Lexicon panéguris: a festal assembly Original Word: πανήγυρις, εως, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: panéguris Phonetic Spelling: (pan-ay'-goo-ris) Short Definition: a festival assembly Definition: a festival assembly. HELPS word-Studies 3831 panḗgyris (from 3956 /pás, "all" and 58 /agorá, "the public square, meeting place") – properly, an assembly-place where people met for a common purpose, especially to celebrate (commemorate) or be festive (BAGD). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom pas and a derivation of agoraDefinitiona festal assembly NASB Translationgeneral assembly (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3831: πανήγυριςπανήγυρις, πανηγυρισεως, ἡ (from πᾶς and ἄγυρις from ἀγείρω), from Herodotus and Pindar down; a. a festal gathering of the whole people to celebrate public games or other solemnities. b. universally, a public festal assembly ; so in Hebrews 12:22(23) where the word is to be connected with ἀγγέλων (so G L Tr (Tdf.); yet see the commentaries). (The Sept. for מועֵד, Ezekiel 46:11; Hosea 2:11 (); ; עֲצָרָה, Amos 5:21.) (Cf. Trench, § i.)
Strong's general assembly. From pas and a derivative of agora; a mass-meeting, i.e. (figuratively) universal companionship -- general assembly. see GREEK pas see GREEK agora |
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