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Definition: SANHEDRIM |
SANHEDRIMNoun1. The great council of the Jews, which consisted of seventy members, to whom the high priest was added. It had jurisdiction of religious matters. |
Date "SANHEDRIM" was first used: 1588. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Bible | Sanhedrim more correctly Sanhedrin (Gr. synedrion), meaning "a sitting together," or a "council." This word (rendered "council," A.V.) is frequently used in the New Testament (Matt. 5:22; 26:59; Mark 15:1, etc.) to denote the supreme judicial and administrative council of the Jews, which, it is said, was first instituted by Moses, and was composed of seventy men (Num. 11:16, 17). But that seems to have been only a temporary arrangement which Moses made. This council is with greater probability supposed to have originated among the Jews when they were under the domination of the Syrian kings in the time of the Maccabees. The name is first employed by the Jewish historian Josephus. This "council" is referred to simply as the "chief priests and elders of the people" (Matt. 26:3, 47, 57, 59; 27:1, 3, 12, 20, etc.), before whom Christ was tried on the charge of claiming to be the Messiah. Peter and John were also brought before it for promulgating heresy (Acts. 4:1-23; 5:17-41); as was also Stephen on a charge of blasphemy (6:12-15), and Paul for violating a temple by-law (22:30; 23:1-10). The Sanhedrin is said to have consisted of seventy-one members, the high priest being president. They were of three classes (1) the chief priests, or heads of the twenty-four priestly courses (1 Chr. 24), (2) the scribes, and (3) the elders. As the highest court of judicature, "in all causes and over all persons, ecclesiastical and civil, supreme," its decrees were binding, not only on the Jews in Palestine, but on all Jews wherever scattered abroad. Its jurisdiction was greatly curtailed by Herod, and afterwards by the Romans. Its usual place of meeting was within the precincts of the temple, in the hall "Gazith," but it sometimes met also in the house of the high priest (Matt. 26:3), who was assisted by two vice-presidents. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
| "The Sanhedrim long time as chief he ruled, Their reason guided, and their passion cooled. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Churchdom | Council; conclave, convocation, synod, consistory, chapter, vestry; sanhedrim, conge d'elire; ecclesiastical courts, consistorial court, court of Arches. |
Council | Senate, senatus, parliament, chamber of deputies, directory, reichsrath, rigsdag, cortes, storthing, witenagemote, junta, divan, musnud, sanhedrim; classis; Amphictyonic council; duma, house of representatives; legislative assembly, legislative council; riksdag, volksraad, witan, caput, consistory, chapter, syndicate; court of appeal; (tribunal); board of control, board of works; vestry; county council, local board. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: SANHEDRIM |
| English words defined with "SANHEDRIM": Sanhedrin. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "SANHEDRIM": Amiel ♦ Nasi ♦ Water of Jealousy ♦ Zelotes. (references) |
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| Language | Translations for "SANHEDRIM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | sinedrion, këshillë kryepleqve. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съвет (admonishment, admonition, advice, board, council, counsel, exhortation, monition, suggestion, synod), събрание (assembly, congress, convention, meeting, powwow, rally, turnout), синедрион. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anhedrimsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | supremo tribunal judeu, sinedrim, sinédrio. (various references) | |
Russian | синедрион (council). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | veće najstarijih. (various references) | |
Spanish | sanedrín (sanhedrin). (various references) | |
Ukranian | синедріон (sanhedrin). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | synedrion. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-h-i-m-n-r-s" | |
-1 letter: harmines, herdsman, misheard, semihard. | |
-2 letters: admires, airshed, damners, dashier, dirhams, haemins, handier, hardens, hardies, harmine, harmins, herdman, hernias, hinders, inarmed, maidens, marines, medians, medinas, menhirs, midrash, minders, mishear, misread, nerdish, randies, remains, remands, reminds, sandier, sardine, sedarim, seminar, shadier, shrined, sidearm, sideman. | |
-3 letters: admire, aiders, aidmen, aimers, airmen, amends, amides, amines, animes, arisen, armies, arshin, arsine, ashier, ashmen, daimen, damner, danish, dasher, deairs, denari, denars, denims, dermas, dermis, desman, dimers, dinars, diners, dirham, disarm, drains, dreams, haemin, haired, harden, harems, harmed, harmin, hemins, hermai, hernia, hiders, hinder, ihrams, inarms, inmesh, inseam, irades, madres, maiden, marine, marish, mashed, masher, mashie, median, medias, medina, menads, menhir, mesian, minder, miners, nadirs, namers, radish, rained, raised, ramens, ramies, ranids, redans, redias, remain, remand, remans, remind, resaid, rinsed, sained, sander, sandhi, semina, shader, shaird, shairn, shamed, shared, shined, shiner, shmear, shrine, snared, snider. | |
-4 letters: admen, aider, aides, aimed, aimer, aired, airns, amend, amens, amide, amids, amies, amine, amins, amirs, anime, anise, arise, armed, ashed, ashen, aside, dames, damns, dares, darns, dashi, deair, deans, dears, deash, deism, denar, denim, derma, derms, dimer, dimes, dinar, diner, dines, disme, drain, drams, dream, dries, earns, emirs, hades, haems, hairs, hames, hands, hanse, hards, hared, harem, hares, harms, heads, heard, hears, heirs, hemin, herds, herma, herms, herns, hider, hides, hinds, hired, hires, ideas, ihram, inarm, irade, madre, maids, mains, mairs, maned, manes, manse, mares, marse, marsh, maser, meads, means, media, menad, mends, mensa, miens, minae, minas, minds, mined, miner, mines, mired, mires, miser, nadir, named, namer, names, nards, nares, naris, nears, nemas, nerds, nides, raids, rains, raise, ramen, ramie, rands, ranid, ranis, rased, reads, reams, redan, redia, reins, reman, rends, resid, resin, rheas, rides, rimed, rimes, rinds, rinse, risen, sadhe, saned, saner, sarin, sedan, serai, serin, shade, shame, shard, share, sharn, shear, shend, sherd, shied, shier, shine, shire, shred, simar, sired, siren, smear, snare, snide. | |
-5 letters: ahem, aide, aids, aims, ains, airn, airs, amen, amid, amie, amin, amir, amis, ands, anes, anis, ares, arid, arms, arse, dahs, dais, dame, damn, dams, dare, darn, dash, dean, dear, deni, dens, derm, dies, dime, dims, dine, dins, dire, dish, dram, earn, ears, edhs, emir, ends, eras, erns, hade, haed, haem, haen, haes, hair, hame, hams, hand, hard, hare, harm, head, hear, heir, hems, hens, herd, herm, hern, hers, hide, hied, hies, hind, hins, hire, hisn, idea, idem, ides, ired, ires, made, mads, maes, maid, main, mair, mane, mans, mare, mars, mash, mead, mean, mend, mesa, mesh, mids, mien. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-h-i-m-n-r-s" | |
+1 letter: admonisher, hardiments, harmonised, rhodamines. | |
+2 letters: admonishers, maidenhairs, merchandise. | |
+3 letters: disharmonies, disharmonize, hydromancies, malnourished, merchandised, merchandiser, merchandises, merchandizes, misapprehend, scrimshander. | |
+4 letters: commandership, diathermanous, disharmonized, disharmonizes, hereditaments, merchandisers, merchandising, misapprehends, rhabdomancies, scrimshanders, underemphasis. | |
+5 letters: archimandrites, commanderships, disheartenment, handicraftsmen, hydromechanics, hydroxylamines, merchandisings, merchandizings, misapprehended, monosaccharide, thermodynamics, underemphasize. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 41 4E 48 45 44 52 49 4D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .- -. .... . -.. .-. .. -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01000001 01001110 01001000 01000101 01000100 01010010 01001001 01001101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S A N H E D R I M |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0041 004E 0048 0045 0044 0052 0049 004D |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)533548423938524347 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Translations: Ancient 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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