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ἐκκλησία

ekklēsiaassemblyHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine114 occurrences17 books111 verses

Definition

ἐκκλησία, -ας, ἡ

(ἐκ-καλέω), [in LXX chiefly for קָהָל, otherwise for one of its cogn. forms ;]

1. prop., an assembly of citizens regularly convened (in Thuc., ii, 22, opposite to σύλλογος, a concourse): Acts 19:32, 39, 41.

2. In LXX of the assembly, congregation, community of Israel (Deuteronomy 4:10; 23:2, al.): Acts 7:38, Hebrews 2:12" (LXX) .

3. NT, esp. of an assembly or company of Christians, a (the) church;

(a) of gatherings for worship: 1 Corinthians 11:18; 14:19, 34, 35;

(b) of local communities: Acts 8:3, 1 Corinthians 4:17; with name added, Acts 8:1, Romans 16:1, 1 Thessalonians 1:1, al.; pl., Acts 15:41, 1 Corinthians 7:17; τ. Χριστοῦ, Romans 16:16; τ. Ἀσίας, 1 Corinthians 16:19; τ. ἁγίων, 1 Corinthians 14:33; εἰπο]ν τ. ἐκκλησίᾳ, Matthew 18:17 (but see Hort, Ecclesia, 10); of a house-congregation (DB, i, 431a), Romans 16:5, 1 Corinthians 16:19, Colossians 4:15, Phm 2;

(with) of the whole body of Christians: Matthew 16:18, 1 Corinthians 12:28, Ephesians 1:22, Philippians 3:6, al.; τ. θεοῦ, Acts 20:28 (Κυρίου, T, R, mg.), 1 Corinthians 15:9, Galatians 1:13, 1 Timothy 3:15; ἐ. προτοτόκων ἀπογεγραμμένων ἐν οὐρανοῖς, Hebrews 12:23.

Synonyms: συναγωγή, which see (see Tr., Syn., §i; DB, i, 426; Hort, Ecclesia, esp. 4ff., 107ff.; Hamilton, People of God, ii, 37ff.; reff. s.vv. "Church," "Congregation," in DB and DCG; Cremer, 332).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἐκκλησία:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

114 total
  1. 1 Corinthians 16:1ἐκκλησίαις · churches
    Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches of Galatia:
  2. 1 Corinthians 16:19ἐκκλησίαι · churches; ἐκκλησίᾳ · church
    The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house.
  3. 2 Corinthians 1:1ἐκκλησίᾳ · church
    Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:
  4. 2 Corinthians 8:1ἐκκλησίαις · churches
    Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.
  5. 2 Corinthians 8:18ἐκκλησιῶν · churches
    Along with Titus we are sending the brother who is praised by all the churches for his work in the gospel.
  6. 2 Corinthians 8:19ἐκκλησιῶν · churches
    More than that, this brother was chosen by the churches to accompany us with the gracious offering we administer to honor the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.
  7. 2 Corinthians 8:23ἐκκλησιῶν · of [the] churches
    As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you. As for our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.
  8. 2 Corinthians 8:24ἐκκλησιῶν · churches
    In full view of the churches, then, show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our boasting about you.
  9. 2 Corinthians 11:8ἐκκλησίας · churches
    I robbed other churches by accepting their support in order to serve you.
  10. 2 Corinthians 11:28ἐκκλησιῶν · churches
    Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.
  11. 2 Corinthians 12:13ἐκκλησίας · churches
    In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
  12. Galatians 1:2ἐκκλησίαις · churches
    …and all the brothers with me, To the churches of Galatia:
  13. Galatians 1:13ἐκκλησίαν · church
    For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
  14. Galatians 1:22ἐκκλησίαις · churches
    I was personally unknown, however, to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.
  15. Ephesians 1:22ἐκκλησίᾳ · church
    And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
  16. Ephesians 3:10ἐκκλησίας · church
    His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,
  17. Ephesians 3:21ἐκκλησίᾳ · church
    …to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
  18. Ephesians 5:23ἐκκλησίας · church
    For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.
  19. Ephesians 5:24ἐκκλησία · church
    Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
  20. Ephesians 5:25ἐκκλησίαν · church
    Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
  21. Ephesians 5:27ἐκκλησίαν · church
    …and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
  22. Ephesians 5:29ἐκκλησίαν · church
    Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.
  23. Ephesians 5:32ἐκκλησίαν · church
    This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
  24. Philippians 3:6ἐκκλησίαν · church
    …as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.
  25. Philippians 4:15ἐκκλησία · church
    And as you Philippians know, in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church but you partnered with me in the matter of giving and receiving.
  26. Colossians 1:18ἐκκλησίας · church
    And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.
  27. Colossians 1:24ἐκκλησία · church
    Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
  28. Colossians 4:15ἐκκλησίαν · church
    Greet the brothers in Laodicea, as well as Nympha and the church that meets at her house.
  29. Colossians 4:16ἐκκλησίᾳ · church
    After this letter has been read among you, make sure that it is also read in the church of the Laodiceans, and that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea.
  30. 1 Thessalonians 1:1ἐκκλησίᾳ · church
    Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you.
  31. 1 Thessalonians 2:14ἐκκλησιῶν · churches
    For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,
  32. 2 Thessalonians 1:1ἐκκλησίᾳ · church
    Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
  33. 2 Thessalonians 1:4ἐκκλησίαις · churches
    That is why we boast among God’s churches about your perseverance and faith in the face of all the persecution and affliction you are enduring.
  34. 1 Timothy 3:5ἐκκλησίας · [the] church
    For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?
  35. 1 Timothy 3:15ἐκκλησία · [the] church
    …in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
  36. 1 Timothy 5:16ἐκκλησία · church
    If any believing woman has dependent widows, she must assist them and not allow the church to be burdened, so that it can help the widows who are truly in need.
  37. Philemon 1:2ἐκκλησίᾳ · church
    …to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets at your house:
  38. Hebrews 2:12ἐκκλησίας · [the] assembly
    He says: “I will proclaim Your name to My brothers; I will sing Your praises in the assembly.”
  39. Hebrews 12:23ἐκκλησίᾳ · [to the] congregation
    …in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
  40. James 5:14ἐκκλησίας · church
    Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
  41. 3 John 1:6ἐκκλησίας · [the] church
    They have testified to the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.
  42. 3 John 1:9ἐκκλησίᾳ · church
    I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.
  43. 3 John 1:10ἐκκλησίας · church
    So if I come, I will call attention to his malicious slander against us. And unsatisfied with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers and forbids those who want to do so, even putting them out of the church.
  44. Revelation 1:4ἐκκλησίαις · churches
    John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven spirits before His throne,
  45. Revelation 1:11ἐκκλησίαις · churches
    …saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
  46. Revelation 1:20ἐκκλησιῶν · churches; ἐκκλησίαι · churches
    This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
  47. Revelation 2:1ἐκκλησίας · church
    “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.
  48. Revelation 2:7ἐκκλησίαις · churches
    He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.