συναγωγή

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.): Åb 2,9; 3,9; esp. of a Jewish religious assembly, a synagogue: Luk 12,11, ApG 9,2, al.; of a Christian assembly, Jak 2,2, By meton., of the building in which the assembly is held, a synagogue: Matt 10,17, Mark 1,21, al. (cf. Cremer, see word ἐκκλησία)

SYN.: ἐκκλησία (which see)