council

Greek Noun Neuter

συνέδριον, -ου, τό (σύν + ἕδρα, a seat) [in LXX: Pro.11:13 15:22, Jer.15:17 (סוֹד), Psa.26:4 (מַת), Pro.22:10 (דִּין) Pro.26:26 (קָהָל); Pro.24:7 27:22 31:23, 2Ma.14:5, 4Ma.17:17 *;] 1) a council (Plat, Xen, al; LXX; in π, σ. τ. πρεσβυτέρων, Deiss, BS, 156): of a local Jewish tribunal, Mat.10:17, Mrk.13:9. 2) The supreme ecclesiastical court of the Jews, the Sanhedrin (i.e. Talmudic סַנְהֵדְרִין = συνέδριον): Mat.5:22 26:59, Mrk.14:55 15:1, Luk.22:66, Act.5:21, 27 5:34, 41 6:12, 15 22:30 23:1, 6 23:15, 20 23:28 (WH, R, mg, om.) Act.24:20 of a meeting of the Sanhedrin, Jhn.11:47; of the place of meeting, Act.4:15. (AS)

council

Greek Noun Neuter

συνέδρ-ιον, τό, council, σ. κατασκευάζειν, συνάγειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; meeting, μεταπεμφθέντων εἰς κοινὸν σ. τῶν. δεκανῶν [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; of a council of war, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the Areopagus, [Refs 4th c.BC+] together with the Areopagus, [Refs]; of a board of trade, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the Roman [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; the Jewish Sanhedrin, [NT+4th c.AD+]; τὸ σεμνότατον σ. τῆς γερουσίας, at Thasos, [Refs]; τὸ χωρίον ἐν ᾧ σ. ἦν αὐτῷ τῶν πολιτῶν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; frequently of a congress of Allies or Confederates, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁμῶν (i.e. τῶν Ἀμφικτιόνων) [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τὸ Ἑλληνικὸν σ. [Refs 1st c.AD+] 2) place of meeting, council-chamber, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν σ. in court, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Neuter

a joint session, i.e. (specially), the Jewish Sanhedrin; by analogy, a subordinate tribunal; council; neuter of a presumed derivative of a compound of g4862 (σύν) and the base of g1476 (ἑδραῖος)