Strong G3831πανήγυρις
assembly
- Transliteration
- panēguris
- Pronunciation
- pan-ay'-goo-ris
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Detailed definition
πανήγυρις, -εως, ἡ
(πᾶς + ἄγυρας = ἀγορά), [in LXX: Hos.2:11(13) 9:5, Eze.46:11 (מוֹעֵד), Amo.5:21 (עֲצָרָה) *;]
prop., a national festal assembly in honour of a god; hence, generally, any festal assembly: Heb.12:23 (for exx. in π., see MM, xviii).†
SYN.: ἐκκλησία (which see), συναγωγή (AS)
(πᾶς + ἄγυρας = ἀγορά), [in LXX: Hos.2:11(13) 9:5, Eze.46:11 (מוֹעֵד), Amo.5:21 (עֲצָרָה) *;]
prop., a national festal assembly in honour of a god; hence, generally, any festal assembly: Heb.12:23 (for exx. in π., see MM, xviii).†
SYN.: ἐκκλησία (which see), συναγωγή (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3831 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- assembly1
First verses
- Hebrews 12:23To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
πᾰνήγῠρ-ις,
Doric dialect πανᾱγ-, εως, ἡ, (πᾶς, ἄγυρις) general or national assembly, ἐν πανηγύρει βουλευσόμεσθα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 845)]; especially a festal assembly in honour of a national god, Δήμητρος ἁγνῆς καὶ Κόρης [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 120; Ζηνὸς ἀμφὶ πανάγυριν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.96)]; πανηγύριας πανηγυρίζειν, ποιήσασθαι, to hold such festivals, keep holy-days, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.59, 58; συναγαγεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.1; διαλύειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.10; ἐς π. θεωρεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 342)]; θεωρίαι ἐς τὰς ἐν τῇ Ἑλλάδι π. Decrees cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.91; Ὀλυμπίαζε εἰς τὴν τῶν Ἑλλήνων π. ἐπανιών 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Mi.” 363c; in Caria, “PCair.Zen.” 341 (a) 11 (3rd c.BC))]; in Egypt, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PHib.” 27.76 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]; ἐν ταῖς π. καὶ δείξεσι τῶν σοφιστῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.256S.; ἁμίλλαις ἱππικαῖς καὶ πανηγύρει προσκαθήμενος 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 1.39c; π. ἐμπορικόν τι πρᾶγμα 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 10.5.4, compare “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 4474.35 (from Baetocaece), Prisc.p.277 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]
2 any assembly, θεῶν ἅδε πανάγυρις [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 220 (Lyric poetry))]; νεοσσῶν, φίλων, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 239, “HF” 1283.)]
3 metaphorically, π. ὀφθαλμῶν feast for the eyes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 3.1, compare 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 59.145)]; τὸν.. Ἔχετον χρυσὸν ἀποδείξων καὶ π. destined to exhibit [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] as gold and a feast (by comparison with himself), [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Fragmenta Historica - HGM” p.236D.)]
3.b in bad sense, παίγνιον ὁ βίος καὶ πλάνη καὶ π. [Refs (Vett. Val. 246.2.)]
II people assembled, τῇ π. δέος ἐγένετο μὴ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.50)]: generally, crowd, audience, ὅταν ᾖ π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 6.7.)]
Doric dialect πανᾱγ-, εως, ἡ, (πᾶς, ἄγυρις) general or national assembly, ἐν πανηγύρει βουλευσόμεσθα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 845)]; especially a festal assembly in honour of a national god, Δήμητρος ἁγνῆς καὶ Κόρης [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 120; Ζηνὸς ἀμφὶ πανάγυριν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.96)]; πανηγύριας πανηγυρίζειν, ποιήσασθαι, to hold such festivals, keep holy-days, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.59, 58; συναγαγεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.1; διαλύειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.10; ἐς π. θεωρεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 342)]; θεωρίαι ἐς τὰς ἐν τῇ Ἑλλάδι π. Decrees cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.91; Ὀλυμπίαζε εἰς τὴν τῶν Ἑλλήνων π. ἐπανιών 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Mi.” 363c; in Caria, “PCair.Zen.” 341 (a) 11 (3rd c.BC))]; in Egypt, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PHib.” 27.76 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]; ἐν ταῖς π. καὶ δείξεσι τῶν σοφιστῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.256S.; ἁμίλλαις ἱππικαῖς καὶ πανηγύρει προσκαθήμενος 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 1.39c; π. ἐμπορικόν τι πρᾶγμα 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 10.5.4, compare “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 4474.35 (from Baetocaece), Prisc.p.277 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]
2 any assembly, θεῶν ἅδε πανάγυρις [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 220 (Lyric poetry))]; νεοσσῶν, φίλων, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 239, “HF” 1283.)]
3 metaphorically, π. ὀφθαλμῶν feast for the eyes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 3.1, compare 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 59.145)]; τὸν.. Ἔχετον χρυσὸν ἀποδείξων καὶ π. destined to exhibit [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] as gold and a feast (by comparison with himself), [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Fragmenta Historica - HGM” p.236D.)]
3.b in bad sense, παίγνιον ὁ βίος καὶ πλάνη καὶ π. [Refs (Vett. Val. 246.2.)]
II people assembled, τῇ π. δέος ἐγένετο μὴ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.50)]: generally, crowd, audience, ὅταν ᾖ π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 6.7.)]