assembly • ἐκκλησία

Lexical Definition

‎ἐκκλησία‎ ekklēsía (ek-klay-see'-ah) assembly ^G:N-F
from a compound of ‎ἐκ‎ and a derivative of ‎καλέω‎

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)

Usage: 10 forms in 195 verses

Form	Translated As	In Verse(s)
ἐκκλησιῶν	churches	2Cor.8.18 • 2Cor.8.19 • 2Cor.8.24 • 2Cor.11.28 • 1Thess.2.14 • Rev.1.20
	of churches	2Cor.8.23
ἐκκλησίᾳ	an assembly	1Cor.11.18
	assembly	Acts.19.39
	church	Matt.18.17 • Acts.11.26 • Acts.15.22 • 1Cor.1.2 • 1Cor.4.17 • 1Cor.6.4 • 1Cor.10.32 • 1Cor.12.28 • 1Cor.14.19 • 1Cor.14.28 • 1Cor.14.35 • 1Cor.16.19 • 2Cor.1.1 • Eph.1.22 • Eph.3.21 • Col.4.16 • 1Thess.1.1 • 2Thess.1.1 • Phlm.1.2 • 3John.1.9
	churches	Acts.16.5 • Rom.16.4 • Rom.16.16 • 1Cor.11.16 • 1Cor.16.19 • Rev.1.20 • Rev.2.23
	congregation	Acts.7.38
	to church	Heb.12.23
ἐκκλησίασ	church	Matt.18.17 • Acts.11.22 • Acts.12.1 • Acts.12.5 • Acts.15.3 • Acts.15.4 • Acts.20.17 • Rom.16.1 • Rom.16.23 • Rom.16.27 • 1Cor.11.22 • 1Cor.14.12 • Eph.3.10 • Eph.5.23 • Col.1.18 • 1Tim.3.5 • 2Tim.4.22 • Titus.3.15 • Jas.5.14 • 3John.1.6 • 3John.1.10 • Rev.2.1 • Rev.2.8 • Rev.2.12 • Rev.2.18 • Rev.3.1 • Rev.3.7 • Rev.3.14
	churches	Acts.15.41 • 2Cor.11.8 • 2Cor.12.13
	of congregation	Heb.2.12
ἐκκλησίαν	assembly	Acts.19.41
	church	Matt.16.18 • Acts.5.11 • Acts.8.1 • Acts.8.3 • Acts.13.1 • Acts.14.23 • Acts.14.27 • Acts.18.22 • Acts.20.28 • Rom.16.5 • 1Cor.14.4 • 1Cor.15.9 • Gal.1.13 • Eph.5.25 • Eph.5.27 • Eph.5.29 • Eph.5.32 • Phil.3.6 • Col.4.15
ἐκκλησίαισ	churches	1Cor.7.17 • 1Cor.14.33 • 1Cor.14.34 • 1Cor.16.1 • 2Cor.8.1 • Gal.1.2 • Gal.1.22 • 2Thess.1.4 • Rev.1.4 • Rev.1.11 • Rev.2.7 • Rev.2.11 • Rev.2.17 • Rev.2.29 • Rev.3.6 • Rev.3.13 • Rev.3.22 • Rev.22.16
ἐκκλησία	assembly	Acts.19.32
	church	Acts.9.31 • 1Cor.14.5 • 1Cor.14.23 • Eph.5.24 • Phil.4.15 • Col.1.24 • 1Tim.3.15 • 1Tim.5.16
εκκλησίασ	assembly	LXX.Deut.4.10 • LXX.Deut.18.16 • LXX.Deut.31.30 • LXX.Josh.8.35 • LXX.1Kgs.8.22 • LXX.1Chr.28.2 • LXX.1Chr.28.8 • LXX.1Chr.29.10 • LXX.2Chr.6.12 • LXX.2Chr.6.13 • LXX.2Chr.28.14 • LXX.2Chr.29.23 • LXX.2Chr.30.4 • LXX.2Chr.30.17 • LXX.Ezra.10.8 • LXX.Neh.8.2 • LXX.Prov.5.14
	of assembly	LXX.Deut.9.10 • LXX.Ps.22.22
εκκλησίαν	an assembly	LXX.Joel.2.16
	assembly	LXX.Deut.23.1 • LXX.Deut.23.2 • LXX.Deut.23.3 • LXX.Deut.23.3 • LXX.Deut.23.8 • LXX.Judg.21.8 • LXX.1Sam.19.20 • LXX.1Kgs.8.55 • LXX.2Chr.6.3 • LXX.Neh.5.7 • LXX.Ps.26.5
	your assembly	LXX.Lam.1.10
εκκλησίαισ	assemblies	LXX.Ps.26.12 • LXX.Ps.68.26
εκκλησία	an assembly	LXX.Ezek.32.3
	assembly	LXX.Judg.20.2 • LXX.Judg.21.5 • LXX.1Kgs.8.14 • LXX.1Kgs.8.65 • LXX.1Chr.13.2 • LXX.1Chr.13.4 • LXX.1Chr.29.1 • LXX.1Chr.29.20 • LXX.1Chr.29.20 • LXX.2Chr.1.3 • LXX.2Chr.1.5 • LXX.2Chr.6.3 • LXX.2Chr.7.8 • LXX.2Chr.10.3 • LXX.2Chr.20.5 • LXX.2Chr.20.14 • LXX.2Chr.23.3 • LXX.2Chr.29.28 • LXX.2Chr.29.31 • LXX.2Chr.29.32 • LXX.2Chr.30.2 • LXX.2Chr.30.13 • LXX.2Chr.30.23 • LXX.2Chr.30.24 • LXX.2Chr.30.25 • LXX.2Chr.30.25 • LXX.Ezra.2.64 • LXX.Ezra.10.1 • LXX.Ezra.10.12 • LXX.Ezra.10.14 • LXX.Neh.5.13 • LXX.Neh.7.66 • LXX.Neh.8.17 • LXX.Neh.13.1 • LXX.Job.30.28 • LXX.Ps.22.25 • LXX.Ps.35.18 • LXX.Ps.40.9 • LXX.Ps.89.5 • LXX.Ps.107.32 • LXX.Ps.149.1 • LXX.Mic.2.5
	this assembly	LXX.1Sam.17.47

Abbott-Smith

ἐκκλησία, -ας, ἡ (< ἐκ-καλέω), [in LXX chiefly for קָהָל, otherwise for one of its cogn. forms ;]

1. prop., an assembly of citizens regularly convened (in Thuc., ii, 22, opp. to σύλλογος, a concourse): Ac 19:32, 39, 41.
2. In LXX of the assembly, congregation, community of Israel (De 4:10 23:2, al.): Ac 7:38, He 2:12 (LXX).
3. NT, esp. of an assembly or company of Christians, a (the) church;
(a) of gatherings for worship: I Co 11:18 14:19, 34, 35;
(b) of local communities: Ac 8:3, I Co 4:17; with name added, Ac 8:1, Ro 16:1, I Th 1:1, al.; pl., Ac 15:41, I Co 7:17; τ. Χριστοῦ, Ro 16:16; τ. Ἀσίας, I Co 16:19; τ. ἁγίων, I Co 14:33; εἰπὸν τ. ἐκκλησίᾳ, Mt 18:17 (but v. Hort, Ecclesia, 10); of a house-congregation (DB, i, 431a), Ro 16:5, I Co 16:19, Col 4:15, Phm 2;
(c) of the whole body of Christians: Mt 16:18, I Co 12:28, Eph 1:22, Phl 3:6, al.; τ. θεοῦ, Ac 20:28 (Κυρίου, T, R, mg.), I Co 15:9, Ga 1:13, I Ti 3:15; ἐ. προτοτόκων ἀπογεγραμμένων ἐν οὐρανοῖς, He 12:23.
SYN.: συναγωγή, q.v. (v. Tr., Syn., §i; DB, i, 426; Hort, Ecclesia, esp. 4ff., 107ff.; Hamilton, People of God, ii, 37ff.; reff. s.vv. "Church," "Congregation," in DB and DCG; Cremer, 332).

Abbott-Smith References

Book	Refs
Matthew	16:18 · 18:17
Acts	7:38 · 8:1 · 8:3 · 15:41 · 19:32 · 19:39 · 19:41 · 20:28
Romans	16:1 · 16:5 · 16:16
1 Corinthians	4:17 · 7:17 · 11:18 · 12:28 · 14:19 · 14:33 · 14:34 · 14:35 · 15:9 · 16:19
Galatians	1:13
Ephesians	1:22
Philippians	3:6
Colossians	4:15
1 Thessalonians	1:1
1 Timothy	3:15
Philemon	1:2
Hebrews	2:12 · 12:23

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἐκκλησία-α, ἡ,

(ἔκκλητος) assembly duly summoned, less general than σύλλογος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; applied to the Homeric Assemblies, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; to the Samian Assembly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to the Spartan, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to the meeting of the Amphictyons at Delphi, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; at Athens, ἐ. κύριαι, opposed to σύγκλητοι, Arist.[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; κυρία ἐ., at Amorgos, [Refs]; ἐ. συναγείρειν, συνάγειν, συλλέγειν, ἀθροίζειν, call an assembly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. γίγνεται an assembly is held, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. διαλύειν, ἀναστῆσαι, dissolve it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. ἀνεβλήθη was adjourned, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2=Latin Comitia, ἐ. λοχῖτις, φρατρική, = Comitia Centuriata, Curiata, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__3 ={ψήφισμα}, ἀναγιγνωσκομένης ἐ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II in LXX, the Jewish congregation,.[LXX]
__II.2 in NT, the Church, as a body of Christians, [NT]; as a building, [Refs]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Matt.16.18 ☩ 1Cor.11.22 ☩ Rom.16.5}