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Sunedrion

soon-ed'-ree-on
Parts of Speech Noun Neuter

Sunedrion Definition

NAS Word Usage - Total: 22
  1. any assembly (esp. of magistrates, judges, ambassadors), whether convened to deliberate or pass judgment
  2. any session or assembly or people deliberating or adjudicating
    1. the Sanhedrin, the great council at Jerusalem, consisting of the seventy one members, viz. scribes, elders, prominent members of the high priestly families and the high priest, the president of the assembly. The most 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 was confirmed by the Roman procurator.
    2. a smaller tribunal or council which every Jewish town had for the decision of less important cases.
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
sunedrion
Origin
from a presumed derivative of a compound of (4862) and the base of (1476)
Strong's Number
4892
TDNT Entry
7:860,1115

NAS Word Usage

council
19
courts
2
supreme court
1
Total
22

NAS Verse Count

3
3
1
1
14
Total
22
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Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Sunedrion". "The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon". . 1999. . 1999.