Word study · Greek
συναγωγή
sunagōgēG4864synagogue
Used 56 times in the tagged text.
What it means
- of things
- Of persons
Full dictionary entry (technical)
- 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)
Same idea, other words · Assembly and church
Ekklesia, 'church', was already the Greek Old Testament's word for Israel's assembly, so the New Testament church is described in the language of God's called-together people.
Where it appears
- Matthew9
- Mark8
- Luke15
- John2
- Acts19
- James1
- Revelation2
Every use · 51–56 of 56 · BSB
‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You.
Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.
I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.
Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in.
I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.
Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.
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