1. synagogue, place of Jewish assembly — A building or gathering place where Jews assemble for worship, prayer, and reading of Scripture; used throughout the Gospels and Acts for the local houses of worship where Jesus and the apostles taught. Singular and plural forms represent the same core referent. Cross-linguistic evidence is remarkably uniform: Spanish 'sinagoga/sinagogas', Hindi 'आराधनालय' (house of worship) and 'सभागृह' (assembly hall), Arabic 'مَجمَع/مَجَامِع' (gathering place), Korean '회당' (assembly hall), Swahili 'sinagogi/masinagogi' — all consistently denoting a Jewish worship assembly place. The Hindi gloss 'सभागृह' (assembly house) highlights the communal gathering aspect rather than purely religious function. 56×
AR["المَجْمَعِ","الْمَجْمَعِ","مَجمَعٌ","مَجمَعَ","مَجمَعِ","مَجمَعِهِم","مَجْمَعٍ","مَجْمَعِ","مَجْمَعِهِمْ"]·ben["সমাজ-গৃহে","সমাজগৃহ","সমাজগৃহে","সমাজগৃহের"]·DE["Synagoge"]·EN["synagogue"]·FR["synagogue"]·heb["בֵּית-הַכְּנֵסֶת","בֵּית-הַכְּנֶסֶת","בֵּית-כְּנֵסֶת","בֵּית-כְּנֶסֶת","בֵּית־כְּנֶסֶת"]·HI["अअरधनलय-मेइन","आराधनालय","आराधनालय,","उनके","सभागृह"]·ID["itu","rumah-ibadat","sinagoga","sinagoge"]·IT["sinagoga"]·jav["papan-pangibadah","papan-pangibadah,","papan-pangibadah;","sinagoge","sinagogé","sinagogé,"]·KO["회당","회당-에","회당-에서","회당-의","회당에","회당에서","회당에서;","회당을","회당이"]·PT["sinagoga"]·RU["синагога","синагоге","синагоге,","синагоги","синагоги,","синагогу","синагогу,"]·ES["-sinagoga","sinagoga"]·SW["sinagogi"]·TR["havra","havrada","havradan","havralarına","havranın","havrasında","havraya","havrayı"]·urd["خود","عبادت-خانہ","عبادت-خانے","عبادت-خانے-","عبادت-گاہ-میں","عبادتخانے"]
Matt 4:23, Matt 6:2, Matt 6:5, Matt 9:35, Matt 10:17, Matt 12:9, Matt 13:54, Matt 23:6, Matt 23:34, Mark 1:23, Mark 1:29, Mark 1:39 (+38 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
συνᾰγωγ-ή, ἡ, 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…