noun · neuter
sunedriem
Strong’sG4892
a council, the Sanhedrin
stem sunedri-22 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books3 of 6 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
συνέδριον denotes a council — a body of people meeting together to deliberate or judge 23. In general Greek usage it could refer to a war council, a board of trade, a council of state, or a congress of allied representatives 3.
In the New Testament it is used, in one sense, of a local Jewish court, a lower tribunal such as those found in individual towns 1, described by Strong's as a subordinate tribunal by analogy with the main one 2.
In its more specific and frequent New Testament sense, it refers to the Sanhedrin, the supreme Jewish ecclesiastical court 124, also recognized by LSJ as the established sense of the word in this literature 3. The same word is also used for an actual sitting or meeting of this court 1, and for the physical council-chamber or place where it met 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
συνέδριον, -ου, τό
(< σύν + ἕδρα, a seat) [in LXX: Pr 11:13 15:22, Je 15:17 (סוֹד), Ps 25 (26):4 (מַת), Pr 22:10 (דִּין) 26:26 (קָהָל); Pr 24:7 27:22 31:23, II Mac 14:5, IV Mac 17:17 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4892 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsoon-ed'-ree-on
a joint session, i.e. (specially), the Jewish Sanhedrin; by analogy, a subordinate tribunal
Fromneuter of a presumed derivative of a compound of G4862 and the base of G1476;
King Jamescouncil.
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
council, σ. κατασκευάζειν, συνάγειν, Refs 5th c.BC+; meeting, μεταπεμφθέντων εἰς κοινὸν σ. τῶν.. δεκανῶν Refs 2nd c.BC+; of a council of war, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the Areopagus, Refs 4th c.BC+ together with the Areopagus, Refs; of a board of trade, Refs 4th c.BC+; of the Roman Refs 2nd c.BC+; the Jewish Sanhedrin, NT+4th c.AD+; τὸ σεμνότατον σ. τῆς γερουσίας, at Thasos, Refs; τὸ χωρίον ἐν ᾧ σ. ἦν αὐτῷ τῶν πολιτῶν Refs 2nd c.AD+; frequently of a congress of Allies or Confederates, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἁμῶν (i.e. τῶν Ἀμφικτιόνων) Refs 3rd c.BC+; τὸ Ἑλληνικὸν σ. Refs 1st c.AD+
2 place of meeting, council-chamber, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν σ. in court, 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 or object direct | sunedriem3×συνέδριον | sunedrieim |
| of, belonging to genitive | sunedrieu3×συνεδρίου | sunedrieiu |
| to, for dative | sunedrie7×συνεδρίῳ | sunedriei |
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
sunedrie 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.
22 occurrences, every one of them listed
sunedriem“council”subject or objectdirect singular3×
Matthew 26:59“council”tois de archierevois kai tem sunedriem holem zētale pseudomarturian kata tou Iēsu …Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order …
Mark 14:55“council”tois de archierevois kai holem tem sunedriem zētale kata tou Iēsu marturian eis …Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking testimony against Jesus to put Him …
Mark 15:1“council”… presbuteroiu kai grammatevoiu kai holem tem sunedriem darantois ton Iēsun apoferala kai paradōala …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.
sunedrieu“council”of, belonging togenitive singular3×
Acts 4:15“council”keleuarantois de autoin exō teu sunedrieu aperchara sumballale pros allēloinSo they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin and then conferred together.
Acts 5:41“council”… oun poreuole chairarōntois apo prosōpeu teu sunedrieu hoti kataxiila huper teu onomeu atimazira;… apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.
Acts 24:20“council”… heuriskala adikēmem stēarantou mu epi teu sunedrieu… themselves any crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin,
sunedrie“council”to, fordative singular7×
Matthew 5:22“council”… adelfo autou; Raka, enochos eti te sunedrie; hos de an legateia; Mōror, enochos …… says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of …
Acts 5:27“council”Agarantois de autoin stēala en te sunedrie. kai eperōtata autoin tos archierevosThey brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.
Acts 5:34“council”anastēarantos de tinos en te sunedrie Farisaios onome Gamaliēl, nomodidaskalos timios panto …But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin …
Acts 6:15“council”… auton pantois tois kathezorōntois en te sunedrie horala tem prosōpem autou hōsei prosōpem …All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an …
Acts 23:1“council”atenizarantos de tos Paulos te sunedrie legata; Androir adelfoir, mis panta suneidēsia …Paul looked directly at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have conducted myself before God in all good conscience to this …
Acts 23:6“council”… de heterem Farisaioiu krazate en te sunedrie; Androir adelfoir, mis Farisaios amō, huios …… were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a …
Acts 23:15“council”… vis emfanizavar to chiliarcho sun te sunedrie hopōs katagateia auton eis vin hōs …Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him down to you on the …
sunedriem7×
Luke 22:66… grammatevois, kai apagala auton eis tem sunedriem autoiu,At daybreak the council of the elders of the people …
John 11:47“council”… oun tois archierevois kai tois Farisaiois sunedriem, kai legale; Tinem poianō hoti houtos …Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is …
Acts 5:21“council”… kai tois sun auto sunkalala tem sunedriem kai pantan tan gerousian toiu huioiu …… the Sanhedrin— the full assembly of the elders of Israel— and sent to the jail for …
Acts 6:12“council”… sunarpazala auton kai agala eis tem sunedriem,… Stephen. They seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin,
Acts 22:30“council”… sunerchara toin archierevoin kai pantem tem sunedriem, kai katagarantos ton Paulon stēata eis …… and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.
Acts 23:20“council”… aurion ton Paulon katagaseia eis tem sunedriem hōs mellarōntem tinem akribesteron punthanorō peri …… ask you to bring Paul to the Sanhedrin tomorrow on the pretext of acquiring more information about him.
Acts 23:28“council”… han enkalale auto, katagama eis tem sunedriem autoiu.… charges against him, I brought him down to their Sanhedrin.
sunedrieim2×
Matthew 10:17… toiu anthrōpoiu; paradōali gar vin eis sunedrieim, kai en tai sunagōgai autoiu mastigali …… will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.
Mark 13:9… de vis heautoin; paradōali vin eis sunedrieim kai eis sunagōgain derivi kai epi …… will be delivered over to the councils and beaten in the synagogues. On …