ἐκκλησία (
ekklēsía｜
ek-klay-see'-ah｜
noun｜
church)
[Grk]
ἐκκλησία LN: 11.32,
11.33,
11.78 GK: G1711 Hebrew: לַהֲקָה,
קָהָל
Derivation: from a compound of
ἐκ and a derivative of
καλέω;
Strong's: 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)
KJV: --assembly, church.
See: ἐκSee: καλέω ἐκκλησί-α, ἡ,
(ἔκκλητος)
I
1. assembly duly summoned, less general than σύλλογος, Th. 2.22, Pl. Grg. 456b, etc.; applied to the Homeric Assemblies, Arist. Pol. 1285a11; to the Samian Assembly, Hdt. 3.142; to the Spartan, Th. 1.87; to the meeting of the Amphictyons at Delphi, Aeschin. 3.124; at Athens, ἐ. κύριαι, opp. σύγκλητοι, Arist. Ath. 43.4; κυρία ἐ., at Amorgos, IG 12(7).237.46; ἐ. συναγείρειν, συνάγειν, συλλέγειν, ἀθροίζειν, call an assembly, Hdt. 3.142, Th. 2.60, 8.97, X. HG 1.6.8; ἐ. ποιεῖν Ar. Eq. 746, Th. 1.139,al.; ἐ. ποιεῖν τινί Ar. Ach. 169; διδόναι τινί Plb. 4.34.6; ἐ. γίγνεται an assembly is held, Th. 6.8; καταστάσης ἐ. Id. 1.31; ἦν ἐ. τοῖς στρατηγοῖς And. 1.2; ἐ. διαλύειν, ἀναστῆσαι, dissolve it, Th. 8.69 (Pass.), X. HG 2.4.42; ἀφιέναι Plu. TG 16; ἐ. ἀνεβλήθη was adjourned, Th. 5.45; ἐ. περί τινος Ar. Av. 1030, etc.
2. =Lat. Comitia, ἐ. λοχῖτις, φρατρική, = Comitia Centuriata, Curiata, D.H. 4.20.
3. = ψήφισμα, ἀναγιγνωσκομένης ἐ. Philostr. VS 2.1.11.
II
1. in LXX, the Jewish congregation, De. 31.30,al.
2. in NT, the Church, as a body of Christians, [Mat 16:18]; [1Co 11:22]; ἡ κατ’ οἶκόν τινος ἐ. [Rom 16:5]; as a building, Cod.Just. 1.1.5 Intr., etc.
ἐκκλησία ekklēsia 114x
a popular assembly, [Act 19:32]; [Act 19:39]; [Act 19:41];
in NT
the congregation of the children of Israel, [Act 7:38];
transferred to the Christian body, of which the congregation of Israel was a figure, the Church, [1Co 12:28]; [Col 1:18];
a local portion of the Church, a local church, [Rom 16:1];
a Christian congregation, [1Co 14:4] church.
G1577 — ἐκκλησία
ἐκκλεσιας, ἡ (from ἔκκλητος called out or forth, and this from ἐκκαλέω); properly, a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place; an assembly; so used
1. among the Greeks from Thucydides (cf. Herodotus 3, 142) down, an assembly of the people convened at the public place of council for the purpose of deliberating: [Act 19:39].
2. in the Sept. often equivalent to קָהָל, the assembly of the Israelites, [Jdg 21:8]; [1Ch 29:1], etc., especially when gathered for sacred purposes, [Deu 31:30] ([Deu 32:1]); [Jos 8:35] ([Jos 9:8]), etc.; in the N. T. thus in [Act 7:38]; [Heb 2:12].
3. any gathering or throng of men assembled by chance or tumultuously: [Act 19:32], [Act 19:41].
4. in the Christian sense,
a. an assembly of Christians gathered for worship: ἐν ἐκκλησία, in the religious meeting, [1Co 14:19], [1Co 14:35]; ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις, [1Co 14:34]; συνέρχεσθαι ἐν ἐκκλησία, [1Co 11:18]; cf. Winers Grammar, § 50, 4a.
b. a company of Christians, or of those who, hoping for eternal Salvation through Jesus Christ, observe their own religious rites, hold their own religious meetings, and manage their own affairs according to regulations prescribed for the body for order's sake; aa. those who anywhere, in city or village, constitute such a company and are united into one body: [Act 5:11]; [Act 8:3]; [1Co 4:17]; [1Co 6:4]; [Phi 4:15]; [3Jo 1:6] (cf. Winer's Grammar, 122 (116)); with specification of place, [Act 8:1]; [Act 11:22]; [Rom 16:1]; [1Co 4:17]; [1Co 6:4]; [Rev 2:1], [Rev 2:8], etc.; Θεσσαλονικέων, [1Th 1:1]; [2Th 1:1]; Λαοδικέων, [Col 4:16]; with the genitive of the possessor, τοῦ Θεοῦ (equivalent to יְהוָה קֲהַל, [Num 16:3]; [Num 20:4]), [1Co 11:22]; and mention of the place, [1Co 1:2]; [2Co 1:1]. Plural, αἱ ἐκκλησίαι: [Act 15:41]; [1Co 7:17]; [2Co 8:19]; [Rev 1:4]; [Rev 3:6], etc.; with τοῦ Θεοῦ added, [1Th 2:14]; [2Th 1:4]; τοῦ Χριστοῦ, [Rom 16:16]; with mention of the place, as τῆς Ἀσίας, Γαλατίας, etc.: [1Co 16:1], [1Co 16:19]; [2Co 8:1]; [Gal 1:2]; τῆς Ἰουδαίας ταῖς ἐν Χριστῷ, joined to Christ (see ἐν, I. 6b.), i. e. Christian assemblies, in contrast with those of the Jews, [Gal 1:22]; ἐκκλησίαι τῶν ἐθνῶν, gathered from the Gentiles, [Rom 16:4]; τῶν ἁγίων, composed of the saints, [1Co 14:33]. ἡ ἐκκλησία κατ' οἶκον τίνος, the church in one's house, i. e. the company of Christians belonging to a person's family; others less aptly understand the phrase of the Christians accustomed to meet for worship in the house of someone (for as appears from [1Co 14:23], the whole Corinthian church was accustomed to assemble in one and the same place; (but see Lightfoot on [Col 4:15])): [Rom 16:5]; [1Co 16:19]; [Col 4:15]; [Phi 1:2]. The name ἡ ἐκκλησία is used even by Christ while on earth of the company of his adherents in any city or village: [Mat 18:17]. bb. the whole body of Christians scattered throughout the earth; collectively, all who worship and honor God and Christ in whatever place they may be: [Mat 16:18] (where perhaps the Evangelist employs τήν ἐκκλησίαν although Christ may have said τήν βασιλείαν μου); [1Co 12:28]; [Eph 1:22]; [Eph 3:10]; [Eph 5:23]ff,27,29,32; [Phi 3:6]; [Col 1:18], [Col 1:24]; with the genitive of the possessor: τοῦ κυρίου, [Act 20:28] (R Tr marginal reading WH τοῦ Θεοῦ); τοῦ Θεοῦ, [Gal 1:13]; [1Co 15:9]; [1Ti 3:15]. cc. the name is transferred to the assembly of faithful Christians already dead and received into heaven: [Heb 12:23] (on this passage see in ἀπογράφω, b. and πρωτότοκος, at the end). (In general, see Trench, § 1, and B. D. under the word , especially American edition; and for patristic usage Sophocles Lexicon, under the word.)
ἐκκλησία , - ας , ἡ
( < ἐκ - καλέω ),
[in LXX chiefly for H6951, otherwise for one of its cogn . forms;]
1. prop ., an assembly of citizens regularly convened (in Thuc ., ii, 22, opp . to σύλλογος , a concourse): [Act 19:32]; [Act 19:39]; [Act 19:41].
2. In LXX of the assembly, congregation, community of Israel ([Deu 4:10]; [Deu 23:2], al. ): [Act 7:38], [Heb 2:12] ( LXX ).
3. In NT, esp . of an assembly or company of Christians, a ( the) church;
(a) of gatherings for worship: [1Co 11:18]; 1Co 14:19 ; [1Co 14:34-35];
(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]; εἰπὸν τ . ἐκκλησία , [Mat 18:17] (but v. Hort , Ecclesia, 10); of a house-congregation ( DB, i, 431a), Rom 16:5 , [1Co 16:19], [Col 4:15], [Phm 1:2];
( c ) 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 ἐ v οὐρανοῖς , [Heb 12:23].
SYN.: συναγωγή G4864, q.v. ( v. Tr., Syn. , § i; DB, i, 426; Hort , Ecclesia, esp . 4 ff ., 107 ff .; Hamilton, People of God, ii, 3 7 ff .; reff. s.vv. " Church," "Congregation," in DB and DCG; Cremer , 332).
ἐκκλησία原文音譯：™kklhs⋯a 誒克-克累西阿
詞類次數：名詞（115）
原文字根：出-召（的） 相當於：H6951（קָהָל）
字義溯源：召出來的，聚會，聚集，聚眾，會眾，教會，聚集的人；由（G1537（ἐκ / ἐκπερισσῶς / ἐκφωνέω）*=出）與（G2564（καλέω）=召）組成；其中G2564（καλέω）出自（G2753（κελεύω）=邀請），而G2753（κελεύω）又出自（G2753（κελεύω）X*=力言）。這字的字義：召出來的；除了（[徒19:32][,39][,41]）那三次外，其餘110次大都譯為：教會。七十士將舊約的希伯來文繙為希臘文時，就將部分（H6950（קָהַל）=聚集），譯為（G1577（ἐκκλησία）=教會，聚集）。主耶穌對彼得說，他要將他的教會建造在這磐石上（[太16:18]），這是新約第一次提說教會。可是在彼得的講論和他的書信中，卻沒有一次提說教會。保羅講論教會最多，最詳盡。約翰也在的書信中多次提說教會（[約叄6],[9],[10]）；此外，也在啓示錄二，三章記載聖靈提說的七個教會
出現次數：總共（115）；太（3）；徒（23）；羅（5）；林前（22）；林後（9）；加（3）；弗（9）；腓（2）；西（4）；帖前（2）；帖後（2）；提前（3）；提後（1）；門（1）；來（2）；雅（1）；約叄（3）；啓（20）
譯字彙編：
1）教會（105）數量太多，不能盡錄；
2）聚會（4）[徒7:38]；[羅16:5]；[門1:2]；[來12:23]；
3）是教會的（1）[林後8:23]；
4）眾教會的（1）[帖前2:14]；
5）聚眾（1）[徒19:41]；
6）聚集的人（1）[徒19:32]；
7）會眾（1）[徒14:27]；
8）聚集（1）[徒19:39]