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Strong's #4864 - συναγωγή
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συνᾰγωγ-ή, ἡ,
a bringing together:
I of persons, ἀνδρὸς καὶ γυναικός Pl. Tht. 150a; collecting, ὄχλων, ἀνδρῶν, etc., Plb. 4.7.6, D.L. 2.129, etc.; συμποσίου Ath. 5.192b; assembling, meeting, τῶν λογιστῶν IG 12.91.9, cf. Test.Epict. 4.7.
2. assembly, LXX Exodus 12:3, OGI 737.1 (Egypt, ii B.C.), etc.; τῶν συνέδρων IG 5(1).1390.49 (Andania, i B.C.), cf. Test.Epict. 4.25; place of assembly, esp. of the Jewish synagogue, Luke 8:41, Acts 9:2, BCH 56.293 (Stobi), etc.; meeting-house, Μαρκιωνιστῶν OGI 608.1 (Syria, iv A.D.); conventicle, Cod.Just. 1.5.18.3.
II of things, ς. [τῶν ἐκπεπταμένων ] Hp. Off. 11, cf. Epicur. Nat. 14.4, etc.; opp. διαιρέσεις, Pl. Phdr. 266b; ς. πολέμου levying of war, Th. 2.18; gathering in of harvest, τοῦ σίτου PCair.Zen. 433.5 (iii B.C.), Plb. 1.17.9, etc.; Χρημάτων Democr. 222, SIG 410.14 (Erythrae, iii B.C.), Plb. 27.12.2, cf. Phld. Oec. p.51 J.; ὑδάτων LXX Genesis 1:9 (pl.), cf. Leviticus 11:36; πύου Heras ap. Gal. 13.815 (pl.); ξύλων PMich.Zen. 84.15 (iii B.C.); harvest, ἑορτὴ συναγωγῆς LXX Exodus 34:22.
2. drawing together, contracting, συναγωγὰς καὶ ἐκτάσεις στρατιᾶς forming an army in column or in line, Pl. R. 526d; contraction of ranks either in front or depth, Arr. Tact. 11.3; αἱ τοῦ προσώπου ς. pursing up or wrinkling of the face, Isoc. 9.44; μετώπου Hp. Coac. 210; bringing together, closing up of a wound, Gal. 10.191; ς. τῶν μηρῶν Sor. 2.41; τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν Arist. Pr. 876b10; opp. διαστολή, Id. Ph. 217b15; ς. ἔχειν, ς. λαμβάνειν, = συνάγεσθαι, Thphr. HP 3.10.5, PCair.Zen. 54.6 (iii B.C.), Str. 8.2.3, cf. 12.2.4.
3. collection, τῶν νόμων καὶ τῶν πολιτειῶν Arist. EN 1181b7 (pl.); of writings, D.H. 2.27, Cic. Att. 9.13.3, 16.5.5, Herod.Med. in Rh.Mus. 58.114, Gal. 12.836, Orib. 1 Prooem. 2.
4. combination, [ πολιτειῶν ] Arist. Pol. 1316b40.
5. conclusion, inference, Id. Rh. 1400b26, 1410a22, Gal. 16.676, S.E. P. 2.143, 170; cogent reasoning, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.89; demonstration, Phld. Rh. 1.91 S.
συν -αγωγή , -ῆς , ἡ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H5712, also for H6951, 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.): Revelation 2:9; Revelation 3:9; esp. of a Jewish religious assembly, a synagogue: Luke 12:11, Acts 9:2, al.; of a Christian assembly, James 2:2. By meton., of the building in which the assembly is held, a synagogue: Matthew 10:17, Mark 1:21, al. (cf. Cremer, s.v. ἐκκλησία ).
SYN.: ἐκκλησία G1577 (q.v.).
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On συνσχηματίζεσθε in Romans 12:2 = ";be ye outwardly conformed"; as contrasted with μεταμορφοῦσθε, ";be ye inwardly conformed,"; see Field Notes, p. 162.
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