'Synagogue' is Greek for 'a bringing together' — from 'syn-' + 'agein' (to lead). A house of assembly.
A Jewish house of worship and communal assembly.
From Ancient Greek 'συναγωγή' (sunagōgḗ), meaning 'a bringing together, an assembly,' from 'σύν' (sun, together) and 'ἄγειν' (agein, to lead, to bring). The Greek word was used in the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, 3rd century BCE) to translate Hebrew 'בֵּית כְּנֶסֶת' (beit knesset, house of assembly). The word entered Latin as 'synagōga,' then passed through Old
The word 'synagogue' and the Israeli parliament name 'Knesset' mean exactly the same thing — assembly — in different languages. Greek 'sunagōgḗ' (a bringing together) translated Hebrew 'beit knesset' (house of assembly). The '-gogue' ending comes from Greek 'agein' (to lead), the same root that gives