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1 ἐκκλησία
ἐκκλησία, ας, ἡ (ἐκ + καλέω; Eur., Hdt.+)① a regularly summoned legislative body, assembly, as gener. understood in the Gr-Rom. world (Jos., Ant. 12, 164; 19, 332, Vi. 268) Ac 19:39 (on ‘[regular] statutory assembly’, s. ἔννομος and IBM III/2, p. 141. The term ἐννόμη ἐ. here contrasts w. the usage vss. 32 and 40, in which ἐ. denotes simply ‘a gathering’; s. 2 below. On the ἐ. in Ephesus cp. CIG III, 325; IBM III/1, 481, 340; on the ἐ. in the theater there s. the last-named ins ln. 395; OGI 480, 9).—Pauly-W. V/2, 1905, 2163–2200; RAC IV 905–21 (lit.).② a casual gathering of people, an assemblage, gathering (cp. 1 Km 19:20; 1 Macc 3:13; Sir 26:5) Ac 19:32, 40.③ people with shared belief, community, congregation (for common identity, cp. the community of Pythagoras [Hermippus in Diog. L. 8, 41]. Remarkably, in Himerius, Or. 39 [Or. 5], 5 Orpheus forms for himself τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, a group of wild animals, who listen to him, in the Thracian mountains where there are no people), in our lit. of common interest in the God of Israel.ⓐ of OT Israelites assembly, congregation (Dt 31:30; Judg 20:2; 1 Km 17:47; 3 Km 8:14; PsSol 10:6; TestJob 32:8 τῆς εὐώδους ἐ.; Philo; Jos., Ant. 4, 309; Diod S 40, 3, 6) Hb 2:12 (Ps 21:23); e.g. to hear the law (Dt 4:10; 9:10; 18:16) Ac 7:38.ⓑ of Christians in a specific place or area (the term ἐ. apparently became popular among Christians in Greek-speaking areas for chiefly two reasons: to affirm continuity with Israel through use of a term found in Gk. translations of the Hebrew Scriptures, and to allay any suspicion, esp. in political circles, that Christians were a disorderly group).α. of a specific Christian group assembly, gathering ordinarily involving worship and discussion of matters of concern to the community: Mt 18:17; συνερχομένων ὑμῶν ἐν ἐ. when you come together as an assembly 1 Cor 11:18; cp. 14:4f, 12, 19, 28, 35; pl. vs. 34. ἐν ἐ. ἐξομολογεῖσθαι τὰ παραπτώματα confess one’s sins in assembly D 4:14; cp. 3J 6 (JCampbell, JTS 49, ’48, 130–42; for the Johannines s. ESchweizer below). In Ac 15:22 the ‘apostles and elders’ function in the manner of the βουλή or council, the committee of the whole that was responsible in a Gr-Rom. polis for proposing legislation to the assembly of citizens.—Of Christians gathering in the home of a patron house-assembly (‘house-church’) Πρίσκαν καὶ Ἀκύλαν … καὶ τὴν κατʼ οἶκον αὐτῶν ἐ. Ro 16:5; cp. 1 Cor 16:19. Νύμφαν καὶ τὴν κατʼ οἶκον αὐτῆς ἐ. Col 4:15; ἡ κατʼ οἶκόν σου ἐ. Phlm 2.—FFilson, JBL 58, ’39, 105–12; other reff. οἶκος 1aα.—Pl. ἐ. τῶν ἁγίων 1 Cor 14:33; ἐ. τῶν ἐθνῶν Ro 16:4.—1 Ti 5:16 prob. belongs here, s. βαρέω b.β. congregation or church as the totality of Christians living and meeting in a particular locality or larger geographical area, but not necessarily limited to one meeting place: Ac 5:11; 8:3; 9:31 (so KGiles, NTS 31, ’85, 135–42; s. c below), 11:26; 12:5; 15:3; 18:22; 20:17; cp. 12:1; 1 Cor 4:17; Phil 4:15; 1 Ti 5:16 perh., s. α above; Js 5:14; 3 J 9f; 1 Cl 44:3; Hv 2, 4, 3. More definitely of the Christians in Jerusalem Ac 8:1; 11:22; cp. 2:47 v.l.; 15:4, 22; Cenchreae Ro 16:1; cp. vs. 23; Corinth 1 Cor 1:2; 2 Cor 1:1; 1 Cl ins; 47:6; AcPlCor 1:16; Laodicea Col 4:16; Rv 3:14; Thessalonica 1 Th 1:1; 2 Th 1:1; Colossae Phlm subscr. v.l. Likew. w. other names: Rv 2:1, 8, 12, 18; 3:1, 7; IEph ins; 8:1; IMg ins; ITr ins; 13:1; IRo 9:1; IPhld ins; 10:1; ISm 11:1; Pol ins. Plural: Ac 15:41; 16:5; Ro 16:16; 1 Cor 7:17; 2 Cor 8:18f, 23f; 11:8, 28; 12:13; Rv 2:7, 11, 17, 23, 29; 3:6, 13, 22; 22:16; the Christian community in Judea Gal 1:22; 1 Th 2:14; Galatia Gal 1:2; 1 Cor 16:1; Asia vs. 19; Rv 1:4, and cp. vss. 11 and 20; Macedonia 2 Cor 8:1. κατʼ ἐκκλησίαν in each individual congregation or assembly Ac 14:23 (on the syntax cp. OGI 480, 9 [s. 1 above]: ἵνα τιθῆνται κατʼ ἐκκλησίαν in order that they [the statues] might be set up at each [meeting of the] ἐ.). On κατὰ τ. οὖσαν ἐ. Ac 13:1 cp. εἰμί 1 end.ⓒ the global community of Christians, (universal) church (s. AvHarnack, Mission I4 420 n. 2 on Ac 12:1): Mt 16:18 (OBetz, ZNW 48, ’57, 49–77: Qumran parallels; s. HBraun, Qumran I, ’66, 30–37); Ac 9:31 (but s. 3bβ); 1 Cor 6:4; 12:28; Eph 1:22; 3:10, 21; 5:23ff, 27, 29, 32 (HSchlier, Christus u. d. Kirche im Eph 1930; also ThBl 6, 1927, 12–17); Col 1:18, 24; Phil 3:6; B 7:11; Hv 2, 2, 6; 2, 4, 1 (with the depiction of the church as an elderly lady cp. Ps.-Demetr. 265 where Hellas, the homeland, is represented as λαβοῦσα γυναικὸς σχῆμα); 3, 3, 3; IEph 5:1f and oft.—The local assembly or congregation as well as the universal church is more specif. called ἐ. τοῦ θεοῦ or ἐ. τ. Χριστοῦ. This is essentially Pauline usage, and it serves to give the current Gk. term its Christian coloring and thereby its special mng.:α. ἐ. τοῦ θεοῦ (Orig., C. Cels. 1, 63, 22) 1 Cor 1:2; 10:32; 11:16, 22; 15:9; 2 Cor 1:1; Gal 1:13; 1 Th 2:14; 2 Th 1:4; 1 Ti 3:5, 15; Ac 20:28; ITr 2:3; 12:1; IPhld 10:1; ISm ins al.β. ἐ. τοῦ Χριστοῦ (Orig., C. Cels. 5, 22, 14) Ro 16:16.γ. both together ἐ. ἐν θεῷ πατρὶ καὶ κυρίῳ Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ 1 Th 1:1.δ. ἡ ἐ. ἡ πρώτη ἡ πνευματική the first, spiritual church (conceived in a Platonic sense as preexistent) 2 Cl 14:1; ἐ. ζῶσα the living church the body of Christ vs. 2; ἡ ἁγία ἐ. Hv 1, 1, 6; 1, 3, 4; ἡ καθολικὴ ἐ. ISm 8:2; ἡ ἁγία καὶ καθολικὴ ἐ. MPol ins; ἡ κατὰ τὴν οἰκουμένην καθολικὴ ἐ. 8:1; 19:2; ἓν σῶμα τῆς ἐ. ISm 1:2.—The literature before ’32 is given in OLinton, D. Problem der Urkirche in d. neueren Forschung (s. esp. 138–46) ’32 and AMedebielle, Dict. de la Bible, Suppl. II ’34, 487–691; before ’60, s. RAC; also s. TW, Sieben, and JHainz, Ekklesia ’72. Esp. important: EBurton, Gal (ICC) 1921, 417–20; KHoll, D. Kirchenbegriff des Pls usw.: SBBerlAk 1921, 920–47=Ges. Aufs. II 1928, 44ff; FKattenbusch, D. Vorzugsstellung d. Petrus u. d. Charakter d. Urgemeinde zu Jerusalem: KMüller Festschr. 1922, 322–51; KLSchmidt, D. Kirche des Urchristentums: Dssm. Festschr. 1927, 259–319, TW III 502–39. S. also: EPeterson, D. Kirche aus Juden u. Heiden ’33; KLSchmidt, D. Polis in Kirche u. Welt ’39; WBieder, Ekkl. u. Polis im NT u. in d. alten Kirche ’41; OMichel, D. Zeugnis des NTs v. d. Gemeinde ’41; NDahl, D. Volk Gottes ’41; RFlew, Jesus and His Church2, ’43; GJohnston, The Doctrine of the Church in the NT ’43; WKümmel, Kirchenbegriff u. Geschichtsbewusstsein in d. Urg. u. b. Jesus ’43; DFaulhaber, D. Johev. u. d. Kirche ’38; AFridrichsen, Kyrkan i 4. ev.: SvTK 16, ’40, 227–42; ESchweizer, NT Essays (Manson memorial vol.) ’59, 230–45; EWolf, Ecclesia Pressa—eccl. militans: TLZ 72, ’47, 223–32; SHanson, Unity of the Church in the NT ’46; HvCampenhausen, Kirchl. Amt u. geistl. Vollmacht in den ersten 3 Jahrh. ’53; EKäsemann, Sätze hlg. Rechtes im NT, NTS 1, ’55, 248–60; AGeorge, ET 58, ’46/47, 312–16; in ATR: JBernardin 21, ’39, 153–70; BEaston 22, ’40, 157–68; SWalke 32, ’50, 39–53 (Apost. Fath.); JMurphy, American Ecclesiastical Review 140, ’59, 250–59; 325–32; PMinear, Images of the Church in the NT, ’60; BMetzger, Theology Today 19, ’62, 369–80; ESchweizer, Church Order in the NT, tr. FClarke ’61; RSchnackenburg, The Church in the NT, tr. WO’Hara ’65; LCerfaux, JBL 85, ’66, 250–51; AHilhorst, Filología Neotestamentaria 1, ’88, 27–34. S. also ἐπίσκοπος 2 end; Πέτρος; πέτρα 1.—B. 1476f. DELG s.v. καλέω. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv. -
2 ἐκκλησία
-ας + ἡ N 1 9-45-2-24-23=103 Dt 4,10; 9,10; 18,16; 23,2.3assembly (in political sense) Jdt 6,16; assembly of people Sir 26,5; alternating with συναγωγή, stereotypical rendition of קהל: assembly of the Israelites Dt 4,10ἐκκλησία τῆς ἀποικίας assembly of the returned exiles Ezr 10,8; ἐκκλησία Ισραηλ the cultic assembly of the people of Israel 2 Chr 6,3; ἐκκλησία κυρίου the assembly of the Lord Dt 23,2; ἐκκλησία πονηρευομένων assembly of evil doers Ps 25(26),5*1 Sm 19,20 ἐκκλησίαν assembly of-קהלת for MT להקת ?Cf. BARR 1961, 119-129; MURPHY 1958, 381-390; PERI 1989 245-251; SCHMIDT 1927, 258-319;→TWNT; NIDNTT -
3 αγορεύετ'
ἀ̱γορεύετο, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: imperf ind mp 3rd sg (doric aeolic)ἀ̱γορεύετε, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: imperf ind act 2nd pl (doric aeolic)ἀγορεύετε, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: pres imperat act 2nd plἀγορεύετε, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: pres ind act 2nd plἀγορεύεται, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: pres ind mp 3rd sgἀγορεύετο, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: imperf ind mp 3rd sg (homeric ionic)ἀγορεύετε, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: imperf ind act 2nd pl (homeric ionic) -
4 ἀγορεύετ'
ἀ̱γορεύετο, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: imperf ind mp 3rd sg (doric aeolic)ἀ̱γορεύετε, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: imperf ind act 2nd pl (doric aeolic)ἀγορεύετε, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: pres imperat act 2nd plἀγορεύετε, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: pres ind act 2nd plἀγορεύεται, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: pres ind mp 3rd sgἀγορεύετο, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: imperf ind mp 3rd sg (homeric ionic)ἀγορεύετε, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: imperf ind act 2nd pl (homeric ionic) -
5 εκκλησιάσοντ'
ἐκκλησιάσοντα, ἐκκλησιάζωhold an assembly: fut part act neut nom /voc /acc plἐκκλησιάσοντα, ἐκκλησιάζωhold an assembly: fut part act masc acc sgἐκκλησιάσοντι, ἐκκλησιάζωhold an assembly: fut part act masc /neut dat sgἐκκλησιάσοντι, ἐκκλησιάζωhold an assembly: fut ind act 3rd pl (doric)ἐκκλησιάσοντε, ἐκκλησιάζωhold an assembly: fut part act masc /neut nom /voc /acc dualἐκκλησιάσονται, ἐκκλησιάζωhold an assembly: fut ind mid 3rd pl -
6 ἐκκλησιάσοντ'
ἐκκλησιάσοντα, ἐκκλησιάζωhold an assembly: fut part act neut nom /voc /acc plἐκκλησιάσοντα, ἐκκλησιάζωhold an assembly: fut part act masc acc sgἐκκλησιάσοντι, ἐκκλησιάζωhold an assembly: fut part act masc /neut dat sgἐκκλησιάσοντι, ἐκκλησιάζωhold an assembly: fut ind act 3rd pl (doric)ἐκκλησιάσοντε, ἐκκλησιάζωhold an assembly: fut part act masc /neut nom /voc /acc dualἐκκλησιάσονται, ἐκκλησιάζωhold an assembly: fut ind mid 3rd pl -
7 αγορή
ἀγοράassembly: fem dat sg (epic ionic)ἀγοράομαιmeet in assembly: pres subj mid 2nd sg (doric)ἀγοράομαιmeet in assembly: pres ind mid 2nd sg (doric aeolic)ἀγοράομαιmeet in assembly: pres subj mid 2nd sg (epic ionic)ἀγοράομαιmeet in assembly: pres ind mid 2nd sg (epic doric ionic aeolic)ἀγοράζωfrequent the: fut ind mid 2nd sg (doric aeolic)ἀγοράζωfrequent the: fut ind act 3rd sg (doric aeolic) -
8 ἀγορῇ
ἀγοράassembly: fem dat sg (epic ionic)ἀγοράομαιmeet in assembly: pres subj mid 2nd sg (doric)ἀγοράομαιmeet in assembly: pres ind mid 2nd sg (doric aeolic)ἀγοράομαιmeet in assembly: pres subj mid 2nd sg (epic ionic)ἀγοράομαιmeet in assembly: pres ind mid 2nd sg (epic doric ionic aeolic)ἀγοράζωfrequent the: fut ind mid 2nd sg (doric aeolic)ἀγοράζωfrequent the: fut ind act 3rd sg (doric aeolic) -
9 αγορήι
ἀγορῇ, ἀγοράassembly: fem dat sg (epic ionic)ἀγορῇ, ἀγοράομαιmeet in assembly: pres subj mid 2nd sg (doric)ἀγορῇ, ἀγοράομαιmeet in assembly: pres ind mid 2nd sg (doric aeolic)ἀγορῇ, ἀγοράομαιmeet in assembly: pres subj mid 2nd sg (epic ionic)ἀγορῇ, ἀγοράομαιmeet in assembly: pres ind mid 2nd sg (epic doric ionic aeolic)ἀγορῇ, ἀγοράζωfrequent the: fut ind mid 2nd sg (doric aeolic)ἀγορῇ, ἀγοράζωfrequent the: fut ind act 3rd sg (doric aeolic) -
10 ἀγορῆι
ἀγορῇ, ἀγοράassembly: fem dat sg (epic ionic)ἀγορῇ, ἀγοράομαιmeet in assembly: pres subj mid 2nd sg (doric)ἀγορῇ, ἀγοράομαιmeet in assembly: pres ind mid 2nd sg (doric aeolic)ἀγορῇ, ἀγοράομαιmeet in assembly: pres subj mid 2nd sg (epic ionic)ἀγορῇ, ἀγοράομαιmeet in assembly: pres ind mid 2nd sg (epic doric ionic aeolic)ἀγορῇ, ἀγοράζωfrequent the: fut ind mid 2nd sg (doric aeolic)ἀγορῇ, ἀγοράζωfrequent the: fut ind act 3rd sg (doric aeolic) -
11 αγορεύσατ'
ἀ̱γορεύσατο, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: aor ind mid 3rd sg (doric aeolic)ἀγορεύσατε, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: aor imperat act 2nd plἀ̱γορεύσατε, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: aor ind act 2nd pl (doric aeolic)ἀγορεύσατο, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: aor ind mid 3rd sg (homeric ionic)ἀγορεύσατε, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: aor ind act 2nd pl (homeric ionic) -
12 ἀγορεύσατ'
ἀ̱γορεύσατο, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: aor ind mid 3rd sg (doric aeolic)ἀγορεύσατε, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: aor imperat act 2nd plἀ̱γορεύσατε, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: aor ind act 2nd pl (doric aeolic)ἀγορεύσατο, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: aor ind mid 3rd sg (homeric ionic)ἀγορεύσατε, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: aor ind act 2nd pl (homeric ionic) -
13 αγορεύσει
ἀγόρευσιςspeech: fem nom /voc /acc dual (attic epic)ἀγορεύσεϊ, ἀγόρευσιςspeech: fem dat sg (epic)ἀγόρευσιςspeech: fem dat sg (attic ionic)ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: aor subj act 3rd sg (epic)ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: fut ind mid 2nd sgἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: fut ind act 3rd sgἀ̱γορεύσει, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: futperf ind mp 2nd sg (doric aeolic)ἀ̱γορεύσει, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: futperf ind act 3rd sg (doric aeolic) -
14 ἀγορεύσει
ἀγόρευσιςspeech: fem nom /voc /acc dual (attic epic)ἀγορεύσεϊ, ἀγόρευσιςspeech: fem dat sg (epic)ἀγόρευσιςspeech: fem dat sg (attic ionic)ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: aor subj act 3rd sg (epic)ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: fut ind mid 2nd sgἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: fut ind act 3rd sgἀ̱γορεύσει, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: futperf ind mp 2nd sg (doric aeolic)ἀ̱γορεύσει, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: futperf ind act 3rd sg (doric aeolic) -
15 αγορεύση
ἀγορεύσηι, ἀγόρευσιςspeech: fem dat sg (epic)ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: aor subj mid 2nd sgἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: aor subj act 3rd sgἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: fut ind mid 2nd sgἀ̱γορεύσῃ, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: futperf ind mp 2nd sg (doric aeolic)ἀ̱γορεύσῃ, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: futperf ind mid 2nd sg (doric aeolic) -
16 ἀγορεύσῃ
ἀγορεύσηι, ἀγόρευσιςspeech: fem dat sg (epic)ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: aor subj mid 2nd sgἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: aor subj act 3rd sgἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: fut ind mid 2nd sgἀ̱γορεύσῃ, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: futperf ind mp 2nd sg (doric aeolic)ἀ̱γορεύσῃ, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: futperf ind mid 2nd sg (doric aeolic) -
17 αγορεύσουσι
ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: aor subj act 3rd pl (epic)ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: fut part act masc /neut dat pl (attic epic doric ionic)ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: fut ind act 3rd pl (attic epic doric ionic aeolic)ἀ̱γορεύσουσι, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: futperf ind act masc /neut dat pl (attic epic doric ionic aeolic)ἀ̱γορεύσουσι, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: futperf ind act 3rd pl (attic epic doric ionic aeolic) -
18 ἀγορεύσουσι
ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: aor subj act 3rd pl (epic)ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: fut part act masc /neut dat pl (attic epic doric ionic)ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: fut ind act 3rd pl (attic epic doric ionic aeolic)ἀ̱γορεύσουσι, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: futperf ind act masc /neut dat pl (attic epic doric ionic aeolic)ἀ̱γορεύσουσι, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: futperf ind act 3rd pl (attic epic doric ionic aeolic) -
19 αγορεύσω
ἀ̱γορεύσω, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: aor ind mid 2nd sg (doric aeolic)ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: aor subj act 1st sgἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: fut ind act 1st sgἀ̱γορεύσω, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: futperf ind act 1st sg (doric aeolic)ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: aor ind mid 2nd sg (homeric ionic) -
20 ἀγορεύσω
ἀ̱γορεύσω, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: aor ind mid 2nd sg (doric aeolic)ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: aor subj act 1st sgἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: fut ind act 1st sgἀ̱γορεύσω, ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: futperf ind act 1st sg (doric aeolic)ἀγορεύωspeak in the assembly: aor ind mid 2nd sg (homeric ionic)
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