2001 Translation

EKKLĒSIAI, ekklēsiai

Sounds Like: ek-klee-SEE-ai

Translations: churches, assemblies, congregations

From the root: ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a gathering or assembly of people, often with a specific purpose. In the New Testament, it commonly denotes a Christian congregation or the universal body of believers, hence 'church'. It can also refer to a secular assembly or gathering of citizens.

Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative or Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G1577 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Acts of the Apostles — 16:5
• Romans — 16:4, 16:16
• 1 Corinthians — 11:16, 16:19
• Revelation — 1:20, 2:23

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
• ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ — assembly, congregation, church, an assembly, a congregation, a church
• 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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