noun · feminine
sunagōgas
Strong’sG4864
an assembly, congregation, synagogue
stem sunagōg-56 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books7 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
συναγωγή denotes a gathering or assembly of people, especially a Jewish religious gathering 124. It is used of the meeting itself, and by extension of the building in which such a meeting is held, i.e. a synagogue 123. The same word is also applied to a Christian gathering 1.
The word's underlying, more literal sense is simply "a bringing together" of things, covering such uses as the gathering in of a harvest or a collection of money 13.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
συν-αγωγή, -ῆς, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for עֵדָה, also for קהל, etc.;]
SYN.: ἐκκλησία (q.v.)
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4864 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsoon-ag-o-gay'
an assemblage of persons; specially, a Jewish "synagogue" (the meeting or the place); by analogy, a Christian church
Fromfrom (the reduplicated form of) G4863;
King Jamesassembly, congregation, synagogue.
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
a bringing together:
I of persons, ἀνδρὸς καὶ γυναικός Refs 5th c.BC+; collecting, ὄχλων, ἀνδρῶν, etc., Refs 2nd c.BC+; assembling, meeting, τῶν λογιστῶν Refs
I.2 assembly, LXX+2nd c.BC+; τῶν συνέδρων Refs 1st c.BC+; place of assembly, especially of the Jewish synagogue, NT; meeting-house, Μαρκιωνιστῶν Refs 4th c.AD+; conventicle, Refs 4th c.AD+
II of things, σ. [τῶν ἐκπεπταμένων] Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to διαιρέσεις, Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. πολέμου levying of war, Refs 5th c.BC+; gathering in of harvest, τοῦ σίτου LXX+3rd c.BC+; πύου Heras cited in Refs 3rd c.BC+; harvest, ἑορτὴ συναγωγῆς LXX
II.2 drawing together, contracting, συναγωγὰς καὶ ἐκτάσεις στρατιᾶς forming an army in column or in line, Refs 5th c.BC+; contraction of ranks either in front or depth, Refs 2nd c.AD+; αἱ τοῦ προσώπου σ. pursing up or wrinkling of the face, Refs 5th c.BC+; bringing together, closing up of a wound, Refs 4th c.BC+; opposed to διαστολή, Refs; σ. ἔχειν, σ. λαμβάνειν, ={συνάγεσθαι}, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.3 collection, τῶν νόμων καὶ τῶν πολιτειῶν Refs 4th c.BC+; of writings, Refs 1st c.BC+
II.4 combination, [πολιτειῶν] Refs 4th c.BC+
II.5 conclusion, inference, Refs 2nd c.AD+; cogent reasoning, Refs 3rd c.BC+; demonstration, Refs 5th c.BC+
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 | sunagōgas2×συναγωγὴ | sunagōgais |
| object accusative | sunagōgan12×συναγωγὴν | sunagōgain8×συναγωγὰς |
| direct address vocative | sunagōgar | sunagōgair |
| of, belonging to genitive | sunagōgau6×συναγωγῆς | sunagōgaiu1×συναγωγῶν |
| to, for dative | sunagōga12×συναγωγῇ | sunagōgai15×συναγωγαῖς |
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
sunagōga 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.
56 occurrences, every one of them listed
sunagōgas“synagogue”subjectnominative singular2×
Acts 17:1… Apollōnian erchala eis Thessalonikan, hopou ate sunagōgas toiu Ioudaioiu.… Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
Revelation 2:9… arō heautoin, kai ouk alō, alla sunagōgas tou Satanou.… Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.
sunagōgan“synagogue”objectaccusative singular12×
Matthew 12:9Kai metabainarantos ekeithen erchata eis tan sunagōgan autoiu;… on from there, Jesus entered their synagogue,
Mark 1:21… euthuos tei sabbatei didaskate eis tan sunagōgan.… and right away Jesus entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to …
Mark 3:1Kai eiserchata palin eis sunagōgan, kai ate ekei anthrōpos xēranorēntan echarōntos …Once again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered …
Luke 4:16… ta hēmera teiu sabbateiu eis tan sunagōgan, kai anastēata anagnōskara.… was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He …
Luke 6:6… hetere sabbate eiserchara auton eis tan sunagōgan kai didaskarō; kai ate anthrōpos ekei …On another Sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man …
Luke 7:5… gar tem ethnem nu kai tan sunagōgan autos oikodomata ni.… our nation and has built our synagogue.”
Acts 13:14… tan Pisidian, kai eisercharantois eis tan sunagōgan ta hēmera teiu sabbateiu kathizala.… Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.
Acts 14:1… tem autem eiserchara autoin eis tan sunagōgan toiu Ioudaioiu kai lalara houtōs hōste …… went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that …
Acts 17:10… eis Beroian, hotinois paragenerantois eis tan sunagōgan toiu Ioudaioiu apeiale;… there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
Acts 18:19… autou, autos de eisercharantos eis tan sunagōgan dialegeta toi Ioudaioi.… Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue there and reasoned with the Jews.
Acts 19:8Eisercharantos de eis tan sunagōgan parrēsiazote epi mēnoin treis dialegorōntos kai …Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three …
James 2:2“assembly”ean gar eiserchateia eis sunagōgan vu andros chrusodaktulios en estha lampra, …Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes …
sunagōgau“synagogue”of, belonging togenitive singular6×
Mark 1:29Kai euthuos ek tau sunagōgau exercharantois erchala eis tan oikian Simōnou …… and His companions had left the synagogue, they went with James and John …
Luke 4:38Anastēarantos de apo tau sunagōgau eiserchata eis tan oikian Simōnou. pentheras …After Jesus had left the synagogue, He went to the home of …
Luke 8:41… onomem Iairos, kai houtos archontos tau sunagōgau huparchate, kai piptarantos para toin podoin …Just then a synagogue leader named Jairus came and fell …
Acts 6:9anastēala de tinois toiu ek tau sunagōgau tau legorōntau Libertinoiu kai Kurēnaioiu kai …… arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians …
Acts 13:43luirantau de tau sunagōgau akolouthala pollois toiu Ioudaioiu kai toiu …After the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews …
Revelation 3:9“synagogue”idou dōameiō ek tau sunagōgau tou Satanou, toiu legarōntoiu heautoin Ioudaioin …… 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 …
sunagōga“synagogue”to, fordative singular12×
Matthew 13:54… patridan autou didaskate autoin en ta sunagōga autoiu, hōste ekplēssorō autoin kai legarō; …… He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did …
Mark 1:23kai euthuos ate en ta sunagōga autoiu anthrōpos en pneume akatharte kai …… unclean spirit cried out in the synagogue:
Mark 6:2… generanteu sabbateu archeta didaskarō en ta sunagōga; kai tois pollois akouarōntois ekplēssole legarōntois; …… He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were …
Luke 4:20… kai pantoiu tois ofthalmois en ta sunagōga ale atenizarōntois auto.… The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him,
Luke 4:28kai pimplēila pantois thumou en ta sunagōga akouarōntois houteim,… this, all the people in the synagogue were enraged.
Luke 4:33kai en ta sunagōga ate anthrōpos echarōntos pneumem daimoneu akatharteu, …In the synagogue there was a man possessed by …
John 6:59houteim legata en sunagōga didaskarōntos en Kafarnaoum.… said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
John 18:20… to kosmo; mis pantote didaskama en sunagōga kai en te hiere, hopou pantois …… answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all …
Acts 17:17dialegote men oun en ta sunagōga toi Ioudaioi kai toi seborōntoi kai …So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles …
Acts 18:4dialegote de en ta sunagōga kata pantem sabbatem, peithate tē Ioudaioin …Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks …
Acts 18:7… hou tas oikias ate sunomorarōntas ta sunagōga.So Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the …
Acts 18:26houtos tē archeta parrēsiazorō en ta sunagōga; akouarantois de autou Priskillas kai Akulos …… began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him …
sunagōgain“synagogues”objectaccusative plural8×
Mark 1:39kai erchata kērussarōntos eis tain sunagōgain autoiu eis holan tan Galilaian kai …… went throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.
Mark 13:9… paradōali vin eis sunedrieim kai eis sunagōgain derivi kai epi hēgemonoiu kai basilevoiu …… the councils and beaten in the synagogues. On My account you will stand …
Luke 4:44kai ate kērussarōntos eis tain sunagōgain tau Ioudaiau.… He continued to preach in the synagogues of Judea.
Luke 12:11hotan de eisferaleiō vin epi tain sunagōgain kai tain archain kai tain exousiain, …When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry …
Luke 21:12… autoiu kai diōkali, paradōarōntois eis tain sunagōgain kai fulakain, apagorōntoin epi basilevoin kai …… they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring …
Acts 9:2… autou epistolain eis Damaskan pros tain sunagōgain, hopōs ean tinoin heuriskateia tau hodau …and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he …
Acts 22:19… ome fulakizarōntos kai derarōntos kata tain sunagōgain toin pisteuarōntoin epi sin;… know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat …
Acts 26:11kai kata pantain tain sunagōgain pollakis timōrarōntos autoin anankazame blasfēmarō, perissōs …… frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them …
sunagōgaiu“synagogues”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Luke 13:10Ate de didaskarōntos en hena taiu sunagōgaiu en tei sabbatei.… was teaching in one of the synagogues,
sunagōgai“synagogues”to, fordative plural15×
Matthew 4:23… hola ta Galilaia, didaskarōntos en tai sunagōgai autoiu kai kērussarōntos tem euangeliem tau …… went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom …
Matthew 6:2… hōsper tois hupokritois poialō en tai sunagōgai kai en tai rumai, hopōs doxazileia …… as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be …
Matthew 6:5… tois hupokritois; hoti filalō en tai sunagōgai kai en tai gōniai taiu platuaiu …… love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to …
Matthew 9:35… kai tain kōmain, didaskarōntos en tai sunagōgai autoiu kai kērussarōntos tem euangeliem tau …… towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom …
Matthew 10:17… vin eis sunedrieim, kai en tai sunagōgai autoiu mastigali vin;… councils and flog you in their synagogues.
Matthew 23:6… deipnei kai tain prōtokathedriain en tai sunagōgai… banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,
Matthew 23:34… kai ek autoiu mastigavi en tai sunagōgai vu kai diōkavi apo polau eis …… others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.
Mark 12:39kai prōtokathedriain en tai sunagōgai kai prōtoklisiain en tei deipnei,… have the chief seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at …
Luke 4:15kai autos didaskate en tai sunagōgai autoiu, doxazorōntos hupo pantoiu.He taught in their synagogues and was glorified by everyone.
Luke 11:43… hoti agapavō tan prōtokathedrian en tai sunagōgai kai toin aspasmoin en tai agorai.… love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.
Luke 20:46… tai agorai kai prōtokathedriain en tai sunagōgai kai prōtoklisiain en tei deipnei,… marketplaces, the chief seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at …
Acts 9:20kai eutheōs en tai sunagōgai kērussate ton Iēsun hoti houtos atō …… began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, declaring, “He is the Son of …
Acts 13:5… ton logon tou theou en tai sunagōgai toiu Ioudaioiu; echale de kai Iōannon …… word of God in the Jewish synagogues. And John was with them as …
Acts 15:21… toin kērussarōntoin auton echatō en tai sunagōgai kata pantem sabbatem anagnōskorōntos.… times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”
Acts 24:12… epistasian poiarōnton ochlou oute en tai sunagōgai oute kata tan polan,… riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.