ἐκκλησία ekklēsia · G1577

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, …

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ἐκκλησί-α, ἡ, ; (ἔκκλητος) assembly duly summoned, less general than σύλλογος, []; applied to the Homeric Assemblies, []; to the Samian Assembly, []; to the Spartan, []; to the meeting of the Amphictyons at Delphi, []; at Athens, ἐ. κύριαι, opposed to σύγκλητοι, Arist.[]; κυρία ἐ., at Amorgos, []; ἐ. συναγείρειν, συνάγειν, συλλέγειν, ἀθροίζειν, call an assembly, []; ἐ. γίγνεται an assembly is held, []; ἐ. διαλύειν, ἀναστῆσαι, dissolve it, []; ἐ. ἀνεβλήθη was adjourned, []; 2=Latin Comitia, ἐ. …

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Source: TBESG G1577; TFLSJ G1577

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