Strong's Concordance, Greek Dictionary

Assembly, church, a calling out, i.e., (concretely) a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation (Jewish synagogue, or Christian community of members on earth or saints in heaven or both)

Greek: ἐκκλησία, ekklēsia (G1577)

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Here are assembly, church and related words in the Bible. What does the source Greek word ἐκκλησία mean and how is it used in the Bible? Below are the English definition details. Also below are examples within Bible verses highlighted in yellow (follow this link to go there). Tap or hover on blue, underlined words to see more original scripture and meanings. Information sourced from Strong's Concordance[1].

Definition Details

Strong's Number: G1577

Greek Base Word: ἐκκλησία

Usage: Assembly, church

Definition: A calling out, i.e., (concretely) a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation (Jewish synagogue, or Christian community of members on earth or saints in heaven or both).

Detailed definition:

  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.

Derived terms: From a compound of G1537 and a derivative of G2564.

See also:

  1. G1537
  2. G2564

Pronunciation:

  1. Biblical International Phonetic Alphabet: ɛk.kleˈsi.ɑ
  2. Modern International Phonetic Alphabet: e̞k.kle̞ˈsi.ɑ
  3. Transliteration: ekklēsia
  4. Biblical Pronunciation: ek-klay-SEE-ah
  5. Modern Pronunciation: ake-klay-SEE-ah


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