Greek noun (neuter) · G4892
συνέδριον
synedrionsoon-ed'-ree-on
a council; The supreme ecclesiastical court of the Jews, the Sanhedrin
22 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: synédrion
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4892is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4892
a joint session, i.e. (specially), the Jewish Sanhedrin; by analogy, a subordinate tribunal
The King James renders it: council.
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
synedrion is rendered "a council; The supreme ecclesiastical court of the Jews, the Sanhedrin". It stands 22 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Fourteen of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a council".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 5:22But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.
Matthew 5:22συνεδρίῳ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: a council, and The supreme ecclesiastical court of the Jews, the Sanhedrin.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a council | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 10:17But beware of men; for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their… |
| The supreme ecclesiastical court of the Jews, the Sanhedrin | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 5:22But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again… |
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| συνείδησις | syneidesis | conscience | Uses30 |
| συνέρχομαι | synerchomai | to assemble | Uses30 |
| συνεργός | synergos | co-worker | Uses13 |
| συνέχω | synecho | to hold/oppress | Uses12 |
| σύνεσις | synesis | understanding | Uses7 |
| συνευδοκέω | syneudokeo | to agree to | Uses6 |
| συνεσθίω | synesthio | to eat with | Uses5 |
| συνετός | synetos | intelligent | Uses4 |
| συνεργέω | synergeo | to work with | Uses4 |
| συνείδω | syneido | be aware | Uses3 |
| συνεγείρω | synegeiro | to raise up with | Uses3 |
| σύνειμι | syneimi | be with | Uses2 |
and 9 more on the stem.
All 22, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 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
- συνέδριον10
- συνεδρίῳ7
- συνεδρίου3
- συνέδρια2
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular7N-ASN
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular7N-DSN
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular3N-GSN
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular3N-NSN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural2N-APN
Matthew
three uses
But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.
- συνεδρίῳsunedrionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: Sanhedrin
But beware of men; for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.
- συνέδριαsunedrianoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: courts
Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.
- συνέδριονsunedrionnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: Council
Mark
three uses
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.
- συνέδριαsunedrianoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: courts
Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but they did not find any.
- συνέδριονsunedrionnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: Council
Early in the morning, the chief priests, elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin devised a plan. They bound Jesus, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate.
- συνέδριονsunedrionnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: Council
Luke
one use
At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and scribes, met together. They led Jesus into their Sanhedrin and said,
- συνέδριονsunedrionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: council
John
one use
Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.
- συνέδριονsunedrionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: a council
Acts
fourteen uses
So they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin and then conferred together.
- συνεδρίουsunedriounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: Council
At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.
- συνέδριονsunedrionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: Council
They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.
- συνεδρίῳsunedrionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: Council
But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a short time.
- συνεδρίῳsunedrionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: Council
The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.
- συνεδρίουsunedriounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: Council
So they stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin,
- συνέδριονsunedrionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: Council
All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
- συνεδρίῳsunedrionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: Council
The next day the commander, wanting to learn the real reason Paul was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.
- συνέδριονsunedrionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: council
Paul looked directly at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have conducted myself before God in all good conscience to this day.”
- συνεδρίῳsunedrionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: Council
Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
- συνεδρίῳsunedrionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: Council
Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him down to you on the pretext of examining his case more carefully. We are ready to kill him on the way.”
- συνεδρίῳsunedrionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: Council
He answered, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul to the Sanhedrin tomorrow on the pretext of acquiring more information about him.
- συνέδριονsunedrionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: Council
and since I wanted to understand their charges against him, I brought him down to their Sanhedrin.
- συνέδριονsunedrionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: council
Otherwise, let these men state for themselves any crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin,
- συνεδρίουsunedriounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: Council
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 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.