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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G1577 — ἐκκλησία
ekklēsia · assembly · Greek
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Matthew 16:18 · ἐκκλησίαν,‘And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;Matthew 18:17 · ἐκκλησίᾳ. · ἐκκλησίαςAnd if he may not hear them, say it to the assembly, and if also the assembly he may not hear, let him be to thee as the heathen man and the tax-gatherer.Acts 5:11 · ἐκκλησίανand great fear came upon all the assembly, and upon all who heard these things.Acts 7:38 · ἐκκλησίᾳ‘This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the messenger who is speaking to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers who did receive the living oracles to give to us;Acts 8:1 · ἐκκλησίανAnd Saul was assenting to his death, and there came in that day a great persecution upon the assembly in Jerusalem, all also were scattered abroad in the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles;Acts 8:3 · ἐκκλησίανand Saul was making havoc of the assembly, into every house entering, and haling men and women, was giving them up to prison;Acts 9:31 · ἐκκλησίαThen, indeed, the assemblies throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria, had peace, being built up, and, going on in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.Acts 11:22 · ἐκκλησίαςAnd the account was heard in the ears of the assembly that is in Jerusalem concerning them, and they sent forth Barnabas to go through unto Antioch,Acts 11:26 · ἐκκλησίᾳand having found him, he brought him to Antioch, and it came to pass that they a whole year did assemble together in the assembly, and taught a great multitude, the disciples also were divinely called first in Antioch Christians.Acts 12:1 · ἐκκλησίας.And about that time, Herod the king put forth his hands, to do evil to certain of those of the assembly,Acts 12:5 · ἐκκλησίαςPeter, therefore, indeed, was kept in the prison, and fervent prayer was being made by the assembly unto God for him,Acts 13:1 · ἐκκλησίανAnd there were certain in Antioch, in the assembly there, prophets and teachers; both Barnabas, and Simeon who is called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen also—Herod the tetrarch’s foster-brother—and Saul;Acts 14:23 · ἐκκλησίανand having appointed to them by vote elders in every assembly, having prayed with fastings, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.Acts 14:27 · ἐκκλησίανand having come and gathered together the assembly, they declared as many things as God did with them, and that He did open to the nations a door of faith;Acts 15:3 · ἐκκλησίαςthey indeed, then, having been sent forward by the assembly, were passing through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the nations, and they were causing great joy to all the brethren.Acts 15:4 · ἐκκλησίαςAnd having come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly, and the apostles, and the elders, they declared also as many things as God did with them;Acts 15:22 · ἐκκλησίᾳThen it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, chosen men out of themselves to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas—Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren—Acts 15:41 · ἐκκλησίας.¶and he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the assemblies.Acts 16:5 · ἐκκλησίαιthen, indeed, were the assemblies established in the faith, and were abounding in number every day;Acts 18:22 · ἐκκλησίανand having come down to Caesarea, having gone up, and having saluted the assembly, he went down to Antioch.Acts 19:32 · ἐκκλησίαSome indeed, therefore, were calling out one thing, and some another, for the assembly was confused, and the greater part did not know for what they were come together;Acts 19:39 · ἐκκλησίᾳ‘And if ye seek after anything concerning other matters, in the legal assembly it shall be determined;Acts 19:41 · ἐκκλησίαν.¶and these things having said, he dismissed the assembly.Acts 20:17 · ἐκκλησίας.And from Miletus, having sent to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the assembly,Acts 20:28 · ἐκκλησίαν‘Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the assembly of God that He acquired through His own blood,Romans 16:1 · ἐκκλησίαςAnd I commend you to Phebe our sister—being a ministrant of the assembly that is in Cenchrea—Romans 16:4 · ἐκκλησίαιwho for my life their own neck did lay down, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the nations—Romans 16:5 · ἐκκλησίαν.¶and the assembly at their house; salute Epaenetus, my beloved, who is first-fruit of Achaia to Christ.Romans 16:16 · ἐκκλησίαιsalute one another in a holy kiss; the assemblies of Christ do salute you.Romans 16:23 · ἐκκλησίας.¶salute you doth Gaius, my host, and of the whole assembly; salute you doth Erastus, the steward of the city, and Quartus the brother,1 Corinthians 1:2 · ἐκκλησίᾳto the assembly of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all those calling upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place—both theirs and ours:1 Corinthians 4:17 · ἐκκλησίᾳbecause of this I sent to you Timotheus, who is my child, beloved and faithful in the Lord, who shall remind you of my ways in Christ, according as everywhere in every assembly I teach.1 Corinthians 6:4 · ἐκκλησίᾳ,of the things of life, indeed, then, if ye may have judgment, those despised in the assembly—these cause ye to sit;1 Corinthians 7:17 · ἐκκλησίαιςif not, as God did distribute to each, as the Lord hath called each—so let him walk; and thus in all the assemblies do I direct:1 Corinthians 10:32 · ἐκκλησίᾳbecome offenceless, both to Jews and Greeks, and to the assembly of God;1 Corinthians 11:16 · ἐκκλησίαιand if any one doth think to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the assemblies of God.1 Corinthians 11:18 · ἐκκλησίᾳfor first, indeed, ye coming together in an assembly, I hear of divisions being among you, and partly I believe it,1 Corinthians 11:22 · ἐκκλησίαςwhy, have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or the assembly of God do ye despise, and shame those not having? what may I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I do not praise!1 Corinthians 12:28 · ἐκκλησίᾳAnd some, indeed, did God set in the assembly, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, afterwards powers, afterwards gifts of healings, helpings, governings, divers kinds of tongues;1 Corinthians 14:4 · ἐκκλησίανhe who is speaking in an unknown tongue, himself doth edify, and he who is prophesying, an assembly doth edify;1 Corinthians 14:5 · ἐκκλησίαand I wish you all to speak with tongues, and more that ye may prophecy, for greater is he who is prophesying than he who is speaking with tongues, except one may interpret, that the assembly may receive edification.1 Corinthians 14:12 · ἐκκλησίαςso also ye, since ye are earnestly desirous of spiritual gifts, for the building up of the assembly seek that ye may abound;1 Corinthians 14:19 · ἐκκλησίᾳbut in an assembly I wish to speak five words through my understanding, that others also I may instruct, rather than myriads of words in an unknown tongue.1 Corinthians 14:23 · ἐκκλησίαIf, therefore, the whole assembly may come together, to the same place, and all may speak with tongues, and there may come in unlearned or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?1 Corinthians 14:28 · ἐκκλησίᾳ,and if there may be no interpreter, let him be silent in an assembly, and to himself let him speak, and to God.1 Corinthians 14:33 · ἐκκλησίαιςfor God is not a God of tumult, but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints.1 Corinthians 14:34 · ἐκκλησίαιςYour women in the assemblies let them be silent, for it hath not been permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith;1 Corinthians 14:35 · ἐκκλησίᾳ.and if they wish to learn anything, at home their own husbands let them question, for it is a shame to women to speak in an assembly.1 Corinthians 15:9 · ἐκκλησίανfor I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I did persecute the assembly of God,1 Corinthians 16:1 · ἐκκλησίαιςAnd concerning the collection that is for the saints, as I directed to the assemblies of Galatia, so also ye—do ye;1 Corinthians 16:19 · ἐκκλησίαι · ἐκκλησίᾳ.¶Salute you do the assemblies of Asia; salute you much in the Lord do Aquilas and Priscilla, with the assembly in their house;2 Corinthians 1:1 · ἐκκλησίᾳPaul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, to the assembly of God that is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia:2 Corinthians 8:1 · ἐκκλησίαιςAnd we make known to you, brethren, the grace of God, that hath been given in the assemblies of Macedonia,2 Corinthians 8:18 · ἐκκλησιῶν.and we sent with him the brother, whose praise in the good news is through all the assemblies,2 Corinthians 8:19 · ἐκκλησιῶνand not only so, but who was also appointed by vote by the assemblies, our fellow-traveller, with this favour that is ministered by us, unto the glory of the same Lord, and your willing mind;2 Corinthians 8:23 · ἐκκλησιῶν,whether—about Titus—my partner and towards you fellow-worker, whether—our brethren, apostles of assemblies—glory of Christ;2 Corinthians 8:24 · ἐκκλησιῶν.¶the shewing therefore of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf, to them shew ye, even in the face of the assemblies.2 Corinthians 11:8 · ἐκκλησίαςother assemblies I did rob, having taken wages, for your ministration;2 Corinthians 11:28 · ἐκκλησιῶν.apart from the things without—the crowding upon me that is daily—the care of all the assemblies.2 Corinthians 12:13 · ἐκκλησίας,for what is there in which ye were inferior to the rest of the assemblies, except that I myself was not a burden to you? forgive me this injustice!Galatians 1:2 · ἐκκλησίαιςand all the brethren with me, to the assemblies of Galatia:Galatians 1:13 · ἐκκλησίανfor ye did hear of my behaviour once in Judaism, that exceedingly I was persecuting the assembly of God, and wasting it,Galatians 1:22 · ἐκκλησίαιςand was unknown by face to the assemblies of Judea, that are in Christ,Ephesians 1:22 · ἐκκλησίᾳand all things He did put under his feet, and did give him—head over all things to the assembly,Ephesians 3:10 · ἐκκλησίαςthat there might be made known now to the principalities and the authorities in the heavenly places, through the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God,Ephesians 3:21 · ἐκκλησίᾳto Him is the glory in the assembly in Christ Jesus, to all the generations of the age of the ages. Amen.Ephesians 5:23 · ἐκκλησίας,because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ is head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,Ephesians 5:24 · ἐκκλησίαbut even as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also are the wives to their own husbands in everything.Ephesians 5:25 · ἐκκλησίανThe husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,Ephesians 5:27 · ἐκκλησίανthat he might present it to himself the assembly in glory, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished;Ephesians 5:29 · ἐκκλησίαν,for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord—the assembly,Ephesians 5:32 · ἐκκλησίαν.this secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the assembly;Philippians 3:6 · ἐκκλησίαν,according to zeal persecuting the assembly! according to righteousness that is in law becoming blameless!Philippians 4:15 · ἐκκλησίαand ye have known, even ye Philippians, that in the beginning of the good news when I went forth from Macedonia, no assembly did communicate with me in regard to giving and receiving except ye only;Colossians 1:18 · ἐκκλησίας·And himself is the head of the body—the assembly—who is a beginning, a first-born out of the dead, that he might become in all things—himself—first,Colossians 1:24 · ἐκκλησία·I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and do fill up the things lacking of the tribulations of the Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the assembly,Colossians 4:15 · ἐκκλησίαν.salute ye those in Laodicea—brethren, and Nymphas, and the assembly in his house;Colossians 4:16 · ἐκκλησίᾳand when the epistle may be read with you, cause that also in the assembly of the Laodiceans it may be read, and the epistle from Laodicea that ye also may read;1 Thessalonians 1:1 · ἐκκλησίᾳPaul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the assembly of 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 ye became imitators, brethren, of the assemblies of God that are in Judea in Christ Jesus, because such things ye suffered, even ye, from your own countrymen, as also they from the Jews,2 Thessalonians 1:1 · ἐκκλησίᾳPaul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the assembly of Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ:2 Thessalonians 1:4 · ἐκκλησίαιςso that we ourselves do glory in you in the assemblies of God, for your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye bear;1 Timothy 3:5 · ἐκκλησίας(and if any one his own house how to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)1 Timothy 3:15 · ἐκκλησίαand if I delay, that thou mayest know how it behoveth thee to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is an assembly of the living God—a pillar and foundation of the truth,1 Timothy 5:16 · ἐκκλησία,If any believing man or believing woman have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the assembly be burdened, that those really widows it may relieve.Philemon 1:2 · ἐκκλησίᾳ·and Apphia the beloved, and Archippus our fellow-soldier, and the assembly in thy house:Hebrews 2:12 · ἐκκλησίαςsaying, ‘I will declare Thy name to my brethren, in the midst of an assembly I will sing praise to Thee;’ and again, ‘I will be trusting on Him;’Hebrews 12:23 · ἐκκλησίᾳto the company and assembly of the first-born in heaven enrolled, and to God the judge of all, and to spirits of righteous men made perfect,James 5:14 · ἐκκλησίαςis any infirm among you? let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil, in the name of the Lord,3 John 1:6 · ἐκκλησίας,who did testify of thy love before an assembly, whom thou wilt do well, having sent forward worthily of God,3 John 1:9 · ἐκκλησίᾳ·I did write to the assembly, but he who is loving the first place among them—Diotrephes—doth not receive us;3 John 1:10 · ἐκκλησίαςbecause of this, if I may come, I will cause him to remember his works that he doth, with evil words prating against us; and not content with these, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and those intending he doth forbid, and out of the assembly he doth cast.Revelation 1:4 · ἐκκλησίαιςJohn to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you, and peace, from Him who is, and who was, and who is coming, and from the Seven Spirits that are before His throne,Revelation 1:11 · ἐκκλησίαιςI am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last;’ and, ‘What thou dost see, write in a scroll, and send to the seven assemblies that are in Asia; to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.’Revelation 1:20 · ἐκκλησιῶν · ἐκκλησίαιthe secret of the seven stars that thou hast seen upon my right hand, and the seven golden lamp-stands: the seven stars are messengers of the seven assemblies, and the seven lamp-stands that thou hast seen are seven assemblies.Revelation 2:1 · ἐκκλησίας‘To the messenger of the Ephesian assembly write: These things saith he who is holding the seven stars in his right hand, who is walking in the midst of the seven lamp-stands—the golden:Revelation 2:7 · ἐκκλησίαις·He who is having an ear—let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies: To him who is overcoming—I will give to him to eat of the tree of life that is in the midst of the paradise of God.Revelation 2:8 · ἐκκλησίας‘And to the messenger of the assembly of the Smyrneans write: These things saith the First and the Last, who did become dead and did live;Revelation 2:11 · ἐκκλησίαις·He who is having an ear—let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies: He who is overcoming may not be injured of the second death.Revelation 2:12 · ἐκκλησίας‘And to the messenger of the assembly in Pergamos write: These things saith he who is having the sharp two-edged sword:Revelation 2:17 · ἐκκλησίαις·He who is having an ear—let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies: To him who is overcoming, I will give to him to eat from the hidden manna, and will give to him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, that no one knew except him who is receiving it.Revelation 2:18 · ἐκκλησίας‘And to the messenger of the assembly of Thyatira write: These things saith the Son of God, who is having his eyes as a flame of fire, and his feet like to fine brass;Revelation 2:23 · ἐκκλησίαιand her children I will kill in death, and know shall all the assemblies that I am he who is searching reins and hearts; and I will give to you—to each—according to your works.Revelation 2:29 · ἐκκλησίαις.¶He who is having an ear—let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies.Revelation 3:1 · ἐκκλησίαςAnd to the messenger of the assembly in Sardis write: These things saith he who is having the Seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I have known thy works, and that thou hast the name that thou dost live, and thou art dead;Revelation 3:6 · ἐκκλησίαις.¶He who is having an ear—let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies.Revelation 3:7 · ἐκκλησίας‘And to the messenger of the assembly in Philadelphia write: These things saith he who is holy, he who is true, he who is having the key of David, he who is opening and no one doth shut, and he shutteth and no one doth open!Revelation 3:13 · ἐκκλησίαις.¶He who is having an ear—let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies.Revelation 3:14 · ἐκκλησίας‘And to the messenger of the assembly of the Laodiceans write: These things saith the Amen, the witness—the faithful and true—the chief of the creation of God;Revelation 3:22 · ἐκκλησίαις.¶He who is having an ear—let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies.’Revelation 22:16 · ἐκκλησίαις.‘I, Jesus did send my messenger to testify to you these things concerning the assemblies; I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star!