Definition

a joint session, i.e. (specially), the Jewish Sanhedrin; by analogy, a subordinate tribunal

Etymology

neuter of a presumed derivative of a compound of G4862 (σύν) and the base of G1476 (ἑδραῖος);

Where the KJV renders it

• council

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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