Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
ἐκκλησία (G1577)
114 ἐκκλησία , -ας, ἡ ( ἐκ-καλέω ), [in LXX chiefly for קָהָל , otherwise for one of its cogn. forms ;] prop., an assembly of citizens regularly convened (in Thuc., ii, 22, opp. to σύλλογος , a concourse ): Ac 19:32 , 39 , 41 . In LXX of the assembly, congregation, community of Israel (De 4:10 23:2, al.): Ac 7:38 , He 2:12 (LXX) . NT, esp. of an assembly or company of Christians, a (the) church ; of gatherings for worship: I Co 11:18 14:19 , 34 , 35 ; of local communities: Ac 8:3 , I Co 4:17 ; with name added, Ac 8:1 , Ro 16:1 , I Th 1:1 , al.; pl., Ac 15:41 , I Co 7:17 ; τ. Χριστοῦ , Ro 16:16 ; τ. Ἀσίας , I Co 16:19 ; τ. ἁγίων , I Co 14:33 ; εἰπὸν τ. ἐκκλησίᾳ , Mt 18:17 (but v. Hort, Ecclesia , 10); of a house-congregation ( DB , i, 431a), Ro 16:5 , I Co 16:19 , Col 4:15 , Phm 2 ; of the whole body of Christians: Mt 16:18 , I Co 12:28 , Eph 1:22 , Phl 3:6 , al.; τ. θεοῦ , Ac 20:28 ( Κυρίου , T, R, mg.), I Co 15:9 , Ga 1:13 , I Ti 3:15 ; ἐ. προτοτόκων ἀπογεγραμμένων ἐν οὐρανοῖς , He 12:23 . SYN. : συναγωγή , q.v. (v. Tr., Syn. , §i; DB , i, 426; Hort, Ecclesia , esp. 4ff., 107ff.; Hamilton, People of God , ii, 37ff.; reff. s.vv. "Church," "Congregation," in DB and DCG ; Cremer, 332).
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