ἐκκλησία

Noun

ekklēsia · assembly

Search morphology

Strong's ID: 1577

Lexical summary

114

NT occurrences

8

Observed forms

About this Greek word

A popular assembly, Acts 19:32, 39, 41; in NT the congregation of the children of Israel, Acts 7:38; transferred to the Christian body, of which the congregation of Israel was a figure, the Church, 1 Cor. 12:28; Col. 1:18; a local portion of the Church, a local church, Rom. 16:1; a Christian congregation, 1 Cor. 14:4

Observed NT forms

These forms and parsing labels come from the attested NT corpus. A missing form is not presented as an unattested grammatical claim.

Noun declension

Noun declension, grouped by number and case
NumberCaseFeminineReferences
SingularNominative
Acts 9:31
Genitive
Matthew 18:17
Dative
Matthew 18:17
Accusative
Matthew 16:18
Vocative——
PluralNominative
Acts 16:5
Genitive
Dative
Accusative
Acts 15:41
Vocative——

NT distribution

NT Book

ἐκκλησία

Book distribution counts: Acts: 23 occurrences; 1 Corinthians: 22 occurrences; Revelation: 20 occurrences; Ephesians: 9 occurrences; 2 Corinthians: 9 occurrences; Romans: 5 occurrences; Colossians: 4 occurrences; 3 John: 3 occurrences; Matthew: 3 occurrences; 1 Timothy: 3 occurrences; Galatians: 3 occurrences; Hebrews: 2 occurrences; Philippians: 2 occurrences; 1 Thessalonians: 2 occurrences; 2 Thessalonians: 2 occurrences; James: 1 occurrences; Philemon: 1 occurrences

Author

ἐκκλησία
  • Paul62
  • John23
  • Luke23
  • Matthew3
  • Hebrews2
  • James1

Author distribution counts: Paul: 62 occurrences; John: 23 occurrences; Luke: 23 occurrences; Matthew: 3 occurrences; Hebrews: 2 occurrences; James: 1 occurrences