Strong's Lexicon
G4892 — συνέδριον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4892 |
|---|---|
| Word: | συνέδριον |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | neuter of a presumed derivative of a compound of G4862 and the base of G1476 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 22 |
| Transliteration: | sunedrion |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | soon-ed'-ree-on |
| Meaning: | 1. a joint session 2. (specially), the Jewish Sanhedrin 3. (by analogy) a subordinate tribunal |
| KJV Renderings: | council |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
συνέδριον, συνεδρίου, τό (σύν and ἕδρα; hence, properly, ’a sitting together’), in Greek authors from Herodotus down, any assembly (especially of magistrates, judges, ambassadors), whether convened to deliberate or to pass judgment; Vulg.concilium; in the Scriptures
1. any session or assembly of persons deliberating or adjudicating (Pro 22:10; Psa 25:4 (); Jer 15:17; 2Ma 14:5; 4Ma 17:17): συνήγαγον συνέδριον (A. V. "gathered a council]"], Joh 11:47.
2. specifically,
a. the Sanhedrin, the great council at Jerusalem (Talmud, ñÇðÀäÅãÀøÄéï), consisting of seventy-one members, viz. scribes (see γραμματεύς, 2), elders, prominent members of the high priestly families (hence, called ἀρχιερεῖς; see ἀρχειρευς, 2), and the high priest, the president of the body. The fullest periphrasis for Sanhedrin is found in Mat 26:3 R G; Mar 14:43; Mar 14:53 (viz. οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καί οἱ γραμματεῖς καί οἱ πρεσβύτεροι). The more important causes were brought before this tribunal, inasmuch as the Roman rulers of Judaea had left to it the power of trying such cases, and also of pronouncing sentence of death, with the limitation that a capital sentence pronounced by the Sanhedrin was not valid unless it were confirmed by the Roman procurator (cf. Joh 18:31; Josephus, Antiquities 20, 9, 1). The Jews trace the origin of the Sanhedrin to Num 11:16 f. The Sanhedrin (A. V. council) is mentioned in Mat 5:22; Mat 26:59; Mar 14:55; Mar 15:1; Luk 22:66;. Act 4:15; Act 5:21; Act 5:27; Act 5:34; Act 5:41; Act 6:12; Act 6:15; Act 22:30; Act 23:1; Act 23:6; Act 23:15; Act 23:20; Act 23:28; Act 24:20; used ((as in classical Greek)) of the place of meeting in Act 4:15.
b. the smaller tribunal or council (so A. V.) which every Jewish town had for the decision of the less important cases (see κρίσις, 4): Mat 10:17; Mar 13:9. Cf. Winers RWB under the word Synedrium; Leyrer in Herzog edition 1 under the word Synedrium (Strack in edition 2); Schürer, Neutest. Zeitgesch. 2te Aufl. § 23, II., III. (and in Riehm, p. 1595ff); Holtzmann in Schenkel see, p. 446ff; (BB. DD., under the word (especially Ginsburg in Alex.’s Kitto); Hamburger, Real-Encycl. ii, pp. 1147 -1155; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, ii. 553ff; Farrar, Life of Christ, Excurs. xiii.).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
συνέδριον (council)
Matthew 5:22
- KJV: But I say unto you That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment and whosoever shall say to his brother Raca shall be in danger of the council but whosoever shall say Thou fool shall be in danger of hell fire
- GK: εγώ δε λέγω υμίν ότι πας ο οργιζόμενος τω αδελφώ αυτού εική ένοχος έσται τη κρίσει ος δ΄ αν είπη τω αδελφώ αυτού ρακά ένοχος έσται τω συνεδρίω ος δ΄ αν είπη μωρέ ένοχος έσται εις την γέενναν του πυρός
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 26:59
- KJV: Now the chief priests and elders and all the council sought false witness against Jesus to put him to death
- GK: οι δε αρχιερείς και οι πρεσβύτεροι και το συνέδριον όλον εζήτουν ψευδομαρτυρίαν κατά του Ιησού όπως θανατώσωσιν αυτόν
Mark 13:9
- KJV: But 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
- GK: βλέπετε δε υμείς εαυτούς παραδώσουσιν γαρ υμάς εις συνέδρια και εις συναγωγάς δαρήσεσθε και επί ηγεμόνων και βασιλέων αχθήσεσθε ένεκεν εμού εις μαρτύριον αυτοίς
Mark 14:55
- KJV: And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death and found none
- GK: οι δε αρχιερείς και όλον το συνέδριον εζήτουν κατά του Ιησού μαρτυρίαν εις το θανατώσαι αυτόν και ουχ εύρισκον
Mark 15:1
- KJV: And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council and bound Jesus and carried away and delivered to Pilate
- GK: και ευθέως επί το πρωϊι συμβούλιον ποιήσαντες οι αρχιερείς μετά των πρεσβυτέρων και γραμματέων και όλον το συνέδριον δήσαντες τον Ιησούν απήνεγκαν και παρέδωκαν τω Πιλάτω
Luke 22:66
- KJV: And as soon as it was day the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together and led him into their council saying
- GK: και ως εγένετο ημέρα συνήχθη το πρεσβυτέριον του λαού αρχιερείς και γραμματείς και ανήγαγον αυτόν εις το συνέδριον αυτών λέγοντες
John 11:47
- KJV: Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council and said What do we for this man doeth many miracles
- GK: συνήγαγον ούν οι αρχιερείς και οι Φαρισαίοι συνεδρίον και έλεγον τι ποιούμεν ότι ούτος ο άνθρωπος πολλά σημεία ποιεί
Acts 4:15
- KJV: But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council they conferred among themselves
- GK: κελεύσαντες δε αυτούς έξω του συνεδρίου απελθείν συνέβαλλον προς αλλήλους