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Lexicon :: Strong's G4864 - synagōgē

Aa
συναγωγή
Transliteration
synagōgē (Key)
Pronunciation
soon-ag-o-gay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From (the reduplicated form of) συνάγω (G4863)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:798,1108

Trench's Synonyms: i. Ἐκκλησία, συναγωγή, πανήγυρις.

Strong’s Definitions

συναγωγή synagōgḗ, soon-ag-o-gay'; from (the reduplicated form of) G4863; an assemblage of persons; specially, a Jewish "synagogue" (the meeting or the place); by analogy, a Christian church:—assembly, congregation, synagogue.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 57x

The KJV translates Strong's G4864 in the following manner: synagogue (55x), congregation (1x), assembly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 57x
The KJV translates Strong's G4864 in the following manner: synagogue (55x), congregation (1x), assembly (1x).

  1. a bringing together, gathering (as of fruits), a contracting

  2. in the NT, an assembling together of men, an assembly of men

  3. a synagogue

    1. an assembly of Jews formally gathered together to offer prayers and listen to the reading and expositions of the scriptures; assemblies of that sort were held every sabbath and feast day, afterwards also on the second and fifth days of every week; name transferred to an assembly of Christians formally gathered together for religious purposes

    2. the buildings where those solemn Jewish assemblies are held. Synagogues seem to date their origin from the Babylonian exile. In the times 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. These were also used for trials and inflicting punishment.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
συναγωγή synagōgḗ, soon-ag-o-gay'; from (the reduplicated form of) G4863; an assemblage of persons; specially, a Jewish "synagogue" (the meeting or the place); by analogy, a Christian church:—assembly, congregation, synagogue.
STRONGS G4864:
συναγωγή, συναγωγῆς, ἡ (συνάγω), the Sept. for קָהָל and very often for עֵדָה. 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, Revelation 2:9; Revelation 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): Luke 12:11; Acts 9:2; Acts 13:43; Acts 26:11; the name is transferred to an assembly of Christians formally gathered for religious purposes, James 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 הַכְּנֶסֶת בֵּית, 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 Matthew 10:17; Matthew 23:34; Mark 13:9; Luke 12:11; Luke 21:12; Acts 9:2; Acts 22:19; Acts 26:11. They are further mentioned in Matthew 4:23; Matthew 6:2, 5; Matthew 9:35; Matthew 12:9; Matthew 13:54; Matthew 23:6; Mark 1:21, 23, 29, 39; Mark 3:1; Mark 6:2; Mark 12:39; Luke 4:15f, 20, 28, 33, 38, 44; Luke 6:6; Luke 7:5; Luke 8:41; (Luke 11:43); Luke 13:10; 20:46; John 6:59; John 18:20 (here the anarthrous (so G L T Tr WH) singular has an indefinite or generic force (R. V. text in synagogues)); Acts 6:9; Acts 9:20; Acts 13:5, 14, 42 Rec.; Acts 14:1; 15:21; 17:1,10,17; 18:4,7,19,26; 19:8; 24:12; 26:11 (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; Schürer, 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.).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
4:23; 6:2; 6:5; 9:35; 10:17; 12:9; 13:54; 23:6; 23:34
Mark
1:21; 1:23; 1:29; 1:39; 3:1; 6:2; 12:39; 13:9
Luke
4:15; 4:20; 4:28; 4:33; 4:38; 4:44; 6:6; 7:5; 8:41; 11:43; 12:11; 12:11; 13:10; 20:46; 21:12
John
6:59; 18:20
Acts
6:9; 9:2; 9:2; 9:20; 13:5; 13:14; 13:42; 13:43; 14:1; 15:21; 17:1; 17:10; 17:17; 18:4; 18:7; 18:19; 18:26; 19:8; 22:19; 24:12; 26:11; 26:11; 26:11
James
2:2
Revelation
2:9; 3:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4864 matches the Greek συναγωγή (synagōgē),
which occurs 19 times in 19 verses in 'Act' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:9 - But some men from the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia, stood up and argued with Stephen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:2 - and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, either men or women, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:20 - and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "This man is the Son of God."

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:5 - When they arrived in Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. (Now they also had John as their assistant.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:14 - Moving on from Perga, they arrived at Pisidian Antioch, and on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:43

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:43 - When the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and were persuading them to continue in the grace of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:1 - The same thing happened in Iconium when Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large group of both Jews and Greeks believed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:21 - For Moses has had those who proclaim him in every town from ancient times, because he is read aloud in the synagogues every Sabbath."

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:1 - After they traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:10 - The brothers sent Paul and Silas off to Berea at once, during the night. When they arrived, they went to the Jewish synagogue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:17 - So he was addressing the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles in the synagogue, and in the marketplace every day those who happened to be there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:4 - He addressed both Jews and Greeks in the synagogue every Sabbath, attempting to persuade them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:7 - Then Paul left the synagogue and went to the house of a person named Titius Justus, a Gentile who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:19 - When they reached Ephesus, Paul left Priscilla and Aquila behind there, but he himself went into the synagogue and addressed the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:26 - He began to speak out fearlessly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained the way of God to him more accurately.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:8 - So Paul entered the synagogue and spoke out fearlessly for three months, addressing and convincing them about the kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:19 - I replied, 'Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues who believed in you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:12 - They did not find me arguing with anyone or stirring up a crowd in the temple courts or in the synagogues or throughout the city,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:11 - I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to force them to blaspheme. Because I was so furiously enraged at them, I went to persecute them even in foreign cities.
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