ἘΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣΤΗΣ, ἐκκλησιαστης
EKKLĒSIASTĒS, ekklēsiastēs
Sounds Like: ek-klay-see-as-TAYS
Translations: Preacher, a Preacher, Ecclesiastes, a Teacher, a Teacher of the Assembly
From the root: ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a preacher or a teacher, specifically one who addresses an assembly or congregation. It is famously used as the title of the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes, where the author is presented as a 'Preacher' or 'Teacher'. It is a compound word derived from 'ἐκκλησία' (ekklesia), meaning 'assembly' or 'church', and a suffix indicating a person who performs an action related to that assembly.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1644 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣΤΗΣ.
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.
- ἘΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣΤΟΥ — of the Preacher, of the Assembler, of Ecclesiastes
- ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣΤΗΣ — Preacher, Teacher, Ecclesiastes, a Preacher, a Teacher
- ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣΤΟΥ — of a preacher, of an assembler, of a leader of an assembly, of Ecclesiastes
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