Strong G4864συναγωγή
synagogue
- Transliteration
- sunagōgē
- Pronunciation
- soon-ag-o-gay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From (the reduplicated form of) G4863; an assemblage of persons; specifically a Jewish synagogue (the meeting or the place); by analogy a Christian church: - assembly congregation synagogue.
Detailed definition
συν-αγωγή, -ῆς, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for עֵדָה, also for קָהָל, etc.;]
prop., a bringing together;
1. of things,
__(a) a gathering in of harvest;
__(b) a collection of money.
2. Of persons,
__(a) a collecting, assembling (Polyb.);
__(b) an assembly (MM, xxiv; Deiss., LAE, 101 ff.): Rev.2:9 3:9; esp. of a Jewish religious assembly, a synagogue: Luk.12:11, Act.9:2, al.; of a Christian assembly, Jas.2:2. By meton., of the building in which the assembly is held, a synagogue: Mat.10:17, Mrk.1:21, al. (cf. Cremer, see word ἐκκλησία)
SYN.: ἐκκλησία (which see) (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for עֵדָה, also for קָהָל, etc.;]
prop., a bringing together;
1. of things,
__(a) a gathering in of harvest;
__(b) a collection of money.
2. Of persons,
__(a) a collecting, assembling (Polyb.);
__(b) an assembly (MM, xxiv; Deiss., LAE, 101 ff.): Rev.2:9 3:9; esp. of a Jewish religious assembly, a synagogue: Luk.12:11, Act.9:2, al.; of a Christian assembly, Jas.2:2. By meton., of the building in which the assembly is held, a synagogue: Mat.10:17, Mrk.1:21, al. (cf. Cremer, see word ἐκκλησία)
SYN.: ἐκκλησία (which see) (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4864 appears in 57 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- synagogue55
- assembly1
- congregation1
First verses
- Matthew 4:23And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
- Matthew 6:2Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
- Matthew 6:5And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
- Matthew 9:35And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
- Matthew 10:17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
- Matthew 12:9And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:
- Matthew 13:54And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?
- Matthew 23:6And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
- Matthew 23:34Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
- Mark 1:21And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.
- Mark 1:23And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,
- Mark 1:29And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
- Mark 1:39And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils.
- Mark 3:1And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.
- Mark 6:2And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?
- Mark 12:39And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:
- Mark 13:9But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.
- Luke 4:15And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.
- Luke 4:16And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
- Luke 4:20And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
συνᾰγωγ-ή, ἡ,
a bringing together:
I of persons, ἀνδρὸς καὶ γυναικός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 150a)]; collecting, ὄχλων, ἀνδρῶν, etc., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.7.6, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 2.129, etc.; συμποσίου 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 5.192b)]; assembling, meeting, τῶν λογιστῶν [Refs (“IG” 12.91.9, compare “Test.Epict.” 4.7.)]
I.2 assembly, [LXX+2nd c.BC+ (LXX.Exo.12.3, “OGI” 737.1 (Egypt, 2nd c.BC), etc.)]; τῶν συνέδρων [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“IG” 5(1).1390.49 (Andania, 1st c.BC),compare “Test.Epict.” 4.25)]; place of assembly, especially of the Jewish synagogue, [NT (NT.Luke.8.41, NT.Act.9.2, “BCH” 56.293 (from Stobi), etc.)]; meeting-house, Μαρκιωνιστῶν [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“OGI” 608.1 (Syria, 4th c.AD))]; conventicle, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-6th c.AD: Codex Justinianus 1.5.18.3.)]
II of things, σ. [τῶν ἐκπεπταμένων] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “κατ᾽ ἰητρεῖον” 11, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 14.4, etc.)]; opposed to διαιρέσεις, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 266b)]; σ. πολέμου levying of war, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.18)]; gathering in of harvest, τοῦ σίτου [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 433.5 (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.17.9, etc.; Χρημάτων 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 222, “SIG” 410.14 (Erythrae, 3rd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 27.12.2, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ οἰκονομίας” p.51 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus; ὑδάτων LXX.Gen.1.9 (_plural_), cf. LXX.Lev.11.36)]; πύου Heras cited in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.815 (_plural_); ξύλων “PMich.Zen.” 84.15 (3rd c.BC))]; harvest, ἑορτὴ συναγωγῆς [LXX (LXX.Exo.34.22.)]
II.2 drawing together, contracting, συναγωγὰς καὶ ἐκτάσεις στρατιᾶς forming an army in column or in line, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 526d)]; contraction of ranks either in front or depth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 11.3)]; αἱ τοῦ προσώπου σ. pursing up or wrinkling of the face, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.44; μετώπου 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Κωακαὶ προγνώσιες” 210)]; bringing together, closing up of a wound, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.191; σ. τῶν μηρῶν 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.41; τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 876b10)]; opposed to διαστολή, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 217b15)]; σ. ἔχειν, σ. λαμβάνειν, ={συνάγεσθαι}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.10.5, “PCair.Zen.” 54.6 (3rd c.BC), 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.2.3, compare 12.2.4.)]
II.3 collection, τῶν νόμων καὶ τῶν πολιτειῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1181b7 (_plural_))]; of writings, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.27, 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 9.13.3, 16.5.5, 1st c.AD: Herodotus Medicus in “Rh.Mus.” 58.114, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.836, 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 1 “Prooem.” 2.)]
II.4 combination, [πολιτειῶν] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1316b40.)]
II.5 conclusion, inference, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Rh.” 1400b26, 1410a22, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.676, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 2.143, 170)]; cogent reasoning, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.89)]; demonstration, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.91 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
a bringing together:
I of persons, ἀνδρὸς καὶ γυναικός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 150a)]; collecting, ὄχλων, ἀνδρῶν, etc., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.7.6, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 2.129, etc.; συμποσίου 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 5.192b)]; assembling, meeting, τῶν λογιστῶν [Refs (“IG” 12.91.9, compare “Test.Epict.” 4.7.)]
I.2 assembly, [LXX+2nd c.BC+ (LXX.Exo.12.3, “OGI” 737.1 (Egypt, 2nd c.BC), etc.)]; τῶν συνέδρων [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“IG” 5(1).1390.49 (Andania, 1st c.BC),compare “Test.Epict.” 4.25)]; place of assembly, especially of the Jewish synagogue, [NT (NT.Luke.8.41, NT.Act.9.2, “BCH” 56.293 (from Stobi), etc.)]; meeting-house, Μαρκιωνιστῶν [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“OGI” 608.1 (Syria, 4th c.AD))]; conventicle, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-6th c.AD: Codex Justinianus 1.5.18.3.)]
II of things, σ. [τῶν ἐκπεπταμένων] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “κατ᾽ ἰητρεῖον” 11, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 14.4, etc.)]; opposed to διαιρέσεις, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 266b)]; σ. πολέμου levying of war, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.18)]; gathering in of harvest, τοῦ σίτου [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 433.5 (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.17.9, etc.; Χρημάτων 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 222, “SIG” 410.14 (Erythrae, 3rd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 27.12.2, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ οἰκονομίας” p.51 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus; ὑδάτων LXX.Gen.1.9 (_plural_), cf. LXX.Lev.11.36)]; πύου Heras cited in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.815 (_plural_); ξύλων “PMich.Zen.” 84.15 (3rd c.BC))]; harvest, ἑορτὴ συναγωγῆς [LXX (LXX.Exo.34.22.)]
II.2 drawing together, contracting, συναγωγὰς καὶ ἐκτάσεις στρατιᾶς forming an army in column or in line, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 526d)]; contraction of ranks either in front or depth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 11.3)]; αἱ τοῦ προσώπου σ. pursing up or wrinkling of the face, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.44; μετώπου 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Κωακαὶ προγνώσιες” 210)]; bringing together, closing up of a wound, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.191; σ. τῶν μηρῶν 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.41; τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 876b10)]; opposed to διαστολή, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 217b15)]; σ. ἔχειν, σ. λαμβάνειν, ={συνάγεσθαι}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.10.5, “PCair.Zen.” 54.6 (3rd c.BC), 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.2.3, compare 12.2.4.)]
II.3 collection, τῶν νόμων καὶ τῶν πολιτειῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1181b7 (_plural_))]; of writings, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.27, 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 9.13.3, 16.5.5, 1st c.AD: Herodotus Medicus in “Rh.Mus.” 58.114, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.836, 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 1 “Prooem.” 2.)]
II.4 combination, [πολιτειῶν] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1316b40.)]
II.5 conclusion, inference, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Rh.” 1400b26, 1410a22, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.676, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 2.143, 170)]; cogent reasoning, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.89)]; demonstration, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.91 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]