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Greek noun (feminine) · G4864

συναγωγή

synagogesoon-ag-o-gay'

of things; Of persons

56 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: synagōgḗ

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4864is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 7 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 9
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G4864

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

The King James renders it: assembly, congregation, synagogue.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

synagoge is rendered "of things; Of persons". It stands 56 times in the Greek text, across seven books.

  • Nineteen of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "of things".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 4:23Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
  • The Greek text spells it nine different ways.

The first use

Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.

Matthew 4:23συναγωγαῖς

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Nineteen of the word's fifty-six uses are in Acts.

The other 20 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: of things, and Of persons.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
of things__(a) a gathering in of harvestTagged aslisted under the tableWhereMatthew 4:23Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues…
Of persons__(a) a collectingTagged as
  • synagogue29
  • synagogues24
  • a synagogue2
  • assembly1
WhereMatthew 10:17But beware of men; for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their…

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

συνάγωsynagoto assembleUses59
συνανάκειμαιsynanakeimaito dine withUses7
συναντάωsynantaoto meetUses6
συναρπάζωsynarpazoto seizeUses4
συναίρωsynairoto settle accountsUses3
συναπάγωsynapagoto lead away withUses3
συνακολουθέωsynakoloutheoto accompanyUses3
συναποθνήσκωsynapothneskoto die withUses3
συναιχμάλωτοςsynaichmalotosfellow prisonerUses3
συναναμίγνυμιsynanamignymito associate withUses3
συναθλέωsynathleoto contendUses2
συναθροίζωsynathroizoto assembleUses2

and 10 more on the stem.

The words it stands beside

All 56, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

9 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • συναγωγαῖς15
  • συναγωγῇ12
  • συναγωγὴν11
  • συναγωγὰς7
  • συναγωγῆς6
  • συναγωγὴ2
  • συναγωγάς1
  • συναγωγήν1
  • συναγωγῶν1

The grammar of each form

  • noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine plural15N-DPF
  • noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular12N-ASF
  • noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular12N-DSF
  • noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural8N-APF
  • noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular6N-GSF
  • noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular2N-NSF
  • noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine plural1N-GPF

Matthew

nine uses
  • Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.

    Matthew 4:23

    • συναγωγαῖςsunagogaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: synagogues
  • So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

    Matthew 6:2

    • συναγωγαῖςsunagogaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: synagogues
  • And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

    Matthew 6:5

    • συναγωγαῖςsunagogaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: synagogues
  • Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness.

    Matthew 9:35

    • συναγωγαῖςsunagogaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: synagogues
  • But beware of men; for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.

    Matthew 10:17

    • συναγωγαῖςsunagogaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: synagogues
  • Moving on from there, Jesus entered their synagogue,

    Matthew 12:9

    • συναγωγὴνsunagogennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: synagogue
  • Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.

    Matthew 13:54

    • συναγωγῇsunagogeanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: synagogue
  • They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,

    Matthew 23:6

    • συναγωγαῖςsunagogaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: synagogues
  • Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.

    Matthew 23:34

    • συναγωγαῖςsunagogaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: synagogues

Mark

eight uses
  • Then Jesus and His companions went to Capernaum, and right away Jesus entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to teach.

    Mark 1:21

    • συναγωγὴνsunagogennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: synagogue
  • Suddenly a man with an unclean spirit cried out in the synagogue:

    Mark 1:23

    • συναγωγῇsunagogeanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: synagogue
  • As soon as Jesus and His companions had left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of Simon and Andrew.

    Mark 1:29

    • συναγωγῆςsunagogesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: synagogue
  • So He went throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.

    Mark 1:39

    • συναγωγὰςsunagogasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: synagogues
  • Once again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered hand was there.

    Mark 3:1

    • συναγωγήνsunagogennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: synagogue
  • When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were astonished. “Where did this man get these ideas?” they asked. “What is this wisdom He has been given? And how can He perform such miracles?

    Mark 6:2

    • συναγωγῇsunagogeanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: synagogue
  • and to have the chief seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

    Mark 12:39

    • συναγωγαῖςsunagogaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: synagogues
  • So be on your guard. You will be delivered over to the councils and beaten in the synagogues. On My account you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.

    Mark 13:9

    • συναγωγὰςsunagogasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: synagogues

Luke

fifteen uses
  • He taught in their synagogues and was glorified by everyone.

    Luke 4:15

    • συναγωγαῖςsunagogaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: synagogues
  • Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He stood up to read,

    Luke 4:16

    • συναγωγὴνsunagogennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: synagogue
  • Then He rolled up the scroll, returned it to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him,

    Luke 4:20

    • συναγωγῇsunagogeanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: synagogue
  • On hearing this, all the people in the synagogue were enraged.

    Luke 4:28

    • συναγωγῇsunagogeanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: synagogue
  • In the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon. He cried out in a loud voice,

    Luke 4:33

    • συναγωγῇsunagogeanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: synagogue
  • After Jesus had left the synagogue, He went to the home of Simon, whose mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever. So they appealed to Jesus on her behalf,

    Luke 4:38

    • συναγωγῆςsunagogesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: synagogue
  • And He continued to preach in the synagogues of Judea.

    Luke 4:44

    • συναγωγὰςsunagogasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: synagogues
  • On another Sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered.

    Luke 6:6

    • συναγωγὴνsunagogennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: synagogue
  • for he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.”

    Luke 7:5

    • συναγωγὴνsunagogennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: synagogue
  • Just then a synagogue leader named Jairus came and fell at Jesus’ feet. He begged Him to come to his house,

    Luke 8:41

    • συναγωγῆςsunagogesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: synagogue
  • Woe to you Pharisees! You love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.

    Luke 11:43

    • συναγωγαῖςsunagogaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: synagogues
  • When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.

    Luke 12:11

    • συναγωγὰςsunagogasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: synagogues
  • One Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues,

    Luke 13:10

    • συναγωγῶνsunagogonnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: synagogues
  • “Beware of the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, and they love the greetings in the marketplaces, the chief seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.

    Luke 20:46

    • συναγωγαῖςsunagogaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: synagogues
  • But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors.

    Luke 21:12

    • συναγωγὰςsunagogasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: synagogues

John

two uses
  • Jesus said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

    John 6:59

    • συναγωγῇsunagogeanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: synagogue
  • “I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.

    John 18:20

    • συναγωγῇsunagogeanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: synagogue

Acts

nineteen uses
  • But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. They began to argue with Stephen,

    Acts 6:9

    • συναγωγῆςsunagogesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: synagogue
  • and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

    Acts 9:2

    • συναγωγάςsunagogasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: synagogues
  • Saul promptly began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, declaring, “He is the Son of God.”

    Acts 9:20

    • συναγωγαῖςsunagogaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: synagogues
  • When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. And John was with them as their helper.

    Acts 13:5

    • συναγωγαῖςsunagogaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: synagogues
  • And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.

    Acts 13:14

    • συναγωγὴνsunagogennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: synagogue
  • After the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.

    Acts 13:43

    • συναγωγῆςsunagogesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: synagogue
  • At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.

    Acts 14:1

    • συναγωγὴνsunagogennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: synagogue
  • For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”

    Acts 15:21

    • συναγωγαῖςsunagogaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: synagogues
  • When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

    Acts 17:1

    • συναγωγὴsunagogenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: a synagogue
  • As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.

    Acts 17:10

    • συναγωγὴνsunagogennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: synagogue
  • So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.

    Acts 17:17

    • συναγωγῇsunagogeanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: synagogue
  • Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.

    Acts 18:4

    • συναγωγῇsunagogeanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: synagogue
  • So Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titus Justus, a worshiper of God.

    Acts 18:7

    • συναγωγῇsunagogeanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: synagogue
  • When they reached Ephesus, Paul parted ways with Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue there and reasoned with the Jews.

    Acts 18:19

    • συναγωγὴνsunagogennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: synagogue
  • And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him in and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

    Acts 18:26

    • συναγωγῇsunagogeanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: synagogue
  • Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.

    Acts 19:8

    • συναγωγὴνsunagogennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: synagogue
  • ‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You.

    Acts 22:19

    • συναγωγὰςsunagogasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: synagogues
  • Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.

    Acts 24:12

    • συναγωγαῖςsunagogaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: synagogues
  • I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.

    Acts 26:11

    • συναγωγὰςsunagogasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: synagogues

James

one use
  • Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in.

    James 2:2

    • συναγωγὴνsunagogennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: assembly

Revelation

two uses
  • I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.

    Revelation 2:9

    • συναγωγὴsunagogenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: a synagogue
  • Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.

    Revelation 3:9

    • συναγωγῆςsunagogesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: synagogue

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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