Dictionary entry

πανήγυρις

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

πανήγυρις, -εως, ἡ

(< πᾶς + ἄγυρας = ἀγορά), [in LXX: Ho 2:11 (13) 9:5, Ez 46:11 (מוֹעֵד), Am 5:21 (עֲצָרָה)*;]

prop., a national festal assembly in honour of a god; hence, generally, any festal assembly: He 12:23 (for exx. in π., v. MM, xviii).†

SYN.: ἐκκλησία (q.v.), συναγωγή.