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aposynagōgos

put out of the synagogue

Say it: ap-os-oon-AG-o-gos (approximate)

ἀποσυνάγωγος

What it means

"Away from the synagogue." It appears only in John (9:22, 12:42, 16:2): people who confess Jesus as the Christ are, or will be, expelled from the synagogue. The word reflects the pain of John's community, who lost their place in the Jewish community. How formal and how widespread the expulsion was is debated.

Open question Debated

How formal and widespread expulsion from the synagogue was, and whether it belongs to Jesus' day or to John's, is debated.

Range of meaning

  • ExcludedBarred from the synagogue.

In John

  • Chapter 9

    "He would be put out of the synagogue" (9:22).

  • Chapter 12

    "So that they wouldn't be put out of the synagogue" (12:42).

  • Chapter 16

    "They will put you out of the synagogues" (16:2).

Every verse (3)

Verses where G0656 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources