ἘΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΝ, ἐκκλησιαν
EKKLĒSIAN, ekklēsian
Sounds Like: ek-klee-SEE-an
Translations: assembly, a church, the church, a congregation, the congregation
From the root: ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to an assembly or a gathering of people, often for a specific purpose. In the New Testament, it commonly refers to the Christian church or a local congregation of believers. It is a compound word formed from 'ἐκ' (ek), meaning 'out of' or 'from', and 'καλέω' (kaleō), meaning 'to call'. Thus, it literally means 'a calling out' or 'those called out'. It can be used in sentences like 'They gathered the assembly' or 'He spoke to the church'.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1577 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 47:6
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 8:1, 11:1, 11:2
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 10:1
- Ignatius’ Letter to Polycarp — 5:1
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Magnesians — 14:1
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 5:84, 8:188, 14:300, 14:307
- Book 4 — 2:22, 2:24, 3:35, 3:36, 4:63, 6:142, 8:176, 8:309
- Book 5 — 1:72, 1:93
- Book 6 — 5:86, 11:222
- Book 7 — 14:370
- Book 8 — 4:122, 8:222, 13:358, 14:368
- Book 9 — 1:8, 1:10, 12:250
- Book 11 — 5:172, 6:228
- Book 12 — 6:164
- Book 13 — 6:216, 7:114
- Book 14 — 10:252
- Book 16 — 2:62, 4:135, 11:393
- Book 19 — 7:332
Josephus' The Jewish War
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 52:268
Pseudo Clement of Rome
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Deuteronomy — 23:1, 23:3, 23:8
- Judges — 21:8
- 1 Samuel — 19:20
- 1 Kings — 8:55
- 2 Chronicles — 6:3
- Nehemiah — 5:7
- Judith — 6:16
- 1 Maccabees — 3:13
- Psalms — 25:5
- Sirach — 23:24, 26:5, 50:20
- Lamentations — 1:10
- Joel — 2:16
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 1 — 3:4
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 16:18
- Acts — 5:11, 8:1, 8:3, 13:1, 14:23, 14:27, 18:22, 19:41, 20:28
- Romans — 16:5
- 1 Corinthians — 14:4, 15:9
- Galatians — 1:13
- Ephesians — 5:25, 5:27, 5:29, 5:32
- Philippians — 3:6
- Colossians — 4:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ.
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.
- ἘΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΙΣ — to the church, to the assembly, to the congregation, in the churches, in the assemblies, in the congregations
- ἘΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΟΝ — ecclesiastical, churchly, of the church, a churchly thing
- ἘΚΚΛΗΣΙΩΝ — of churches, of assemblies, of congregations
- ἘΚΚΛΥΣΙΑΙΣ — (to) churches, (to) assemblies, (to) congregations
- ΕΚʼΚΛΗΣΙΑΙΣ — to churches, for churches, in churches, with churches
- ΕΚΚ? — church, an assembly, a congregation, a gathering
- ΕΚΚΗΣ — church, assembly, congregation, a church, an assembly, a congregation
- ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ — assembly, congregation, church, an assembly, a congregation, a church
- ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΙ — churches, assemblies, congregations
- ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΙΣ — to churches, for churches, in churches, among churches
- ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΝ — church, an assembly, a congregation, assembly, congregation
- ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ — of the church, of an assembly, of the congregation, churches, assemblies, congregations
- ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΩΝ — of churches, of assemblies, of congregations
- ΕΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ — of the assembly, of the church, of the congregation
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