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an assembly, a (religious) congregation Original Word: ἐκκλησίαTransliteration: ekklésia Phonetic Spelling: (ek-klay-see'-ah) Short Definition: assembly
from ek and kaleó Definition an assembly, a (religious) congregation NASB Word Usage assembly (3), church (74), churches (35), congregation (2). NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation All rights reserved Lockman.org
From a compound of ek and a derivative of kaleo; 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) -- assembly, church. see GREEK ek see GREEK kaleo ἐκκλησίᾳ (ekklēsia) − 33 Occurrences ἐκκλησίαι (ekklēsiai) − 7 Occurrences ἐκκλησίαις (ekklēsiais) − 18 Occurrences ἐκκλησίαν (ekklēsian) − 20 Occurrences ἐκκλησίας (ekklēsias) − 29 Occurrences ἐκκλησιῶν (ekklēsiōn) − 7 Occurrences
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