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G1577 — ἐκκλησία

ekklēsia · assembly · Greek

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)

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Matthew 16:18 · ἐκκλησίαν,I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.Matthew 18:17 · ἐκκλησίᾳ. · ἐκκλησίαςIf he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.Acts 5:11 · ἐκκλησίανGreat fear came on the whole assembly, and on all who heard these things.Acts 7:38 · ἐκκλησίᾳThis is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living oracles to give to us,Acts 8:1 · ἐκκλησίανSaul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.Acts 8:3 · ἐκκλησίανBut Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house, and dragged both men and women off to prison.Acts 9:31 · ἐκκλησίαSo the assemblies throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.Acts 11:22 · ἐκκλησίαςThe report concerning them came to the ears of the assembly which was in Jerusalem. They sent out Barnabas to go as far as Antioch,Acts 11:26 · ἐκκλησίᾳWhen he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. It happened, that for a whole year they were gathered together with the assembly, and taught many people. The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.Acts 12:1 · ἐκκλησίας.Now about that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly.Acts 12:5 · ἐκκλησίαςPeter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him.Acts 13:1 · ἐκκλησίανNow in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.Acts 14:23 · ἐκκλησίανWhen they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.Acts 14:27 · ἐκκλησίανWhen they had arrived, and had gathered the assembly together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.Acts 15:3 · ἐκκλησίαςThey, being sent on their way by the assembly, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles. They caused great joy to all the brothers.Acts 15:4 · ἐκκλησίαςWhen they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all things that God had done with them.Acts 15:22 · ἐκκλησίᾳThen it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers.Acts 15:41 · ἐκκλησίας.¶He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the assemblies.Acts 16:5 · ἐκκλησίαιSo the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.Acts 18:22 · ἐκκλησίανWhen he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the assembly, and went down to Antioch.Acts 19:32 · ἐκκλησίαSome therefore cried one thing, and some another, for the assembly was in confusion. Most of them didn’t know why they had come together.Acts 19:39 · ἐκκλησίᾳBut if you seek anything about other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly.Acts 19:41 · ἐκκλησίαν.¶When he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.Acts 20:17 · ἐκκλησίας.From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to himself the elders of the assembly.Acts 20:28 · ἐκκλησίανTake heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.Romans 16:1 · ἐκκλησίαςI commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the assembly that is at Cenchreae,Romans 16:4 · ἐκκλησίαιwho for my life, laid down their own necks; to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the Gentiles.Romans 16:5 · ἐκκλησίαν.¶Greet the assembly that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first fruits of Achaia to Christ.Romans 16:16 · ἐκκλησίαιGreet one another with a holy kiss. The assemblies of Christ greet you.Romans 16:23 · ἐκκλησίας.¶Gaius, my host and host of the whole assembly, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, as does Quartus, the brother.1 Corinthians 1:2 · ἐκκλησίᾳto the assembly of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:1 Corinthians 4:17 · ἐκκλησίᾳBecause of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.1 Corinthians 6:4 · ἐκκλησίᾳ,If then, you have to judge things pertaining to this life, do you set them to judge who are of no account in the assembly?1 Corinthians 7:17 · ἐκκλησίαιςOnly, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.1 Corinthians 10:32 · ἐκκλησίᾳGive no occasions for stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the assembly of God;1 Corinthians 11:16 · ἐκκλησίαιBut if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God’s assemblies.1 Corinthians 11:18 · ἐκκλησίᾳFor first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.1 Corinthians 11:22 · ἐκκλησίαςWhat, don’t you have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God’s assembly, and put them to shame who don’t have? What shall I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I don’t praise you.1 Corinthians 12:28 · ἐκκλησίᾳGod has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.1 Corinthians 14:4 · ἐκκλησίανHe who speaks in another language edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the assembly.1 Corinthians 14:5 · ἐκκλησίαNow I desire to have you all speak with other languages, but rather that you would prophesy. For he is greater who prophesies than he who speaks with other languages, unless he interprets, that the assembly may be built up.1 Corinthians 14:12 · ἐκκλησίαςSo also you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound to the building up of the assembly.1 Corinthians 14:19 · ἐκκλησίᾳHowever in the assembly I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in another language.1 Corinthians 14:23 · ἐκκλησίαIf therefore the whole assembly is assembled together and all speak with other languages, and unlearned or unbelieving people come in, won’t they say that you are crazy?1 Corinthians 14:28 · ἐκκλησίᾳ,But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silent in the assembly, and let him speak to himself, and to God.1 Corinthians 14:33 · ἐκκλησίαιςfor God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the assemblies of the saints,1 Corinthians 14:34 · ἐκκλησίαιςlet your wives keep silent in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as the law also says.1 Corinthians 14:35 · ἐκκλησίᾳ.If they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a woman to chatter in the assembly.1 Corinthians 15:9 · ἐκκλησίανFor I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.1 Corinthians 16:1 · ἐκκλησίαιςNow concerning the collection for the saints, as I commanded the assemblies of Galatia, you do likewise.1 Corinthians 16:19 · ἐκκλησίαι · ἐκκλησίᾳ.¶The assemblies of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you much in the Lord, together with the assembly that is in their house.2 Corinthians 1:1 · ἐκκλησίᾳPaul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:2 Corinthians 8:1 · ἐκκλησίαιςMoreover, brothers, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the assemblies of Macedonia;2 Corinthians 8:18 · ἐκκλησιῶν.We have sent together with him the brother whose praise in the Good News is known through all the assemblies.2 Corinthians 8:19 · ἐκκλησιῶνNot only so, but who was also appointed by the assemblies to travel with us in this grace, which is served by us to the glory of the Lord himself, and to show our readiness.2 Corinthians 8:23 · ἐκκλησιῶν,As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you. As for our brothers, they are the apostles of the assemblies, the glory of Christ.2 Corinthians 8:24 · ἐκκλησιῶν.¶Therefore show the proof of your love to them in front of the assemblies, and of our boasting on your behalf.2 Corinthians 11:8 · ἐκκλησίαςI robbed other assemblies, taking wages from them that I might serve you.2 Corinthians 11:28 · ἐκκλησιῶν.Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily, anxiety for all the assemblies.2 Corinthians 12:13 · ἐκκλησίας,For what is there in which you were made inferior to the rest of the assemblies, unless it is that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong.Galatians 1:2 · ἐκκλησίαιςand all the brothers who are with me, to the assemblies of Galatia:Galatians 1:13 · ἐκκλησίανFor you have heard of my way of living in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the assembly of God, and ravaged it.Galatians 1:22 · ἐκκλησίαιςI was still unknown by face to the assemblies of Judea which were in Christ,Ephesians 1:22 · ἐκκλησίᾳHe put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,Ephesians 3:10 · ἐκκλησίαςto the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,Ephesians 3:21 · ἐκκλησίᾳto him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.Ephesians 5:23 · ἐκκλησίας,For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.Ephesians 5:24 · ἐκκλησίαBut as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.Ephesians 5:25 · ἐκκλησίανHusbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;Ephesians 5:27 · ἐκκλησίανthat he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.Ephesians 5:29 · ἐκκλησίαν,For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly;Ephesians 5:32 · ἐκκλησίαν.This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly.Philippians 3:6 · ἐκκλησίαν,concerning zeal, persecuting the assembly; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.Philippians 4:15 · ἐκκλησίαYou yourselves also know, you Philippians, that in the beginning of the Good News, when I departed from Macedonia, no assembly shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you only.Colossians 1:18 · ἐκκλησίας·He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.Colossians 1:24 · ἐκκλησία·Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the assembly;Colossians 4:15 · ἐκκλησίαν.Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the assembly that is in his house.Colossians 4:16 · ἐκκλησίᾳWhen this letter has been read among you, cause it to be read also in the assembly of the Laodiceans; and that you also read the letter from Laodicea.1 Thessalonians 1:1 · ἐκκλησίᾳPaul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.1 Thessalonians 2:14 · ἐκκλησιῶνFor you, brothers, became imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews;2 Thessalonians 1:1 · ἐκκλησίᾳPaul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ:2 Thessalonians 1:4 · ἐκκλησίαιςso that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.1 Timothy 3:5 · ἐκκλησίας(but if a man doesn’t know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)1 Timothy 3:15 · ἐκκλησίαbut if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.1 Timothy 5:16 · ἐκκλησία,If any man or woman who believes has widows, let them relieve them, and don’t let the assembly be burdened; that it might relieve those who are widows indeed.Philemon 1:2 · ἐκκλησίᾳ·to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house:Hebrews 2:12 · ἐκκλησίαςsaying, “I will declare your name to my brothers. In the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.”Hebrews 12:23 · ἐκκλησίᾳto the general assembly and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,James 5:14 · ἐκκλησίαςIs any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord,3 John 1:6 · ἐκκλησίας,They have testified about your love before the assembly. You will do well to send them forward on their journey in a way worthy of God,3 John 1:9 · ἐκκλησίᾳ·I wrote to the assembly, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn’t accept what we say.3 John 1:10 · ἐκκλησίαςTherefore, if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words. Not content with this, neither does he himself receive the brothers, and those who would, he forbids and throws out of the assembly.Revelation 1:4 · ἐκκλησίαιςJohn, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from God, who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne;Revelation 1:11 · ἐκκλησίαιςsaying, “What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”Revelation 1:20 · ἐκκλησιῶν · ἐκκλησίαιthe mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies. The seven lampstands are seven assemblies.Revelation 2:1 · ἐκκλησίας“To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: “He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lampstands says these things:Revelation 2:7 · ἐκκλησίαις·He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.Revelation 2:8 · ἐκκλησίας“To the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write: “The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life says these things:Revelation 2:11 · ἐκκλησίαις·He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He who overcomes won’t be harmed by the second death.Revelation 2:12 · ἐκκλησίας“To the angel of the assembly in Pergamum write: “He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:Revelation 2:17 · ἐκκλησίαις·He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it.Revelation 2:18 · ἐκκλησίας“To the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write: “The Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like burnished brass, says these things:Revelation 2:23 · ἐκκλησίαιI will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.Revelation 2:29 · ἐκκλησίαις.¶He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.Revelation 3:1 · ἐκκλησίας“And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: “He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these things: “I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.Revelation 3:6 · ἐκκλησίαις.¶He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.Revelation 3:7 · ἐκκλησίας“To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: “He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:Revelation 3:13 · ἐκκλησίαις.¶He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.Revelation 3:14 · ἐκκλησίας“To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: “The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Head of God’s creation, says these things:Revelation 3:22 · ἐκκλησίαις.¶He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.”Revelation 22:16 · ἐκκλησίαις.I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the assemblies. I am the root and the offspring of David; the Bright and Morning Star.”