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ekklēsia G1577

ἐκκλησία (ekklēsia) means “assembly” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ἐκκλησία Greek · G1577 114 tagged occurrences in 111 verses

Pronunciation guide: ek-klay-see'-ah Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G1577

ἐκκλησία · ekklēsia · assembly

ἐκκλησία, -ας, ἡ (ἐκ-καλέω), [in LXX chiefly for קָהָל, otherwise for one of its cogn. forms ;] 1. prop., an assembly of citizens regularly convened (in Thuc., ii, 22, opposite to σύλλογος, a concourse): Act.19:32, 39 41. 2. In LXX of the assembly, congregation, community of Israel (Deu.4:10 23:2, al.): Act.7:38, Heb.2:12" (LXX) . 3. NT, esp. of an assembly or company of Christians, a (the) church; (a) of gatherings for worship: 1Co.11:18 14:19, 34 35; (b) of local communities: Act.8:3, 1Co.4:17; with name added, Act.8:1, Rom.16:1, 1Th.1:1, al.; pl., Act.15:41, 1Co.7:17; τ. Χριστοῦ, Rom.16:16; τ. Ἀσίας, 1Co.16:19; τ. ἁγίων, 1Co.14:33; εἰπο]ν τ. ἐκκλησίᾳ, Mat.18:17 (but see Hort, Ecclesia, 10); of a house-congregation (DB, i, 431a), Rom.16:5, 1Co.16:19, Col.4:15, Phm 2; (with) of the whole body of Christians: Mat.16:18, 1Co.12:28, Eph.1:22, Php.3:6, al.; τ. θεοῦ, Act.20:28 (Κυρίου, T, R, mg.), 1Co.15:9, Gal.1:13, 1Ti.3:15; ἐ. προτοτόκων ἀπογεγραμμένων ἐν οὐρανοῖς, Heb.12:23. SYN.: συναγωγή, which see (see Tr., Syn., §i; DB, i, 426; Hort, Ecclesia, esp. 4ff., 107ff.; Hamilton, People of God, ii, 37ff.; reff. s.vv. "Church," "Congregation," in DB and DCG; Cremer, 332). (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

an assembly, congregation, church; the Church, the whole body of Christian believers.

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How translators render G1577

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
church 62
churches 34
the church 8
assembly 4
a church 1
church at jerusalem 1
church together 1
of the churches 1
the assembly 1
to the congregation 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
the church 41
of the church 19
the churches 15
church 9
unto the churches 9
churches 8
to the church 4
unto the church 4
of the 2
of the churches 2
the assembly 2
assembly 1
the 1
to the 1
to the churches 1
unto the 1

Verses containing G1577

Page 2 of 3. 111 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. 1 Corinthians 16:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house.

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  2. 2 Corinthians 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:

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  3. 2 Corinthians 8:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.

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  4. 2 Corinthians 8:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Along with Titus we are sending the brother who is praised by all the churches for his work in the gospel.

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  5. 2 Corinthians 8:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    More than that, this brother was chosen by the churches to accompany us with the gracious offering we administer to honor the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.

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  6. 2 Corinthians 8:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you. As for our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.

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  7. 2 Corinthians 8:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In full view of the churches, then, show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our boasting about you.

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  8. 2 Corinthians 11:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I robbed other churches by accepting their support in order to serve you.

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  9. 2 Corinthians 11:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.

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  10. 2 Corinthians 12:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!

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  11. Galatians 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and all the brothers with me, To the churches of Galatia:

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  12. Galatians 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.

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  13. Galatians 1:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I was personally unknown, however, to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.

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  14. Ephesians 1:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,

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  15. Ephesians 3:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,

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  16. Ephesians 3:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

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  17. Ephesians 5:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.

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  18. Ephesians 5:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

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  19. Ephesians 5:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

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  20. Ephesians 5:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

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  21. Ephesians 5:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.

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  22. Ephesians 5:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.

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  23. Philippians 3:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.

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  24. Philippians 4:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And as you Philippians know, in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church but you partnered with me in the matter of giving and receiving.

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  25. Colossians 1:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.

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  26. Colossians 1:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.

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  27. Colossians 4:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Greet the brothers in Laodicea, as well as Nympha and the church that meets at her house.

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  28. Colossians 4:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After this letter has been read among you, make sure that it is also read in the church of the Laodiceans, and that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea.

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  29. 1 Thessalonians 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you.

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  30. 1 Thessalonians 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,

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  31. 2 Thessalonians 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

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  32. 2 Thessalonians 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    That is why we boast among God’s churches about your perseverance and faith in the face of all the persecution and affliction you are enduring.

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  33. 1 Timothy 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?

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  34. 1 Timothy 3:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

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  35. 1 Timothy 5:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If any believing woman has dependent widows, she must assist them and not allow the church to be burdened, so that it can help the widows who are truly in need.

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  36. Philemon 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets at your house:

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  37. Hebrews 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He says: “I will proclaim Your name to My brothers; I will sing Your praises in the assembly.”

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  38. Hebrews 12:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

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  39. James 5:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.

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  40. 3 John 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They have testified to the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.

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  41. 3 John 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.

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  42. 3 John 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So if I come, I will call attention to his malicious slander against us. And unsatisfied with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers and forbids those who want to do so, even putting them out of the church.

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  43. Revelation 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven spirits before His throne,

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  44. Revelation 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

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  45. Revelation 1:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

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  46. Revelation 2:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.

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  47. Revelation 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.

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  48. Revelation 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who died and returned to life.

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  49. Revelation 2:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.

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  50. Revelation 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of the One who holds the sharp, double-edged sword.

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