ἐκκλησία
ekklēsía
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)
Lexicon
Derivation: from a compound of G1537 (ἐκ) and a derivative of G2564 (καλέω);
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)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: assembly, church
Usage
117 occurrences · 0 OT · 117 NT · 26 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the church41 · 35%
- of the church18 · 15%
- the churches16 · 14%
- church9 · 8%
- unto the churches9 · 8%
- churches8 · 7%
- unto the church5 · 4%
- to the church3 · 3%
- the assembly2 · 2%
- of the churches2 · 2%
- it unto the church1 · 1%
- assembly1 · 1%
- greet the church1 · 1%
- to the churches1 · 1%
- things to the church1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.