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ἐκκλησία
ekklēsía · Greek · Strong's G1577 · 114 occurrences
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.
Questions this word decides
- Are head coverings commanded in worship?
- What does Matthew 16:18 mean ('on this rock I will build my church')?
- What does 1 Timothy 2:12 mean about women teaching?
- Is the Christian Sabbath Saturday or Sunday?
- Is speaking in tongues for today?
- Can you be saved without belonging to a church?
Where it appears
114 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
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.