synagog

English

Alternative forms

• synagogue

Etymology

Old French synagoge, from Ancient Greek συναγωγή (sunagōgē, “assembly, gathering”), from συνάγω (sunagō, “I gather together”), from σύν (sun, “with, together”) + ἄγω (agō, “I lead”)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈsɪ.nəˌɡɑɡ/

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Noun

synagog (plural synagogs)

1. A place where Jews meet for worship.

   • 2009, Jonathan L. Friedmann, Music in Jewish Thought: Selected Writings, 1890-1920^[1], McFarland, ISBN 9780786444397, page 59:

     The musical traditions of the synagog are closely allied to the unique experiences of the Jewish people.

2. A congregation of Jews for the purpose of worship or religious study.

Derived terms

• synagogal
• synagogical

Related terms

• analog
• demagog
• pedagog

Translations

place

• Arabic: كنيس (ar) (kaniis) m, بيعة (ar) (náy3a) f
• Belarusian: сінагога (be) (sinahóha) f
• Bulgarian: синагога (bg) (sinagóga) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 猶太教堂 (cmn), 犹太教堂 (cmn) (Yóutài jiàotáng), 猶太會堂 (cmn), 犹太会堂 (cmn) (Yóutài huìtáng)

• Czech: synagoga (cs) f
• Danish: synagoge (da) c
• Faroese: synagoga (fo) f
• Finnish: synagoga (fi)
• French: synagogue (fr) f
• Galician: sinagoga (gl) f
• Georgian: სინაგოგა (ka) (sinagoga)
• German: Synagoge (de) f
• Greek: συναγωγή (el) (synagogí) f
• Hebrew: בֵּית־כְּנֶסֶת (he) (beit-k'néset) m, אסנוגה (he) (esnoga)
• Hindi: आराधनालय (hi) (ārādhnālay), सिनेगग (hi) (sinegag)
• Hungarian: zsinagóga (hu)
• Icelandic: samkunduhús (is) n, sýnagóga (is) f
• Japanese: シナゴーグ (ja) (shinagōgu)
• Korean: 시나고그 (ko) (sinagogeu)

• Macedonian: синагога (mk) (sinagóga) f
• Malay: (obsolete) kanisah (ms)
• Persian: کنیسه (fa) (kanise), کنیسای (fa), کنشت (fa)
• Polish: synagoga (pl) f, bożnica (pl) f
• Portuguese: sinagoga (pt) f
• Romanian: sinagogă (ro) f
• Russian: синагога (ru) (sinagóga) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: синагога (sh) f

  Roman: sinagoga (sh) f

• Slovak: synagóga (sk) f
• Slovene: sinagoga (sl) f
• Spanish: sinagoga (es) f
• Swedish: synagoga (sv) c
• Thai: สุเหร่ายิว (th) (sùrào yiw)
• Turkish: sinagog (tr)
• Ukrainian: синагога (uk) (synahóha) f
• Vietnamese: giáo đường Do thái (vi)
• Volapük: sünagog (vo), (older term) sinagöp (vo)

congregation

• Finnish: juutalainen (fi) seurakunta (fi)
• Macedonian: синагога (mk) (sinagóga) f

• Russian: синагога (ru) (sinagóga) f
• Spanish: sinagoga (es) f

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• Mandarin: 犹太教堂 (yóu tài jiào táng) (1)
• Dutch: synagoge (1)
• German: Synagoge f (1,2)
• Greek: συναγωγή (el) (synagoge) f
• Hebrew: בית כנסת (bet kneset) m

• Italian: sinagoga (it) f (1,2)
• Maltese: sinagoga (mt)

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Polish

Noun

synagog

1. genitive plural of synagoga