ἘΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΙ, ἐκκλησιαι
EKKLĒSIAI, ekklēsiai
Sounds Like: ek-klee-SEE-ai
Translations: (to) assemblies, (to) churches, (to) congregations, (in) assemblies, (in) churches, (in) congregations
From the root: ἘΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to an assembly, congregation, or church. It denotes a gathering of people, often for a specific purpose, particularly a religious one. In the New Testament, it is frequently used to refer to the community of believers, either locally or universally.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1577 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Ignatius of Antioch
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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
- ἘΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΖΕΙΝ — to assemble, to call an assembly, to hold an assembly, to meet in assembly
- ἘΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ — of church, of assembly, of congregation
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