ἐκκλησία
Noun
Gloss
an assembly, congregation, church
Mounce definition
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
Morphological category
- Feminine nouns with stems ending in εα, ια, or ρα and a genitive in ας
Feminine (1st declension)
S | P | |
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N | ἐκκλησία 9 | ἐκκλησίαι 7 |
G | ἐκκλησίας 26 | ἐκκλησιῶν 7 |
D | ἐκκλησίᾳ 24 | ἐκκλησίαις 18 |
A | ἐκκλησίαν 20 | ἐκκλησίας 3 |