noun · feminine
episunagōgas
Strong’sG1997
a gathering together
stem episunagōg-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
**† ἐπι-συν-αγωγή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< ἐπισυνάγω), [in LXX: II Mac 2:7 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1997 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidep-ee-soon-ag-o-gay'
a complete collection; especially a Christian meeting (for worship)
Fromfrom G1996;
King Jamesassembling (gathering) together.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
gathering or being gathered together, LXX+NT
b collection of a sum of money, Refs 2nd c.BC+
2 collective view, table, ὁρίων Refs 2nd c.AD+
3 plural, successive additions, Refs
4 Astrology texts, aggregation of planets in contact, Refs 3rd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | episunagōgas | episunagōgais |
| object accusative | episunagōgan1×ἐπισυναγωγὴν | episunagōgain |
| direct address vocative | episunagōgar | episunagōgair |
| of, belonging to genitive | episunagōgau1×ἐπισυναγωγῆς | episunagōgaiu |
| to, for dative | episunagōga | episunagōgai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
episunagōga is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
episunagōgan“meeting together”objectaccusative singular1×
Hebrews 10:25mē enkataliparōntois tan episunagōgan heautoiu, kathōs ethem tinoi, alla parakalarōntois, …Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit …
episunagōgau“gathered”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
2 Thessalonians 2:1… kuriou nu Iēsu Christou kai nu episunagōgau epi auton,… Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to Him, we ask you …