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Strong's #4892 - συνέδριον
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συνέδρ-ιον, τό,
council, ς. κατασκευάζειν, συνάγειν, Pl. Prt. 317d, Aeschin. 3.89; ὁμογνώμονες τοῦ ς. πάντες IG 14.952.28 (Acragas, iii B.C.); meeting, μεταπεμφθέντων εἰς κοινὸν ς. τῶν.. δεκανῶν PTeb. 27.31 (ii B.C.); of a council of war, X. HG 1.1.31, etc.; of the Areopagus, Aeschin. 1.91, Din. 1.54; τὰ ς., of the 600 together with the Areopagus, IG 22.3640; of a board of trade, D. 58.8; of the Roman Senate, Plb. 1.11.1, etc.; the Carthaginian Senate, Id. 1.31.8; the Jewish Sanhedrin, Matthew 5:22, etc. (also of local Councils attached to synagogues, ib.10.17, Mark 13:9, Cod.Just. 1.9.17); the Senate at Constantinople, Lib. Or. 20.37; τὸ σεμνότατον ς. τῆς γερουσίας, at Thasos, IG 12(8).388; τὸ ς. ς. τῶν γερόντων IGRom. 4.782 (Apamea); τὸ χωρίον ἐν ᾧ ς. ἦν αὐτῷ τῶν πολιτῶν Gal. 6.332; freq. of a congress of Allies or Confederates, Hdt. 8.56, 75, X. HG 7.1.39, D. 18.22, Aeschin. 2.70, 3.58, D.S. 16.89, etc.; τὸ ς. τῶν Ἑλλάνων IG 12(3).1259.4 (Smyrna, iv B.C.); ἁμῶν (sc. τῶν Ἀμφικτιόνων) OGI 234.17 (Delph., iii B.C.), cf. SIG 613.10 (ibid., ii B.C.); τὸ Ἑλληνικὸν ς. Plu. Arist. 19.
2. place of meeting, council-chamber, Hdt. 8.79, X. HG 2.4.23, POxy. 717.8 (i B.C.); ἐν ς. in court, Lys. 9.6; ἐνεπρήσθη τὰ ς. τῶν Πυθαγορείων Plb. 2.39.1.
συνέδριον , -ου , τό
(< σύν + ἕδρα , a seat),
[in LXX: Proverbs 11:13; Proverbs 15:22, Jeremiah 15:17 (H5475), Psalms 26:4 (H4962), Proverbs 22:10 (H1779) Proverbs 26:26 (H6951); Proverbs 24:7; Proverbs 27:22; Proverbs 31:23, 2 Maccabees 14:5, 4 Maccabees 17:17 *;]
1. a council (Plat., Xen., al.; LXX; in Papyri, σ . τ . πρεσβυτέρων , Deiss., BS, 156): of a local Jewish tribunal, Matthew 10:17, Mark 13:9.
2. The supreme ecclesiastical court of the Jews, the Sanhedrin (i.e. Talmudic סַנְהֵדְרִין = συνέδριον ): Matthew 5:22; Matthew 26:59, Mark 14:55; Mark 15:1, Luke 22:66, Acts 5:21; Acts 5:27; Acts 5:34; Acts 5:41; Acts 6:12; Acts 6:15; Acts 22:30; Acts 23:1; Acts 23:6; Acts 23:15; Acts 23:20; Acts 23:28 (WH, R, mg., om.) Acts 24:20 of a meeting of the Sanhedrin, John 11:47; of the place of meeting, Acts 4:15.†
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σωτήριος is used in the neut. as a subst. with reference to what produces σωτηρία, e.g. a sacrifice or a gift : cf. Syll 209 (= .3 391).22 (B.C. 281–0) θῦσα ]ι Σωτήρια ὑπὲρ Φιλοκλέους, ib. 649 (= .8 384).23 τεθύκασιν τὰ σω [τήρ ]ια [τα ]ῖς [θ ]εα [ῖ ]ς ὑπὲρ τῆς βουλῆς.
In the NT the word always occurs in a spiritual sense : see s.vv. σῴζω and σωτηρία.
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