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ἐκκλησία

ekklēsiaG1577

assembly

Used 114 times in the tagged text.

What it means

  • prop., an assembly of citizens regularly convened
  • In LXX of the assembly, congregation, community of Israel
  • NT, esp. of an assembly or company of Christians, a
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • 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): Act.19:32, 39 41.
  • 2. In LXX of the assembly, congregation, community of Israel (Deu.4:10 23:2, al.): Act.7:38, Heb.2:12" (LXX) .
  • 3. NT, esp. of an assembly or company of Christians, a (the) church;
  • (a) of gatherings for worship: 1Co.11:18 14:19, 34 35;
  • (b) of local communities: Act.8:3, 1Co.4:17; with name added, Act.8:1, Rom.16:1, 1Th.1:1, al.; pl., Act.15:41, 1Co.7:17; τ. Χριστοῦ, Rom.16:16; τ. Ἀσίας, 1Co.16:19; τ. ἁγίων, 1Co.14:33; εἰπο]ν τ. ἐκκλησίᾳ, Mat.18:17 (but see Hort, Ecclesia, 10); of a house-congregation (DB, i, 431a), Rom.16:5, 1Co.16:19, Col.4:15, Phm 2;
  • (with) of the whole body of Christians: Mat.16:18, 1Co.12:28, Eph.1:22, Php.3:6, al.; τ. θεοῦ, Act.20:28 (Κυρίου, T, R, mg.), 1Co.15:9, Gal.1:13, 1Ti.3:15; ἐ. προτοτόκων ἀπογεγραμμένων ἐν οὐρανοῖς, Heb.12:23.
  • SYN.: 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). (AS)

Same idea, other words · Assembly and church

Ekklesia, 'church', was already the Greek Old Testament's word for Israel's assembly, so the New Testament church is described in the language of God's called-together people.

Where it appears

  • Matthew3
  • Acts23
  • Romans5
  • 1 Corinthians22
  • 2 Corinthians9
  • Galatians3
  • Ephesians9
  • Philippians2
  • Colossians4
  • 1 Thessalonians2
  • 2 Thessalonians2
  • 1 Timothy3
  • Philemon1
  • Hebrews2
  • James1
  • 3 John3
  • Revelation20

Every use · 51–100 of 114 · BSB

  1. 1 Corinthians 16:1ἐκκλησίαιςchurches

    Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches of Galatia:

  2. 1 Corinthians 16:19ἐκκλησίαιchurches

    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. 1 Corinthians 16:19ἐκκλησίᾳ.¶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.

  4. 2 Corinthians 1:1ἐκκλησίᾳchurch

    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:

  5. 2 Corinthians 8:1ἐκκλησίαιςchurches

    Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.

  6. 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.

  7. 2 Corinthians 8:19ἐκκλησιῶνchurches

    More than that, this brother was chosen by the churches to accompany us with the offering—the gracious gift we administer to honor the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.

  8. 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, to the glory of Christ.

  9. 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.

  10. 2 Corinthians 11:8ἐκκλησίαςchurches

    I robbed other churches by accepting their support in order to serve you.

  11. 2 Corinthians 11:28ἐκκλησιῶν.churches.

    Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.

  12. 2 Corinthians 12:13ἐκκλησίας,[of the] churches,

    In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!

  13. Galatians 1:2ἐκκλησίαιςchurches

    and all the brothers with me, To the churches of Galatia:

  14. Galatians 1:13ἐκκλησίανchurch

    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.

  15. Galatians 1:22ἐκκλησίαιςchurches

    I was personally unknown, however, to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.

  16. Ephesians 1:22ἐκκλησίᾳchurch

    And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,

  17. Ephesians 3:10ἐκκλησίαςchurch

    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,

  18. Ephesians 3:21ἐκκλησίᾳchurch

    to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

  19. 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.

  20. Ephesians 5:24ἐκκλησίαchurch

    Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

  21. Ephesians 5:25ἐκκλησίανchurch

    Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

  22. Ephesians 5:27ἐκκλησίανchurch

    and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

  23. Ephesians 5:29ἐκκλησίαν,church,

    Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.

  24. Ephesians 5:32ἐκκλησίαν.church.

    This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.

  25. Philippians 3:6ἐκκλησίαν,church,

    as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.

  26. Philippians 4:15ἐκκλησίαchurch

    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.

  27. 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.

  28. 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.

  29. Colossians 4:15ἐκκλησίαν.church.

    Greet the brothers in Laodicea, as well as Nympha and the church that meets at her house.

  30. Colossians 4:16ἐκκλησίᾳchurch

    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.

  31. 1 Thessalonians 1:1ἐκκλησίᾳchurch

    Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you.

  32. 1 Thessalonians 2:14ἐκκλησιῶνchurches

    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,

  33. 2 Thessalonians 1:1ἐκκλησίᾳchurch

    Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

  34. 2 Thessalonians 1:4ἐκκλησίαιςchurches

    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.

  35. 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?

  36. 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.

  37. 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.

  38. Philemon 1:2ἐκκλησίᾳ·church:

    to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets at your house:

  39. Hebrews 2:12ἐκκλησίαςof [the] congregation

    He says: “I will proclaim Your name to My brothers; I will sing Your praises in the assembly.”

  40. Hebrews 12:23ἐκκλησίᾳto [the] church

    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,

  41. James 5:14ἐκκλησίαςchurch

    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.

  42. 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.

  43. 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.

  44. 3 John 1:10ἐκκλησίαςchurch

    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.

  45. Revelation 1:4ἐκκλησίαιςchurches

    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,

  46. Revelation 1:11ἐκκλησίαιςchurches

    saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

  47. Revelation 1:20ἐκκλησιῶνchurches

    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.

  48. Revelation 1:20ἐκκλησίαιchurches

    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.

  49. Revelation 2:1ἐκκλησίαςchurch

    “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.

  50. 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.

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