G4864Greeksynagōgaῖs

συναγωγαῖς

an assemblage of persons; specially, a jewish "synagogue" (the meeting or the place); by analogy, a christian church

56
Total Occurrences
7
Books
0
Old Testament
56
New Testament

Detailed Definition

  • 1a bringing together, gathering (as of fruits), a contracting
  • 2an 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
  • 3the buildings where those solemn jewish assemblies are held
  • 4in the new testament, an assembling together of men, an assembly of men
  • 5a synagogue

Etymology & Derivation

from (the reduplicated form of) g4863

Scholarly Notes

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 had several. these were also used for trials and inflicting punishment.

See Also

G4863