The New Testament Greek Lexicon  Strong's Number:  1577 encodedOriginalWord Original Word Word Origin   ἐκκλησία   from a compound of (1537) and a derivative of (2564) Transliterated Word Phonetic Spelling   ekklēsia   ek-klay-see'-ah MediaPlayer Parts of Speech TDNT   Noun Feminine   3:501,394  Definition   a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly an assembly of the people convened at the public place of the council for the purpose of deliberating the assembly of the Israelites any gathering or throng of men assembled by chance, tumultuously in a Christian sense an assembly of Christians gathered for worship in a religious meeting 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 those who anywhere, in a city, village, constitute such a company and are united into one body the whole body of Christians scattered throughout the earth the assembly of faithful Christians already dead and received into heaven  Translated Words   KJV (118) - assembly, 3; church, 115; NAS (114) - assembly, 3; church, 74; churches, 35; congregation, 2;  Verse Count KJV NAS   Matthew 2 Acts 24 Romans 6 1 Corinthians 21 2 Corinthians 9 Galatians 3 Ephesians 9 Philippians 2 Colossians 4 1 Thessalonians 2 2 Thessalonians 2 1 Timothy 3 2 Timothy 1 Titus 1 Philemon 1 Hebrews 2 James 1 3 John 3 Revelation 19   Matthew 2 Acts 23 Romans 5 1 Corinthians 21 2 Corinthians 9 Galatians 3 Ephesians 9 Philippians 2 Colossians 4 1 Thessalonians 2 2 Thessalonians 2 1 Timothy 3 Philemon 1 Hebrews 2 James 1 3 John 3 Revelation 19 Search This Resource   Choose a letter below to browse the alphabetical list: a b g d e z h q  i k l m n c o p  r s t u f x y w   Previous Next ekkleio ekklino   Get The Fonts  Download Now!  · Windows Version  · MacIntosh Version  · Linux Version   How to Install …   Buy This Resource Thayer's $12.99  Shop All Greek Lexicons

Abbreviations Legend: TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament; Copyright Statement The New Testament 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. NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries. Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. http://www.lockman.org/. Bibliography Information Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Ekklesia". "The New Testament Greek Lexicon". <http://www.searchgodsword.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=1577>.