Strong's Greek · G1577
G1577 ekklēsía
ἐκκλησία
ek-klay-see'-ah
assembly
Looking for Hebrew H1577 gâmûwl? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G1577. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
ekklēsía appears 114 times in Scripture, including Matthew 16:18 and Acts 5:11. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
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)
In the King James Version
assembly, church
Derivation
from a compound of G1537 (ἐκ) and a derivative of G2564 (καλέω);
Appears 114 times in Scripture
“And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.”
“He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.”
“And great fear came over the whole church and all who heard about these events.”
“On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.”
“From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.”
“And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.”
“About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.”
“Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.”
“If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
