Ponder

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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]

1: Συμβάλλω (Strong'S #4820 — Verb — sumballo — soom-bal'-lo )

"to throw together, confer," etc., has the meaning "to ponder," i.e., "to put one thing with another in considering circumstances," in  Luke 2:19 . See Confer.

King James Dictionary [2]

Pon'Der, L pondero, from pondo, pondus, a pound pendeo,pendo, to weigh.

1. To weigh in the mind to consider and compare the circumstances or consequences of an event, or the importance of the reasons for or against a decision.

Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.  Luke 2 .

2. To view with deliberation to examine.

Ponder the path of thy feet.  Proverbs 4

The Lord pondereth the hearts.  Proverbs 21

To ponder on, is sometimes used, but is not be to countenanced.

Webster's Dictionary [3]

(1): ( v. t.) To weigh.

(2): ( v. i.) To think; to deliberate; to muse; - usually followed by on or over.

(3): ( v. t.) To weigh in the mind; to view with deliberation; to examine carefully; to consider attentively.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]

pon´dẽr  : Occurs in the King James Version 5 times in the Book of Proverbs and nowhere else in the Old Testament. In each case it means "to consider carefully," "to weigh mentally." In   Proverbs 4:26 and   Proverbs 5:21 , the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "make level." In  Proverbs 5:6 , it drops out entirely in the Revised Version (British and American). In  Proverbs 21:2 and   Proverbs 24:12 , "weigh" is substituted for "ponder." The one New Testament passage is  Luke 2:19; here the Revised Version (British and American) has "pondering" where the King James Version has "and pondered."

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