To assemble
συνάγωStrong’s G4863sunagō
Appears in 61 verses of the New Testament
In short
Sunagō is the Greek word usually translated “were gathered together”, “having gathered together” and “assembled”. It appears in 61 verses of the New Testament.
“And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.”
Meaning
Usually translated “were gathered together”, “having gathered together” and “assembled”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- were gathered together 7
- having gathered together 4
- assembled 4
- gathering 3
- are gathered together 3
- do gather together 2
- were gathered 2
- when were assembled 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 24
- Acts 11
- John 8
- Luke 6
- Revelation 6
- Mark 5
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 3:12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
- Matthew 6:26Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
- Matthew 12:30He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
- Matthew 13:2And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
- Matthew 13:30Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
- Matthew 13:47Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
All 61 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
συνάγω sunagō · to assemble
συν-άγω [in LXX chiefly for אָסַף, also for קָבַץ, etc. (cf. Kennedy, Sources, 128) ;] to gather or bring together: of things, Jhn.6:12-13; before εἰς, Mat.3:12, al.; ἐκεῖ, Luk.12:18; ποῦ, Luk.12:17; συναγαγὼν πάντα (sc. εἰς ἀργύριον; see Field, Notes, 68, MM, xxiv), having sold off all: Luk.15:13; of persons, Jhn.11:52; esp. of assemblies, Mat.2:4, Jhn.11:47, Act.14:27, al. Pass., to be gathered or come together: Mat.22:41, Mrk.2:2, Luk.22:66, al.; before ἐπί Mrk.5:21, Act.4:27; πρός, Mat.13:2, Mrk.4:1, al.; εἰς, Rev.19:17; ἐν, Act.11:26; μετά, Mat.28:12; οὗ, Mat.18:20; ὅπου, Mat.26:57; ἐκε …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “assemble” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ASSEM'BLE, verb transitive
[Latin simul.]
All definitions and other forms of “assemble”
ASSEM'BLE, verb intransitive
To meet or come together; to convene, as a number of individuals.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.