Lexical Summary aposynagōgos: expelled from the congregation Original Word: ἀποσυνάγωγοςTransliteration: aposynagōgos Phonetic Spelling: (ap-os-oon-ag'-o-gos) Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: expelled from the congregation Meaning: expelled from the congregation Strong's Concordance put out of the synagogues. From apo and sunagoge; excommunicated -- (put) out of the synagogue(-s). see GREEK apo see GREEK sunagoge Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 656: ἀποσυνάγωγοςἀποσυνάγωγος, ἀποσυναγωγον (συναγωγή, which see), excluded from the sacred assemblies of the Israelites; excommunicated, (A. V. put out of the synagogue): John 9:22; John 12:42; John 16:2. Whether it denotes also exclusion from all contact with Israelites (2 Esdr. 10:8), must apparently be left in doubt; cf. Winers (or Riehm) RWB under the word Bann; Wieseler on Galatians 1:8, p. 45ff (reproduced by Prof. Riddle in Schaff's Lange's Romans, pp. 304-306; cf. B. D. under the word |