Lexical Summary panēgyris: a festal assembly Original Word: πανήγυριςTransliteration: panēgyris Phonetic Spelling: (pan-ay'-goo-ris) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a festal assembly Meaning: a festal assembly Strong's Concordance general assembly. From pas and a derivative of agora; a mass-meeting, i.e. (figuratively) universal companionship -- general assembly. see GREEK pas see GREEK agora Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3831: πανήγυριςπανήγυρις, πανηγυρισεως, ἡ (from πᾶς and ἄγυρις from ἀγείρω), from Herodotus and Pindar down; a. a festal gathering of the whole people to celebrate public games or other solemnities. b. universally, a public festal assembly ; so in Hebrews 12:22(23) where the word is to be connected with ἀγγέλων (so G L Tr (Tdf.); yet see the commentaries). (The Sept. for מועֵד, Ezekiel 46:11; Hosea 2:11 ( |
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