Strong's #1577: ekklesia (pronounced ek-klay-see'-ah)
from a compound of 1537 and a derivative of 2564; 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.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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ekklēsia
1) a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly
1a) an assembly of the people convened at the public place of the council for the purpose of deliberating
1b) the assembly of the Israelites
1c) any gathering or throng of men assembled by chance, tumultuously
1d) in a Christian sense
1d1) an assembly of Christians gathered for worship in a religious meeting
1d2) a company of Christian, 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
1d3) those who anywhere, in a city, village, constitute such a company and are united into one body
1d4) the whole body of Christians scattered throughout the earth
1d5) the assembly of faithful Christians already dead and received into heaven
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Relation: from a compound of G1537 and a derivative of G2564
Citing in TDNT: 3:501, 394
Usage:
This word is used 116 times:
Revelation 2:1: "Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith"
Revelation 2:7: "Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat"
Revelation 2:8: "unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith"
Revelation 2:11: "Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of"
Revelation 2:12: "to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things"
Revelation 2:17: "Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat"
Revelation 2:18: "unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things"
Revelation 2:23: "and all the churches shall know that I am"
Revelation 2:29: "Spirit saith unto the churches."
Revelation 3:1: "unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things"
Revelation 3:6: "Spirit saith unto the churches."
Revelation 3:7: "to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things"
Revelation 3:13: "Spirit saith unto the churches."
Revelation 3:14: "unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith"
Revelation 3:22: "Spirit saith unto the churches."
Revelation 22:16: "these things in the churches. I am the root"
