συν-αγωγή, -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for עֵדָה, also for קָהָל, etc;] prop, a bringing together; 1) of things, (a)
a gathering in of harvest; (b) a collection of money. 2)
Of persons, (a)
a collecting, assembling (Polyb.); (b)
an assembly (MM, xxiv; Deiss,
LAE, 101 ff.): Rev.2:9 3:9; esp. of a Jewish religious assembly,
a synagogue: Luk.12:11, Act.9:2, al; of a Christian assembly, Jas.2:2. By meton, of the building in which the assembly is held,
a synagogue: Mat.10:17, Mrk.1:21, al. (cf. Cremer, see word ἐκκλησία)
SYN.: ἐκκλησία (which see) (
AS)