Synagogue
συναγωγήStrong’s G4864sunagōgē
Appears in 57 verses of the New Testament
In short
Sunagōgē is the Greek word usually translated “synagogue”, “synagogues” and “assembly”. It appears in 57 verses of the New Testament.
“And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.”
Meaning
Usually translated “synagogue”, “synagogues” and “assembly”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- synagogue 30
- synagogues 24
- a synagogue 2
- assembly 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 20
- Luke 15
- Matthew 9
- Mark 8
- John 2
- Revelation 2
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 6:2Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
- Matthew 6:5And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
- Matthew 9:35And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
- Matthew 10:17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
- Matthew 12:9And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:
- Matthew 13:54And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?
All 57 verses, by book
- James 1
- 2:2
Greek dictionary
συναγωγή sunagōgē · synagogue
συν-αγωγή, -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for עֵדָה, also for קָהָל, etc. ;] prop., a bringing together; 1. of things, (a) a gathering in of harvest; (b) a collection of money. 2. Of persons, (a) a collecting, assembling (Polyb.); (b) an assembly (MM, xxiv; Deiss., LAE, 101 ff.): Rev.2:9 3:9; esp. of a Jewish religious assembly, a synagogue: Luk.12:11, Act.9:2, al.; of a Christian assembly, Jas.2:2. By meton., of the building in which the assembly is held, a synagogue: Mat.10:17, Mrk.1:21, al. (cf. Cremer, see word ἐκκλησία) SYN.: ἐκκλησία (which see) (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “synagogue” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SYNAGOGUE, noun
syn'agog. [Gr. together, and to drive; properly an assembly.]
- A congregation or assembly of Jews, met for the purpose of worship or the performance of religious rites.
- The house appropriated to the religious worship of the Jews.
- The court of the seventy elders among the Jews, called the great synagogue
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.