Bible Person

Syntyche

Meaning: that speaks or discourses · Female · 1 cross reference

Syntyche is the Christian woman addressed in Philippians 4:2. She belongs to the life of the Philippian church, where visible faithfulness also required restored unity. First appears in Phil 4:2.1

AI summary: Syntyche matters because her single cross reference preserves Paul's personal appeal for reconciliation between believers who had labored for the gospel. The entry shows that even mature Christian communities had to fight for unity in Christ. Taken together, the material presents Syntyche as a valued coworker called to renewed harmony.1

Central Figure

Syntyche

Meaning: that speaks or discourses

Fortunate; affable, a female member of the church at Philippi, whom Paul beseeches to be of one mind with Euodias (Phil.