Strong's G1577
ἐκκλησία(ekklēsía)
- Language:
- Greek (New Testament)
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)
Derivation
from a compound of G1537 (ἐκ) and a derivative of G2564 (καλέω);
KJV Translation
In the King James Version, ἐκκλησία is translated as: assembly, church.
About Strong's Concordance
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Greek root word in the New Testament. The Greek dictionary covers all 5,624 root words. This entry is in the public domain.