A Lexical Study of the Septuagint Version of the Pentateuch

'happen', 'occur'. From iii B.C. onwards we find it used in the
sense of 'adjoin', 'be attached to', 'belong to', 'pertain to'.
More than one sense could be distinguished here, but it is
difficult to do this with accuracy. The differing uses shade
into one another, and in some of the examples it is not possible
to say whether one sense rather than another is intended.
following :
The Koine usage of the word may be illustrated by the
PYale 46.11 (246-221 B.C.) ό δέ ... πέπρακεν τό [τρίτο]ν άπό
τού συνκύροντος τήι οίκίαι [τόπου] Πετητει Πετήσιος
οίκοδομεΐν ...
"... one third of the land adjoining, belonging to, the house.'
Similarly
PLond. 604.2 (47 A.D.) παρά ... Σωτηρίχου κωμογραμμ(ατέως)
Κροκοδείλων πόλεως καί τών συνκυρουσών κωμών.
Compare
PYale 46.5 ύπαρχούσης γάρ μοι οικίας καί τών συνκυρόντων
τών πατρικών έν τήι προγεγραμμένηι κώμηι ...
ppetr. 3.57(a).12 (iii B.C.?) ... πρός ά ύποτίθημι τήν
ύπάρχουσάν μοι οίκίαν καί αύλήν καί τα συνκύροντα έν
Εύεργέτιδι
In these two examples, though the value of συνκύρω itself is
clear, it is not easy to tell whether τα συνκύροντα refers to
the 'appurtenances', 'accessories' of the house (and courtyard),
or the adjoining ground (sc. e.g. χωρία ). OGI 52.1 (Ptole-
mais, iii B.C.) is similarly ambiguous.
The purely local sense, 'adjoin', is clear however e.g. in
Plb. 3.59.7 ... τήν έ'ξωθεν ταύταις ταις χώραις συγκυρούσαν
θάλατταν.
For the sense of 'pertain, relate, to' we may quote
PRev- 43.14 (iii B.C.) καί τα λοιπά φορτία τά συ[νκ]ύρ[ο]ντα
εις τήν έλαίκήν.
'And the other kinds of produce pertaining to the oil-monopoly.'