Vocabulary Form
ἐκκλησία, -ας, ἡ
Definition

a church, the Church, assembly, congregation

Erasmian
Modern
Root
ἐκκλησια
Frequency
114
GK
1711
Cognates

Ecclesiology is the study of the church.

Ecclesiastical means "relating to the organization of the church."

Mnemonic Singing

The church's one foundation
is Jesus Christ, her Lord.

Song

Biblical Concordance

Romans 16:1 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church (ekklēsias | ἐκκλησίας | gen sg fem) in Cenchrea,
Romans 16:4 who risked their own necks for my life. Not only I but also all the churches (ekklēsiai | ἐκκλησίαι | nom pl fem) of the Gentiles are grateful to them.
Romans 16:5 Also greet the church (ekklēsian | ἐκκλησίαν | acc sg fem) in their house. Greet my dear friend Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia.
Romans 16:16 Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches (ekklēsiai | ἐκκλησίαι | nom pl fem) of Christ greet you.
Romans 16:23 Gaius, a host to me as well as to the whole church (ekklēsias | ἐκκλησίας | gen sg fem), greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer greets you, as does our brother Quartus.
1 Corinthians 1:2 to the church (ekklēsia | ἐκκλησίᾳ | dat sg fem) of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be saints together with all those in every place who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:
1 Corinthians 4:17 That is why I sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ Jesus, as I teach them everywhere in every church (ekklēsia | ἐκκλησίᾳ | dat sg fem).
1 Corinthians 6:4 So if you have ordinary cases, do you appoint as judges those who have no standing in the church (ekklēsia | ἐκκλησίᾳ | dat sg fem)?
1 Corinthians 7:17 Only, as the Lord has assigned to each person, as God has called each one, so let that person conduct his life. And thus I prescribe in all the churches (ekklēsiais | ἐκκλησίαις | dat pl fem).
1 Corinthians 10:32 Do not be a stumbling block to either Jews or Greeks, or to the church (ekklēsia | ἐκκλησίᾳ | dat sg fem) of God;
1 Corinthians 11:16 If anyone is inclined to be quarrelsome, we have no such practice, nor do the churches (ekklēsiai | ἐκκλησίαι | nom pl fem) of God.
1 Corinthians 11:18 For in the first place, I hear that when you gather as a church (ekklēsia | ἐκκλησίᾳ | dat sg fem) there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it,
1 Corinthians 11:22 Can it be that you do not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or are you trying to show contempt for the church (ekklēsias | ἐκκλησίας | gen sg fem) of God by humiliating those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I commend you? For this I will not commend you.
1 Corinthians 12:28 And God has appointed in the church (ekklēsia | ἐκκλησίᾳ | dat sg fem) first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, those able to help others, those who can provide guidance, and various kinds of tongues.
1 Corinthians 14:4 The one who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but the one who prophesies edifies the church (ekklēsian | ἐκκλησίαν | acc sg fem).
1 Corinthians 14:5 Now I would like all of you to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church (ekklēsia | ἐκκλησία | nom sg fem) may receive edification.
1 Corinthians 14:12 So it is with you. Since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, seek to excel for the edification of the church (ekklēsias | ἐκκλησίας | gen sg fem).
1 Corinthians 14:19 however, in church (ekklēsia | ἐκκλησίᾳ | dat sg fem) I would rather speak five words with my understanding, so as to instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
1 Corinthians 14:23 So if the whole church (ekklēsia | ἐκκλησία | nom sg fem) assembles in the same place and everyone is speaking in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds?
1 Corinthians 14:28 But if there is no one who can interpret, the speaker should remain silent in church (ekklēsia | ἐκκλησίᾳ | dat sg fem) and speak to himself and to God.
1 Corinthians 14:33 for God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches (ekklēsiais | ἐκκλησίαις | dat pl fem) of the saints,
1 Corinthians 14:34 the women are to be silent in the churches (ekklēsiais | ἐκκλησίαις | dat pl fem), for they are not permitted to speak. Rather, they are to be submissive, as in fact the law says.
1 Corinthians 14:35 And if they want to find out about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is improper for a woman to speak in church (ekklēsia | ἐκκλησίᾳ | dat sg fem).
1 Corinthians 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church (ekklēsian | ἐκκλησίαν | acc sg fem) of God.
1 Corinthians 16:1 Now concerning the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches (ekklēsiais | ἐκκλησίαις | dat pl fem) of Galatia, so you also are to do.