- כנסיה
- כְּנֵסִיָּהf. (preced. wds.) gathering, union. Ab. IV, 11 כל כ׳וכ׳ every union for a sacred purpose. Ex. R. s. 21; Midr. Till. to Ps. 19; ib. to Ps. 88, end כ׳ האחרונה the latest gathering (for prayers); Yalk. ib. 840 כנסת; a. e.(Num. R. s. 1 אני בונה כ׳, read: אַכְסַנְיָא, v. Tanḥ. Bmidb. 2.Pl. כְּנֵסִיּוֹת, v. next w.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.