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A Word Study Ekklesia

A Word Study Ekklesia. Matthew 16:18. Ekklesia - Defined.

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A Word Study Ekklesia

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  1. A Word StudyEkklesia Matthew 16:18

  2. Ekklesia - Defined From a compound of G1537 and a derivative of G2564; a calling out, that is, (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.

  3. Ekklesia - Defined 1) a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly a) an assembly of the people convened at the public place of the council for the purpose of deliberating b) the assembly of the Israelites c) any gathering or throng of men assembled by chance, tumultuously

  4. Ekklesia - Defined d) in a Christian sense 1) an assembly of Christians gathered for worship in a religious meeting 2) 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 3) those who anywhere, in a city, village, constitute such a company and are united into one body 4) the whole body of Christians scattered throughout the earth 5) the assembly of faithful Christians already dead and received into heaven

  5. Assembly - Defined The act of assembling. The state of being assembled. A group of persons gathered together for a common reason, as for a legislative, religious, educational, or social purpose.

  6. Singular Form • Jerusalem • Acts 8:1; 11:22 • A Named City • Acts 13:1; Rom 16:1; 1Cor 1:2; 2Cor 1:1; 1Thes 1:1; 2Thes 1:1 • Group Addressed • Acts 20:28; Rom 16:23; 1Cor 6:4; 14:5,12,23; 1Tim 5:16; Jam 5:14

  7. Singular Form • Individual Group • Acts 11:26; 14:23; 1Cor 14:4; 1Tim 3:5,15 • Universal Represented in Local • Acts 5:11; 1Cor 10:32; 11:22; 15:9; Gal 1:13; Phil 3:6 • One Universal • Eph 1:22; 3:10,21; 5:23,24,25,27,29,32; Col 1:18,24 • In Homes • Rom 16:5; 1Cor 16:19; Col 4:15; Phile 2

  8. Plural Form All Individual in a Named Region Judea – Gal 1:22; 1Thes 2:14 Galatia – 1Cor 16:1; Gal 1:2 Syria & Cilicia – Acts 15:41 Macedonia – 2Cor 8:1 Asia – 1Cor 16:19; Rev 1:4

  9. Plural Form • All in a General Area • Acts 16:5 • Not Definite Region, but not All Individual • Rom 16:4,16; 2Cor 8:23; 11:8 • Some of all Individual • 1Cor 7:17; 2Cor 8:18,24; 11:28; 12:13; 2Thes 1:4

  10. Assembly Acts 19:32So then, some were shouting one thing and some another, for the assembly was in confusion and the majority did not know for what reason they had come together. Acts 19:39But if you want anything beyond this, it shall be settled in the lawful assembly. Acts 19:41After saying this he dismissed the assembly.

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