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Lexicon :: Strong's G4864 - synagōgē

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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 one day some men from the Synagogue of Freed Slaves, as it was called, started to debate with him. They were Jews from Cyrene, Alexandria, Cilicia, and the province of Asia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:2 - He requested letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, asking for their cooperation in the arrest of any followers of the Way he found there. He wanted to bring them—both men and women—back to Jerusalem in chains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:20 - And immediately he began preaching about Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is indeed the Son of God!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:5 - There, in the town of Salamis, they went to the Jewish synagogues and preached the word of God. John Mark went with them as their assistant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:14 - But Paul and Barnabas traveled inland to Antioch of Pisidia.[fn]
On the Sabbath they went to the synagogue for the services.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:43

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:43 - Many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, and the two men urged them to continue to rely on the grace of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:1 - The same thing happened in Iconium.[fn] Paul and Barnabas went to the Jewish synagogue and preached with such power that a great number of both Jews and Greeks became believers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:21 - For these laws of Moses have been preached in Jewish synagogues in every city on every Sabbath for many generations.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:1 - Paul and Silas then traveled through the towns of Amphipolis and Apollonia and came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:10 - That very night the believers sent Paul and Silas to Berea. When they arrived there, they went to the Jewish synagogue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:17 - He went to the synagogue to reason with the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles, and he spoke daily in the public square to all who happened to be there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:4 - Each Sabbath found Paul at the synagogue, trying to convince the Jews and Greeks alike.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:7 - Then he left and went to the home of Titius Justus, a Gentile who worshiped God and lived next door to the synagogue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:19 - They stopped first at the port of Ephesus, where Paul left the others behind. While he was there, he went to the synagogue to reason with the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:26 - When Priscilla and Aquila heard him preaching boldly in the synagogue, they took him aside and explained the way of God even more accurately.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:8 - Then Paul went to the synagogue and preached boldly for the next three months, arguing persuasively about the Kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:19 - “‘But Lord,’ I argued, ‘they certainly know that in every synagogue I imprisoned and beat those who believed in you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:12 - My accusers never found me arguing with anyone in the Temple, nor stirring up a riot in any synagogue or on the streets of the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:11 - Many times I had them punished in the synagogues to get them to curse Jesus.[fn] I was so violently opposed to them that I even chased them down in foreign cities.
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