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
| 1 Corinthians 16:19 | The churches (ekklēsiai | ἐκκλησίαι | nom pl fem) of Asia send their greetings to you. Aquila and Prisca, along with the church (ekklēsia | ἐκκλησίᾳ | dat sg fem) that meets in their house, send their special greetings in the Lord. |
| 2 Corinthians 1:1 | Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church (ekklēsia | ἐκκλησίᾳ | dat sg fem) of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia: |
| 2 Corinthians 8:1 | We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God shown among the churches (ekklēsiais | ἐκκλησίαις | dat pl fem) of Macedonia, |
| 2 Corinthians 8:18 | And we sent along with him the brother who is highly respected throughout all the churches (ekklēsiōn | ἐκκλησιῶν | gen pl fem) for his work in the gospel. |
| 2 Corinthians 8:19 | And not only this, but he has been appointed by the churches (ekklēsiōn | ἐκκλησιῶν | gen pl fem) to be our traveling companion as we carry out this act of kindness for the glory of the Lord himself, and to show our readiness. |
| 2 Corinthians 8:23 | As for Titus, he is my companion and fellow worker among you. As for our brothers, they are delegates of the churches (ekklēsiōn | ἐκκλησιῶν | gen pl fem), an honor to Christ. |
| 2 Corinthians 8:24 | Therefore show them openly before the churches (ekklēsiōn | ἐκκλησιῶν | gen pl fem) the proof of your love and the reason for our pride in you. |
| 2 Corinthians 11:8 | I robbed other churches (ekklēsias | ἐκκλησίας | acc pl fem), taking support from them to carry out my service to you. |
| 2 Corinthians 11:28 | Apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxious concern for all the churches (ekklēsiōn | ἐκκλησιῶν | gen pl fem). |
| 2 Corinthians 12:13 | For in what way were you less favored than the rest of the churches (ekklēsias | ἐκκλησίας | acc pl fem), except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this injustice! |
| Galatians 1:2 | and all the brothers who are with me, to the churches (ekklēsiais | ἐκκλησίαις | dat pl fem) of Galatia: |
| Galatians 1:13 | For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how intensely I used to persecute the church (ekklēsian | ἐκκλησίαν | acc sg fem) of God and was trying to destroy it. |
| Galatians 1:22 | But I was still personally unknown to the churches (ekklēsiais | ἐκκλησίαις | dat pl fem) of Judea that are in Christ. |
| Ephesians 1:22 | And he placed all things under Christ’s feet and gave him as head over all things to the church (ekklēsia | ἐκκλησίᾳ | dat sg fem), |
| Ephesians 3:10 | in order that now, through the church (ekklēsias | ἐκκλησίας | gen sg fem), the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, |
| Ephesians 3:21 | to him be glory in the church (ekklēsia | ἐκκλησίᾳ | dat sg fem) and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen. |
| Ephesians 5:23 | for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ also is the head of the church (ekklēsias | ἐκκλησίας | gen sg fem), and is himself the savior of the body. |
| Ephesians 5:24 | But as the church (ekklēsia | ἐκκλησία | nom sg fem) is subject to Christ, so also should wives be subject to their husbands in everything. |
| Ephesians 5:25 | Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church (ekklēsian | ἐκκλησίαν | acc sg fem) and gave himself up for her, |
| Ephesians 5:27 | so that he might present the church (ekklēsian | ἐκκλησίαν | acc sg fem) to himself in splendor, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she might be holy and without blemish. |
| Ephesians 5:29 | for no one ever hates his own body but nourishes and takes care of it, just as Christ does the church (ekklēsian | ἐκκλησίαν | acc sg fem), |
| Ephesians 5:32 | This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and about the church (ekklēsian | ἐκκλησίαν | acc sg fem). |
| Philippians 3:6 | as for zeal, a persecutor of the church (ekklēsian | ἐκκλησίαν | acc sg fem); as for the righteousness set forth in the law, I was blameless. |
| Philippians 4:15 | And you Philippians know that in the beginning of my gospel ministry, when I left Macedonia, no church (ekklēsia | ἐκκλησία | nom sg fem) joined with me in giving and receiving but you only, |
| Colossians 1:18 | And he is the head of the body, the church (ekklēsias | ἐκκλησίας | gen sg fem). He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, in order that he might be preeminent in everything. he preeminent |
