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Ekklesia

ek-klay-see'-ah
Parts of Speech Noun Feminine

Ekklesia Definition

NAS Word Usage - Total: 114
  1. a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly
    1. an assembly of the people convened at the public place of the council for the purpose of deliberating
    2. the assembly of the Israelites
    3. any gathering or throng of men assembled by chance, tumultuously
    4. in a Christian sense
      1. an assembly of Christians gathered for worship in a religious meeting
      2. a company of Christian, or of those who, hoping for eternal salvation through Jesus Christ, observe their own religious rites, hold their own religious meetings, and manage their own affairs, according to regulations prescribed for the body for order's sake
      3. those who anywhere, in a city, village, constitute such a company and are united into one body
      4. the whole body of Christians scattered throughout the earth
      5. the assembly of faithful Christians already dead and received into heaven
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
ekklesia
Origin
from a compound of (1537) and a derivative of (2564)
Strong's Number
1577
TDNT Entry
3:501,394

NAS Word Usage

assembly
3
church
74
churches
35
congregation
2
Total
114

NAS Verse Count

2
23
5
21
9
3
9
2
4
2
2
3
1
2
1
3
19
Total
111
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Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Ekklesia". "The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon". . 1999. . 1999.