Dictionary entry

σύντροφος

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

σύν-τροφος, -ου, ὁ

(< συντρέφομαι, to be brought up together) [in LXX: III Ki 12:24, I Mac 1:6 R, II Mac 9:29 *;]

1. prop., one nourished or brought up with, a foster-brother: Ac 13:1 EV.

2. In Hellenistic usage, as a court term, an intimate friend of a king (v. Deiss., BS, 305, 310 f.): Ac 13:1 (cf. also MM, xxiv).†