συνέδριον, συνεδρίου, τό (σύν and ἕδρα; hence, properly, 'a sitting together'), in Greek authors from Herodotus down, any assembly (especially of magistrates, judges, ambassadors), whether convened to deliberate or to pass judgment; Vulg.concilium; in the Scriptures 1. any session or assembly of persons deliberating or adjudicating (Pro_22:10; Psa_25:4 (); Jer_15:17; 2Ma_14:5; 4Ma_17:17): συνήγαγον συνέδριον (A. V. "gathered a council]"], Joh_11:47. 2. specifically, a. the Sanhedrin, the great council at Jerusalem (Talmud, ρΗπΐδΕγΐψΔιο), consisting of seventy-one members, viz. scribes (see γραμματεύς, 2), elders, prominent members of the high priestly families (hence, called ἀρχιερεῖς; see ἀρχειρευς, 2), and the high priest, the president of the body. The fullest periphrasis for Sanhedrin is found in Mat_26:3 R G; Mar_14:43; Mar_14:53 (viz. οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καί οἱ γραμματεῖς καί οἱ πρεσβύτεροι). The more important causes were brought before this tribunal, inasmuch as the Roman rulers of Judaea had left to it the power of trying such cases, and also of pronouncing sentence of death, with the limitation that a capital sentence pronounced by the Sanhedrin was not valid unless it were confirmed by the Roman procurator (cf. Joh_18:31; Josephus, Antiquities 20, 9, 1). The Jews trace the origin of the Sanhedrin to Num_11:16 f. The Sanhedrin (A. V. council) is mentioned in Mat_5:22; Mat_26:59; Mar_14:55; Mar_15:1; Luk_22:66;. Act_4:15; Act_5:21; Act_5:27; Act_5:34; Act_5:41; Act_6:12; Act_6:15; Act_22:30; Act_23:1; Act_23:6; Act_23:15; Act_23:20; Act_23:28; Act_24:20; used ((as in classical Greek)) of the place of meeting in Act_4:15. b. the smaller tribunal or council (so A. V.) which every Jewish town had for the decision of the less important cases (see κρίσις, 4): Mat_10:17; Mar_13:9. Cf. Winers RWB under the word Synedrium; Leyrer in Herzog edition 1 under the word Synedrium (Strack in edition 2); Schürer, Neutest. Zeitgesch. 2te Aufl. § 23, II., III. (and in Riehm, p. 1595ff); Holtzmann in Schenkel see, p. 446ff; (BB. DD., under the word (especially Ginsburg in Alex.'s Kitto); Hamburger, Real-Encycl. ii, pp. 1147 -1155; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, ii. 553ff; Farrar, Life of Christ, Excurs. xiii.).

συνέδριον synedrion 22x pr. a sitting together, assembly, etc., in NT the Sanhedrin, the supreme council of the Jewish nation, Mat_5:22 ; Mat_26:59 ; meton. the Sanhedrin, as including the members and place of meeting, Luk_22:66 ; Act_4:15 ; genr. a judicial council, tribunal, Mat_10:17 ; Mar_13:9 council; Sanhedrin.

συνέδριον , -ου , τό ( < σύν + ἕδρα , a seat ), [in LXX : Pro_11:13 ; Pro_15:22 , Jer_15:17 ( H5475 ), Psa_26:4 ( H4962 ), Pro_22:10 ( H1779 ) Pro_26:26 ( H6951 ); Pro_24:7 ; Pro_27:22 ; Pro_31:23 , 2Ma_14:5 , 4Ma_17:17 * ;] 1. a council ( Plat ., Xen ., al. ; LXX ; in Papyri, σ . τ . πρεσβυτέρων , Deiss., BS , 156): of a local Jewish tribunal, Mat_10:17 , Mar_13:9 . 2. The supreme ecclesiastical court of the Jews, the Sanhedrin ( i.e . Talmudic ρΗπΐδΕγΐψΔιο = συνέδριον ): Mat_5:22 ; Mat_26:59 , Mar_14:55 ; Mar_15:1 , Luk_22:66 , Act_5:21 ; Act_5:27 ; Act_5:34 ; Act_5:41 ; Act_6:12 ; Act_6:15 ; Act_22:30 ; Act_23:1 ; Act_23:6 ; Act_23:15 ; Act_23:20 ; Act_23:28 ( WH , R , mg ., om .) Act_24:20 of a meeting of the Sanhedrin, Joh_11:47 ; of the place of meeting, Act_4:15 .†

συνέδριον [page 604] συνέδριον is used in late Greek to denote a council or assembly of any kind, though generally of a representative character. In the papyri the occurrences of the word are comparatively rare, but see P Par 15 .22 (a judicial process B.C. 120) παραγγελέντος αὐτοῖς ἔρχεσθαι εἰς τὸ συνέδριον , P Tebt I. 27 .31 (B.C. 113) (= Chrest . I. p. 388 ) δι᾽ ὧν ἐδηλο̣υ̣̑το ἀναγκαῖον εἶναι μεταπεμφθέντων εἰς κοινὸν συνέδριον τῶν κατὰ κώμην δεκ̣α̣νῶν τῶν φ [υ ]λακιτῶν , in which it was stated to be necessary that the decani of the police in the villages should be summoned to a general meeting (Edd.), CP Herm I. 7 ii. 6 (iii/A.D.) ἐπεὶ ᾑρέθημεν ἐν τῷ συνεδρίῳ ἀκολ (ούθως ) τοῖς ὑπομνημ (ατισθεῖσι ) ἐπὶ τῆ [ς κ ]ρατίστης βουλῆς κτλ ., ib . 52 i. 20 (iii/A.D.) πρὸς τὰ θεῖ [α ] εὐσέβε [ιαν ] ἐπινεύσειν τῇ δεήσει τοῦ κοινοῦ ἡμῶν συνεδρίου , ib . 52 ii. 9 (iii/A.D.) δόξα ]ν̣ τῷ κοινῷ συνεδρίῳ ἐπὶ [τοῦ κρ ]ατίστου δουκηναρίου , OGIS 222 .27 (B.C. 266 1) ὅπως κατὰ τὸ δόγμα τ ]οῦ συνεδρίου βουλεύσωνται [περὶ τῆς τοῦ ἱερον οἰκοδομ ]ῆς κτλ . a decree of the Ionian States regarding the celebration of the birthday of Antiochus I. Soter, and CIG II. 3417 (Imperial period) where the συνέδριον τῶν πρεσβυτέρων is previously named γερουσία : see Deissmann BS p. 156, and cf. Hicks CR i. p. 44, at Ephesus and elsewhere it is abundantly certain that οἱ πρεσβύτεροι and τὸ συνέδριον were convertible terms with γερουσία . As showing the variety of applications of the word see the long list of exx, in Syll .3 Index, and the data in Schόrer Geschichte .3 ii. p. 193ff. (= HJP II. i. p. 169f. note 461). In the NT the word is applied to Jewish local courts of justice attached to the Synagogue ( Mat_10:17 , Mar_13:9 ), and hence to the great Council at Jerusalem, the Sanhedrin ( Mat_5:22 , al .). See also Burkitt Syriac Forms , p. 23.

συνέδριον συνέδριον, ου, τό, "a body of men assembled in council, a council-board, council", Xen. , etc.; of the Roman "Senate", Polyb. ; the Jewish "Sanhedrim", NTest. :—esp. of "a congress" of Allies or Confederates, Hdt. , Dem. , etc. "a council-chamber", Hdt. , Xen. [Etym: from σύνεδρος]

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)