Word study · Greek
ἐκκλησία
ekklēsiaG1577assembly
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
Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches of Galatia:
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.
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.
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:
Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.
Along with Titus we are sending the brother who is praised by all the churches for his work in the gospel.
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.
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.
In full view of the churches, then, show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our boasting about you.
I robbed other churches by accepting their support in order to serve you.
Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all 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!
and all the brothers with me, To the churches of Galatia:
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.
I was personally unknown, however, to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.
And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the 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,
to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
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.
Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.
This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.
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.
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.
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.
Greet the brothers in Laodicea, as well as Nympha and the church that meets at her house.
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.
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you.
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,
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
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.
For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?
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.
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.
to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets at your house:
He says: “I will proclaim Your name to My brothers; I will sing Your praises in the assembly.”
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,
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.
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.
I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.
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.
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,
saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
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.
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.
“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.
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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