ἘΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΖΕΙΝ, ἐκκλησιαζειν
EKKLĒSIAZEIN, ekklēsiazein
Sounds Like: ek-klee-see-AD-zayn
Translations: to assemble, to call an assembly, to hold an assembly, to meet in assembly
From the root: ἘΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an infinitive verb meaning 'to assemble' or 'to call an assembly'. It describes the act of gathering people together, often for a public meeting or a religious congregation. It is derived from the noun 'ekklesia', which refers to an assembly or church.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1571 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:45
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 19 — 1:158
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.
- ἘΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ — assembly, an assembly, church, a church, congregation, a congregation, (to) assembly, (to) church, (to) congregation
- ἘΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΙ — (to) assemblies, (to) churches, (to) congregations, (in) assemblies, (in) churches, (in) congregations
- ἘΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ — of church, of assembly, of congregation
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