2001 Translation

EKKLĒSIA, ekklēsia

Sounds Like: ek-klee-SEE-ah

Translations: assembly, congregation, church, an assembly, a congregation, a church

From the root: ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to an assembly of citizens summoned for a specific purpose, often for public deliberation or religious gathering. In the New Testament, it primarily denotes the Christian community, either a local congregation or the universal body of believers. It is a compound word derived from 'ek' (out of) and 'kaleo' (to call), literally meaning 'a calling out' or 'those called out'.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G1577 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• 1 Chronicles — 13:2, 13:4
• 2 Esdras — 10:1, 10:12, 10:14, 15:13, 17:66, 18:17
• Judith — 14:6
• 1 Maccabees — 2:56, 4:59, 5:16
• Psalms — 21:26, 34:18, 39:10, 88:6, 149:1
• Job — 30:28
• Sirach — 21:17, 24:2, 31:11, 38:33, 39:10, 44:15
• Matthew — 18:17
• Acts of the Apostles — 7:38, 9:31, 11:26, 15:22, 19:32, 19:39
• 1 Corinthians — 1:2, 4:17, 6:4, 10:32, 11:18, 12:28, 14:5, 14:19, 14:23, 14:28, 14:35, 16:19
• 2 Corinthians — 1:1
• Ephesians — 1:22, 3:21, 5:24, 5:32
• Philippians — 4:15
• Colossians — 1:24, 4:16
• 1 Thessalonians — 1:1
• 2 Thessalonians — 1:1
• 1 Timothy — 3:15, 5:16
• Philemon — 1:2
• Hebrews — 12:23
• 3 John — 1:9
• Epistle of Barnabas — 6:16, 7:11
• Shepherd of Hermas — 8:1, 11:3, 23:2, 95:4

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
• ἘΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΝ — assembly, a church, the church, a congregation, the congregation
• 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
• 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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