συνέδριον sunedrion

Greek word for “council” · Strong’s G4892 · used 22 times in 22 verses

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Meaning

συνέδριον, -ου, τό; (σύν + ἕδρα, a seat);

How it is translated

Glosses given for sunedrion in context, with how often each is used:

• council 19
• courts 2
• sanhedrin 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Acts 23 (5), Acts 5 (4), Acts 6 (2), Matthew 5 (1), Matthew 10 (1), Matthew 26 (1), Mark 13 (1), Mark 14 (1), Mark 15 (1), Luke 22 (1)

Forms

• συνέδριον 10
• συνεδρίῳ 7
• συνεδρίου 3
• συνέδρια 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with sunedrion more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἀρχιερεύς archiereus “high-priest” 8
• κατάγω katagō “to bring down” 4
• κελεύω keleuō “to order” 3
• ἵστημι histēmi “to stand” 4
• Παῦλος Paulos “Paul” 4
• ἀκριβέστερον akribesteron “stricter” 2
• ὅπως hopōs “that” 3
• γραμματεύς grammateus “scribe” 3
• ἄγω agō “to bring” 3
• Φαρισαῖος Pharisaios “Pharisee” 3
• ὅλος holos “all” 3
• θανατόω thanatoō “to kill” 2

Key verses

The verses using sunedrion that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 5:22 — But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca,…
• Matthew 10:17 — But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
• Matthew 26:59 — Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
• Mark 13:9 — But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and…
• Mark 15:1 — And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away,…
• Luke 22:66 — And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,
• John 11:47 — Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
• Acts 5:21 — And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the…
• Acts 5:41 — And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
• Acts 6:12 — And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
• Acts 23:1 — And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
• Acts 23:6 — But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.