G1577 — ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía)

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Strong's G1577 (Greek)

Greek: ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía)

Pronunciation: ek-klay-see'-ah

Derivation: from a compound of G1537 and a derivative of G2564;

Definition: 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)

KJV Renderings: assembly, church

Cross References

Strong's Original Transliteration Derivation Definition KJV Renderings
G1537 ἐκ ek a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal or figurative; direct or remote) after, among, X are, at, betwixt(-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for(- th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, …ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with(-out)
G2564 καλέω kaléō akin to the base of G2753 to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise) bid, call (forth), (whose, whose sur-)name (was (called))

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.

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