كنيس

Concepts

synagogue

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church

⛪

temple

Synonyms

البيعة

Translations

συναγωγή

synagogue

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sinagoga

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sinagoga

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sinagoga

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sinagòga

synagoge

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Synagoge

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synagoga

sinagoga

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sinagog

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kinîşt

tabernacle

τσαντήρι

Etymology

From the root ك ن س (k n s), meaning to sweep together, to congregate. Compare the Hebrew root כ־נ־ס (k-n-s), hence Hebrew כְּנֶסֶת (knéset). But apparently the Arabic sense of synagogue is a semantic loan from Aramaic כְּנִישְׁתָּא (kənīštā), כְּנִישָׁא (kənīšā) from the root כ־נ־שׁ (k-n-š).