ἐκκλησία

ekklēsía · Greek · Strong's G1577 · 114 occurrences

The KJV renders 7 different Hebrew and Greek words as “assembly”

What it means

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)

from a compound of G1537 (ἐκ) and a derivative of G2564 (καλέω);

How the KJV renders it

assembly, church

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“assembly”

also renders synagōgḗ (G4864), ʼăçuppâh (H627), môwshâb (H4186), miqrâʼ (H4744), ʻătsârâh (H6116), qᵉhillâh (H6952)

Answers that weigh this word

Where it appears

114 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Corinthians 1:2 · N-DSF

to the assembly of God which is at Corinth—those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:

1 Corinthians 4:17 · N-DSF

Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.

1 Corinthians 6:4 · N-DSF

If then you have to judge things pertaining to this life, do you set them to judge who are of no account in the assembly?

1 Corinthians 7:17 · N-DPF

Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.

1 Corinthians 10:32 · N-DSF

Give no occasion for stumbling, whether to Jews, to Greeks, or to the assembly of God;

1 Corinthians 11:16 · N-NPF

But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God’s assemblies.

1 Corinthians 11:18 N-DSF1 Corinthians 11:22 N-GSF1 Corinthians 12:28 N-DSF1 Corinthians 14:4 N-ASF1 Corinthians 14:5 N-NSF1 Corinthians 14:12 N-GSF1 Corinthians 14:19 N-DSF1 Corinthians 14:23 N-NSF1 Corinthians 14:28 N-DSF1 Corinthians 14:33 N-DPF1 Corinthians 14:34 N-DPF1 Corinthians 14:35 N-DSF1 Corinthians 15:9 N-ASF1 Corinthians 16:1 N-DPF1 Corinthians 16:19 N-DSF1 Thessalonians 1:1 N-DSF1 Thessalonians 2:14 N-GPF1 Timothy 3:5 N-GSF1 Timothy 3:15 N-NSF1 Timothy 5:16 N-NSF2 Corinthians 1:1 N-DSF2 Corinthians 8:1 N-DPF2 Corinthians 8:18 N-GPF2 Corinthians 8:19 N-GPF2 Corinthians 8:23 N-GPF2 Corinthians 8:24 N-GPF2 Corinthians 11:8 N-APF2 Corinthians 11:28 N-GPF2 Corinthians 12:13 N-APF2 Thessalonians 1:1 N-DSF2 Thessalonians 1:4 N-DPF3 John 1:6 N-GSF3 John 1:9 N-DSF3 John 1:10 N-GSFActs 5:11 N-ASFActs 7:38 N-DSFActs 8:1 N-ASFActs 8:3 N-ASFActs 9:31 N-NSFActs 11:22 N-GSFActs 11:26 N-DSFActs 12:1 N-GSFActs 12:5 N-GSFActs 13:1 N-ASFActs 14:23 N-ASFActs 14:27 N-ASFActs 15:3 N-GSFActs 15:4 N-GSFActs 15:22 N-DSFActs 15:41 N-APFActs 16:5 N-NPFActs 18:22 N-ASFActs 19:32 N-NSFActs 19:39 N-DSF

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.