2001 Translation

EKKLĒSIAS, ekklēsias

Sounds Like: ek-klee-SEE-as

Translations: of church, of assembly, of congregation

From the root: ἘΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a gathering or assembly of people, often with a religious or political 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' (out of) and 'καλέω' (to call), meaning 'a calling out' or 'an assembly of those called out'.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine

Strong’s number: G1577 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 6:16

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 44:3

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 1:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 9:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 5:2, 8:1, 21:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 3:2, 5:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to Polycarp — 0:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Trallians — 2:3, 13:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Magnesians — 1:2, 14:1

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 3 — 12:292, 14:306
• Book 5 — 1:111
• Book 14 — 8:150

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Four — 4:32

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 98:5, 106:2

Mathetes

• Letter to Diognetus — 11:6

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 0:1, 8:1, 16:2, 19:2

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 14:1

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Deuteronomy — 4:10, 9:10, 18:16, 31:30
• Joshua — 9:8
• 1 Kings — 8:22
• 1 Chronicles — 28:2, 28:8, 29:10
• 2 Chronicles — 6:12, 6:13, 28:14, 29:23, 30:4, 30:17
• Ezra (Beta) — 10:8
• Nehemiah — 8:2
• Judith — 6:21, 7:29
• 1 Maccabees — 14:19
• Psalms — 21:23
• Proverbs — 5:14
• Sirach — 15:5, 30:27, 50:13

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 8 — 6:4
• Parable 9 — 1:1, 1:2

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 1 — 1:6
• Vision 2 — 2:6, 4:3
• Vision 3 — 9:7
• Vision 4 — 1:3

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 18:17
• Acts — 11:22, 12:1, 12:5, 15:3, 15:4, 15:41, 20:17
• Romans — 16:1, 16:23
• 1 Corinthians — 11:22, 14:12
• 2 Corinthians — 11:8, 12:13
• Ephesians — 3:10, 5:23
• Colossians — 1:18
• 1 Timothy — 3:5
• Hebrews — 2:12
• James — 5:14
• 3 John — 1:6, 1:10
• Revelation — 2:1, 2:8, 2:12, 2:18, 3:1, 3:7, 3:14

Twelve Disciples

• The Didache — 10:5, 11:11

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
• ἘΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΙ — (to) assemblies, (to) churches, (to) congregations, (in) assemblies, (in) churches, (in) congregations

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