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)

a bringing together; a gathering in; a collection; a collecting, assembling; an assembly; a synagogue