ΣΥΝΑΓΩΓΉ: συν-αγωγή, -ῆς, ἡ [ [in LXX chiefly for עֵדָה, also for קהל, 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.): Re 2:9 3:9; esp. of a Jewish religious assembly, a synagogue: Lk 12:11, Ac 9:2, al.; of a Christian assembly, Ja 2:2. By meton., of the building in which the assembly is held, a synagogue: Mt 10:17, Mk 1:21, al. (cf. Cremer, s.v. ἐκκλησία) SYN.: ἐκκλησία (q.v.)