sunkatatithemi, a strengthened form of No. 2, see CONSENT , No. 4.

lit., "to be well-minded, well-disposed" (eu, "well," nous, "the mind"), is found in Matthew 5:25 , "agree with."

"to persuade," is rendered "agreed" in Acts 5:40 , where the meaning is "they yielded to him." See ASSURE , BELIEVE , CONFIDENT , FRIEND , OBEY , PERSUADE , TRUST , YIELD.

"mind, will," is used with poieo, "to make," in the sense of "to agree," Revelation 17:17 (twice), lit., "to do His mind, and to make one mind;" RV, "to come to one mind," AV, "to agree." See ADVICE , JUDGMENT , MIND , PURPOSE , WILL.

akin to A, No. 3, occurs in 2 Corinthians 6:16 .

"inharmonious" (a, negative, sumphonos, "harmonious"), is used in Acts 28:25 , "they agreed not."

"equal," is used with the verb to be, signifying "to agree," Mark 14:56,59 , lit., "their thought was not equal one with the other." See EQUAL , LIKE , MUCH.

Note: Sumphonos, "harmonious, agreeing," is used only with the preposition ek in the phrase ek sumphonou, "by consent," lit., "out of agreement," 1 Corinthians 7:5 . In Mark 14:70 some texts have the verb homoiazo, "agreeth," AV.