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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Greek - English Dictionary

G4864 - Synagogue

Strong's No.:G4864

Greek:συναγωγή

Transliteration:sunagōgē

Phonetic:soon-ag-o-gay'

Word Origin:From (the reduplicated form of) G4863

Bible Usage:assembly congregation synagogue.

Part of Speech:Noun Feminine

Strongs
Definition:

an assemblage of persons; specifically a Jewish synagogue (the meeting or the place); by analogy a Christian church


Thayers
Definition:

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

a. 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

b. 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.


Bible References:
Synagogue

Translation
Occurrences:
assembly ( 1 )
congregation ( 1 )
synagogue ( 32 )
synagogues ( 22 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.