Thaer
G4864
- Original: συναγωγή - Transliteration: sunagoge - Phonetic: soon-ag-o-gay' - 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. - Origin: from (the reduplicated form of) G4863 - TDNT entry: 20:18,1 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From (the reduplicated form of) G4863 ; an assemblage of persons; specifically a Jewish synagogue (the meeting or the place); by analogy a Christian church: - assembly congregation synagogue. Total KJV Occurrences: 42 • assembly, 1 Jam 2:2 • congregation, 1 Act 13:43 • synagogue, 29 Mat 12:9; Mat 13:54; Mar 1:21; Mar 1:23; Mar 1:29; Mar 3:1; Mar 6:2; Luke 4:16; Luke 4:20; Luke 4:28; Luke 4:33; Luke 4:38; Luke 6:6; Luke 7:5; Luke 8:41; Joh 6:59; Act 6:9; Act 13:14; Act 13:42; Act 14:1; Act 17:1; Act 17:10; Act 17:17; Act 18:4; Act 18:7; Act 18:19; Act 19:8; Act 22:19; Act 26:11 • synagogues, 11 Mat 4:23; Mat 9:35; Mar 1:39; Luke 4:15; Luke 4:44; Luke 13:10; Act 9:2; Act 9:20; Act 13:5; Act 15:21; Act 24:12