2001 Translation

EKKLĒSIA, ekklēsia

Sounds Like: ek-klee-SEE-ah

Translations: assembly, an assembly, church, a church, congregation, a congregation, (to) assembly, (to) church, (to) congregation

From the root: ἘΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a gathering or assembly of people, often called together for a specific purpose. In ancient Greek contexts, it could refer to a political assembly of citizens. In the New Testament, it primarily refers to the Christian church, either a local congregation or the universal body of believers. It can be used to describe both the physical gathering of people and the spiritual entity.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Accusative or Dative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G1577 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 6:16, 7:11

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 9:6

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 0:1

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 0:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 0:1, 8:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 0:1, 5:1, 17:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 0:1, 9:1, 10:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to Polycarp — 7:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Trallians — 0:1, 3:1

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 5 — 1:105, 1:110

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 28:17

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 42:3, 63:5, 134:3

Mathetes

• Letter to Diognetus — 11:5

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 0:1
• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 0:1

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 2:1, 14:2, 14:3

Pseudo-Baruch

• The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 13:4

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Judges — 20:2, 21:5
• 1 Samuel — 17:47
• 1 Kings — 8:14, 8:65
• 1 Chronicles — 13:2, 13:4, 29:1, 29:20
• 2 Chronicles — 1:3, 1:5, 6:3, 7:8, 10:3, 20:5, 20:14, 23:3, 29:28, 29:31, 29:32, 30:2, 30:13, 30:23, 30:24, 30:25
• Ezra (Beta) — 2:64, 10:1, 10:12
• Nehemiah — 5:13, 7:66, 8:17, 13:1
• Judith — 14:6
• 1 Maccabees — 2:56, 4:59, 5:16
• Psalms — 21:26, 34:18, 39:10, 88:6, 149:1
• Psalms of Solomon — 10:7
• Job — 30:28
• Sirach — 21:17, 24:2, 34:11, 38:33, 39:10, 44:15
• Micah — 2:5

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 9 — 13:1, 18:2, 18:3, 18:4

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 2 — 4:1
• Vision 3 — 3:3
• Vision 4 — 2:2

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 18:17
• Acts — 7:38, 9:31, 11:26, 15:22, 19:32, 19:39
• 1 Corinthians — 1:2, 4:17, 6:4, 10:32, 11:18, 12:28, 14:5, 14:19, 14:23, 14:28, 14:35, 16:19
• 2 Corinthians — 1:1
• Ephesians — 1:22, 3:21, 5:24
• Philippians — 4:15
• Colossians — 1:24, 4:16
• 1 Thessalonians — 1:1
• 2 Thessalonians — 1:1
• 1 Timothy — 3:15, 5:16
• Philemon — 1:2
• Hebrews — 12:23
• 3 John — 1:9

Twelve Disciples

• The Didache — 4:14, 9:4

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ἘΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΖΕΙΝ — to assemble, to call an assembly, to hold an assembly, to meet in assembly
• ἘΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΙ — (to) assemblies, (to) churches, (to) congregations, (in) assemblies, (in) churches, (in) congregations
• ἘΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ — of church, of assembly, of congregation

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