Gloss
church, congregation, assembly; a group of people gathered together
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ἐκκλησία, -ας, ἡ
Greek transliteration
ekklēsia
Simplified transliteration
ekklesia
Numbers
Strong's number
1577
GK Number
1711
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
114
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-1a
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for ἐκκλησία
| Matthew 16:18 | And I say to you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church (ekklēsian | ἐκκλησίαν | acc sg fem), and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. |
| Matthew 18:17 | If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church (ekklēsia | ἐκκλησίᾳ | dat sg fem); and if he refuses to listen even to the church (ekklēsias | ἐκκλησίας | gen sg fem), you are to treat him as a pagan and a tax collector. |
| Acts 5:11 | Great fear gripped the entire church (ekklēsian | ἐκκλησίαν | acc sg fem), and all who heard about these things. |
| Acts 7:38 | He is the one who was in the congregation (ekklēsia | ἐκκλησίᾳ | dat sg fem) in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, and he received living oracles to give to us. |
| Acts 8:1 | Now Saul was in agreement with his execution. There arose on that day a great persecution against the church (ekklēsian | ἐκκλησίαν | acc sg fem) in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. |
| Acts 8:3 | But Saul was making havoc of the church (ekklēsian | ἐκκλησίαν | acc sg fem); entering house after house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison. |
| Acts 9:31 | So the church (ekklēsia | ἐκκλησία | nom sg fem) throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace; being built up, and walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it increased in number. |
| Acts 11:22 | The report of all this was heard in the ears of the church (ekklēsias | ἐκκλησίας | gen sg fem) in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch. |
| Acts 11:26 | and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church (ekklēsia | ἐκκλησίᾳ | dat sg fem) and taught a considerable number of people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians. |
| Acts 12:1 | About that time Herod the king set his hand to mistreat some belonging to the church (ekklēsias | ἐκκλησίας | gen sg fem). |
| Acts 12:5 | So Peter was kept in prison, but prayer was made earnestly to God for him by the church (ekklēsias | ἐκκλησίας | gen sg fem). |
| Acts 13:1 | Now there were in Antioch in the local church (ekklēsian | ἐκκλησίαν | acc sg fem) prophets and teachers, both Barnabas and Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen, the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. |
| Acts 14:23 | And when they had appointed elders for them in every church (ekklēsian | ἐκκλησίαν | acc sg fem), praying with fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed. |
| Acts 14:27 | And when they arrived, and had gathered the church (ekklēsian | ἐκκλησίαν | acc sg fem) together, they reported all that God had done with them and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles. |
| Acts 15:3 | So being sent on their way by the church (ekklēsias | ἐκκλησίας | gen sg fem), they went through both Phoenicia and Samaria, narrating in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers. |
| Acts 15:4 | And when they arrived in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church (ekklēsias | ἐκκλησίας | gen sg fem) and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them. |
| Acts 15:22 | Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, together with the whole church (ekklēsia | ἐκκλησίᾳ | dat sg fem), to send men chosen from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas — Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers — |
| Acts 15:41 | And he traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches (ekklēsias | ἐκκλησίας | acc pl fem). |
| Acts 16:5 | So the churches (ekklēsiai | ἐκκλησίαι | nom pl fem) were strengthened in the faith, and they increased in number daily. |
| Acts 18:22 | and when he touched land at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church (ekklēsian | ἐκκλησίαν | acc sg fem) and then went down to Antioch. |
| Acts 19:32 | So then some were shouting one thing, some another, for the assembly (ekklēsia | ἐκκλησία | nom sg fem) was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had assembled. |
| Acts 19:39 | But if you want anything in addition, it shall be settled in the legal assembly (ekklēsia | ἐκκλησίᾳ | dat sg fem). |
| Acts 19:40 | For indeed we are in danger of being charged in connection with this day’s riot, there being no cause for it; and we will not be able to give an explanation for it.” And having said this, he dismissed the assembly (ekklēsian | ἐκκλησίαν | acc sg fem). |
| Acts 20:17 | From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, asking the elders of the church (ekklēsias | ἐκκλησίας | gen sg fem) to come to him. |
| Acts 20:28 | Watch out for yourselves and for all the flock in which the Holy Spirit has placed you overseers, to shepherd the church (ekklēsian | ἐκκλησίαν | acc sg fem) of God, which he purchased with the blood of his own Son. |
