King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3831
Transliteration: panēgyris
Phonetic Spelling: (pan-ay'-goo-ris)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a festal assembly
Meaning: a festal assembly
πανήγυρις, πανηγυρισεως, ἡ (from πᾶς and ἄγυρις from ἀγείρω), from Herodotus and Pindar down;
Word 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 (