Strong's Lexicon
G4864 — συναγωγή
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4864 |
|---|---|
| Word: | συναγωγή |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from (the reduplicated form of) G4863 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 56 |
| Transliteration: | sunagoge |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | soon-ag-o-gay' |
| Meaning: | 1. a gathering of persons 2. (specially) a Jewish "synagogue" (the meeting or the place) 3. (by analogy) a religious meeting or building (of Jews, Jewish Christians, Greeks, or even of Satan) {typically used of the building itself where a gathering or meeting takes place} |
| KJV Renderings: | assembly, congregation, synagogue |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
συναγωγή, συναγωγῆς, ἡ (συνάγω), the Sept. for ÷ÈäÈì and very often for òÅãÈä. In Greek writings a bringing together, gathering (as of fruits), a contracting; an assembling together of men. In the N. T.
1. an assembly of men: τοῦ Σατανᾶ, whom Satan governs, Rev 2:9; Rev 3:9.
2. a synagogue, i. e., a. "an assembly of Jews formally gathered together to offer prayer and listen to the reading and exposition of the Holy Scriptures"; assemblies of the sort were held every sabbath and feast-day, afterward also on the second and fifth days of every week (see references below): Luk 12:11; Act 9:2; Act 13:43; Act 26:11; the name is transferred to an assembly of Christians formally gathered for religious purposes, Jas 2:2 (Epiphanius haer. 30, 18 says of the Jewish Christians συναγωγήν οὗτοι καλουσι τήν ἑαυτῶν ἐκκλησίαν καί οὐχί ἐκκλησίαν (cf. Lightfoot on Philippians, p. 192)); (cf. Trench, Synonyms, § 1, and especially Harnack’s elaborate note on Hermas, mand. 11, 9 [ET] (less fully and accurately in Hilgenfeld’s Zeitschr. f. wiss. Theol. for 1876, p. 102ff) respecting the use of the word by the church Fathers of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th centuries; cf. Hilgenfeld’s comments on the same in his ’Hermae Pastor’, edition alt., p. 183f).
b. the building where those solemn Jewish assemblies are held (Hebrew äÇëÀÌðÆñÆú áÅÌéú, i. e. ’the house of assembly’). Synagogues seem to date their origin from the Babylonian exile. In the time of Jesus and the apostles every town, not only in Palestine but also among the Gentiles if it contained a considerable number of Jewish inhabitants, had at least one synagogue, the larger towns several or even many. That the Jews held trials and even inflicted punishments in them, is evident from such passages as Mat 10:17; Mat 23:34; Mar 13:9; Luk 12:11; Luk 21:12; Act 9:2; Act 22:19; Act 26:11. They are further mentioned in Mat 4:23; Mat 6:2; Mat 6:5; Mat 9:35; Mat 12:9; Mat 13:54; Mat 23:6; Mar 1:21; Mar 1:23; Mar 1:29; Mar 1:39; Mar 3:1; Mar 6:2; Mar 12:39; Luke 4:15f, 20, 28, 33, 38, 44; Luk 6:6; Luk 7:5; Luk 8:41; (); ; Joh 6:59; Joh 18:20 (here the anarthrous (so G L T Tr WH) singular has an indefinite or generic force (R. V. text in synagogues)); Act 6:9; Act 9:20; Act 13:5; Act 13:14; Act 13:42 Rec.; (Josephus, Antiquities 19, 6, 3; b. j. 2, 14, 4. (5; 7, 3, 8; Philo, qued omn. prob. book § 12)). Cf. Winers RWB, under the word Synagogen; Leyrer in Herzog edition 1, xv., p. 299ff; Schrer, N. T. Zeitgesch. § 27 (especially ii.); Kneucker in Schenkel v., p. 443f; (Hamburger, Real-Encycl. ii, p. 1142ff; Ginsburg in Alex.’s Kitto, under the word Synagogue; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, book iii, chapter x.).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
συναγωγή (assembly)
Matthew 4:23
- KJV: And 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
- GK: και περιήγεν όλην την Γαλιλαίαν ο Ιησούς διδάσκων εν ταις συναγωγαίς αυτών και κηρύσσων το ευαγγέλιον της βασιλείας και θεραπεύων πάσαν νόσον και πάσαν μαλακίαν εν τω λαώ
Matthew 6:2
- KJV: Therefore when thou doest 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
- GK: όταν ουν ποιής ελεημοσύνην μη σαλπίσης έμπροσθέν σου ώσπερ οι υποκριταί ποιούσιν εν ταις συναγωγαίς και εν ταις ρύμαις όπως δοξασθώσιν υπό των ανθρώπων αμήν λέγω υμίν απέχουσι τον μισθόν αυτών
Matthew 6:5
- KJV: And when thou prayest thou shalt not be as the hypocrites 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
- GK: και όταν προσεύχη ουκ έση ώσπερ οι υποκριταί ότι φιλούσιν εν ταις συναγωγαίς και εν ταις γωνίαις των πλατειών εστώτες προσεύχεσθαι όπως αν φανώσι τοις ανθρώποις αμήν λέγω υμίν ότι απέχουσι τον μισθόν αυτών
Matthew 9:35
- KJV: And 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
- GK: και περιήγεν ο Ισηούς τας πόλεις πάσας και τας κώμας διδάσκων εν ταις συναγωγαίς αυτών και κηρύσσων το ευαγγέλιον της βασιλείας και θεραπεύων πάσαν νόσον και πάσαν μαλακίαν
Matthew 10:17
- KJV: But beware of men for they will deliver you up to the councils and they will scourge you in their synagogues
- GK: προσέχετε δε από των ανθρώπων παραδώσουσιν γαρ υμάς εις συνέδρια και εν ταις συναγωγαίς αυτών μαστιγώσουσιν υμάς
Matthew 12:9
- KJV: And when he was departed thence he went into their synagogue
- GK: και μεταβάς εκείθεν ήλθεν εις την συναγωγήν αυτών
Matthew 13:54
- KJV: And when he was come into his own country he taught them in their synagogue insomuch that they were astonished and said Whence hath this this wisdom and mighty works
- GK: και ελθών εις την πατρίδα αυτού εδίδασκεν αυτούς εν τη συναγωγή αυτών ώστε εκπλήττεσθαι αυτούς και λέγειν πόθεν τούτω η σοφία αύτη και αι δυνάμεις
Matthew 23:6
- KJV: And love the uppermost rooms at feasts and the chief seats in the synagogues
- GK: φιλούσί τε την πρωτοκλισίαν εν τοις δείπνοις και τας πρωτοκαθεδρίας εν ταις συναγωγαίς
Matthew 23:34
- KJV: Wherefore behold I send unto you prophets and wise men and scribes and of them ye shall kill and crucify and of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city
- GK: διά τούτο ιδού εγώ αποστέλλω προς υμάς προφήτας και σοφούς και γραμματείς και εξ αυτών αποκτενείτε και σταυρώσετε και εξ αυτών μαστιγώσετε εν ταις συναγωγαίς υμών και διώξετε από πόλεως εις πόλιν