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συναγωγή

synagōgḗ · Greek · Strong's G4864 · 56 occurrences

The KJV renders 7 different Hebrew and Greek words as “assembly”

What it means

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

from (the reduplicated form of) G4863 (συνάγω);

How the KJV renders it

assembly, congregation, synagogue

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

assembly
also renders ekklēsía (G1577), ʼăçuppâh (H627), môwshâb (H4186), miqrâʼ (H4744), ʻătsârâh (H6116), qᵉhillâh (H6952)
congregation
also renders ʼêlem (H482), chay (H2416), môwʻêd (H4150), qᵉhillâh (H6952)

Answers that weigh this word

Where it appears

56 occurrences in the Greek text.

Acts 6:9 · N-GSF
But some of those who were of the synagogue called “The Libertines”, and of the Cyrenians, of the Alexandrians, and of those of Cilicia and Asia arose, disputing with Stephen.
Acts 9:2 · N-APF
and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
Acts 9:20 · N-DPF
Immediately in the synagogues he proclaimed the Christ, that he is the Son of God.
Acts 13:5 · N-DPF
When they were at Salamis, they proclaimed God’s word in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as their attendant.
Acts 13:14 · N-ASF
But they, passing on from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia. They went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and sat down.
Acts 13:43 · N-GSF
Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.
Acts 14:1 N-ASFActs 15:21 N-DPFActs 17:1 N-NSFActs 17:10 N-ASFActs 17:17 N-DSFActs 18:4 N-DSFActs 18:7 N-DSFActs 18:19 N-ASFActs 18:26 N-DSFActs 19:8 N-ASFActs 22:19 N-APFActs 24:12 N-DPFActs 26:11 N-APFJames 2:2 N-ASFJohn 6:59 N-DSFJohn 18:20 N-DSFLuke 4:15 N-DPFLuke 4:16 N-ASFLuke 4:20 N-DSFLuke 4:28 N-DSFLuke 4:33 N-DSFLuke 4:38 N-GSFLuke 4:44 N-APFLuke 6:6 N-ASFLuke 7:5 N-ASFLuke 8:41 N-GSFLuke 11:43 N-DPFLuke 12:11 N-APFLuke 13:10 N-GPFLuke 20:46 N-DPFLuke 21:12 N-APFMatthew 4:23 N-DPFMatthew 6:2 N-DPFMatthew 6:5 N-DPFMatthew 9:35 N-DPFMatthew 10:17 N-DPFMatthew 12:9 N-ASFMatthew 13:54 N-DSFMatthew 23:6 N-DPFMatthew 23:34 N-DPFMark 1:21 N-ASFMark 1:23 N-DSFMark 1:29 N-GSFMark 1:39 N-APFMark 3:1 N-ASFMark 6:2 N-DSFMark 12:39 N-DPFMark 13:9 N-APFRevelation 2:9 N-NSFRevelation 3:9 N-GSF

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.