🕍 Synagogue
🕍 Emoji meaning
Prayer, Judaism, Israel, congregation, and place of assembly.
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🕍 Meaning
The building with the Star of David is a synagogue: a place of assembly and common Jewish worship service. Most important institution in Judaism. The emoji is used in the context of religion and Israel.
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Commonly confused with
Same Shape
Mosque vs synagogue; both domed religious buildings used broadly for worship contexts.
Synagogue vs Kaaba; both square religious structures, specific religion may not be recognized by all users.
Star of David vs synagogue; symbol vs building, both indicate Judaism.
Menorah vs synagogue; religious Jewish candelabrum vs building, both for Jewish holidays.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Synagogue” was approved as part of Unicode 8.0 in 2015 and added to Emoji 1.0 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
Keywords added
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
Keywords added
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
Keywords added
In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.
Keywords removed
