ἐκκλησία

English (LSJ)

ἡ, (ἔκκλητος)

   A assembly duly summoned, less general than σύλλογος, Th.2.22, Pl.Grg.456b, etc. ; applied to the Homeric Assemblies, Arist.Pol.1285a11 ; to the Samian Assembly, Hdt.3.142 ; to the Spartan, Th.1.87 ; to the meeting of the Amphictyons at Delphi, Aeschin.3.124 ; at Athens, ἐ. κύριαι, opp. σύγκλητοι, Arist.Ath.43.4 ; κυρία ἐ., at Amorgos, IG12(7).237.46 ; ἐ. συναγείρειν, συνάγειν, συλλέγειν, ἀθροίζειν, call an assembly, Hdt.3.142, Th.2.60, 8.97, X.HG1.6.8 ; ἐ. ποιεῖν Ar.Eq.746, Th.1.139,al. ; ἐ. ποιεῖν τινί Ar.Ach.169 ; διδόναι τινί Plb.4.34.6 ; ἐ. γίγνεται an assembly is held, Th.6.8 ; καταστάσης ἐ. Id.1.31 ; ἦν ἐ. τοῖς στρατηγοῖς And.1.2 ; ἐ. διαλύειν, ἀναστῆσαι, dissolve it, Th.8.69 (Pass.),X.HG2.4.42 ; ἀφιέναι Plu.TG16 ; ἐ. ἀνεβλήθη was adjourned, Th.5.45 ; ἐ. περί τινος Ar. Av.1030, etc.    2=Lat. Comitia, ἐ. λοχῖτις, φρατρική, = Comitia Centuriata, Curiata, D.H.4.20.    3 = ψήφισμα, ἀναγιγνωσκομένης ἐ. Philostr.VS2.1.11.    II in LXX, the Jewish congregation, De. 31.30,al.    2 in NT, the Church, as a body of Christians, Ev.Matt. 16.18, 1 Ep.Cor.11.22 ; ἡ κατ' οἶκόν τινος ἐ. Ep.Rom.16.5 ; as a building, Cod.Just.1.1.5 Intr., etc.

German (Pape)

[Seite 763] ἡ, die Volksversammlung (die durch den Herold heraus- und zusammengerufenen Bürger in Freistaaten); ποιεῖν, συλλέγειν, eine Volksversammlung veranstalten, halten, Thuc. 1, 139. 8, 97; ὅταν συλλεγῶμεν εἰς τὴν ἐκκλ. Plat. Prot. 319 b; ἀθροίζειν Xen. Hell. 1, 6, 8 u. A.; ἐκκλησίας γενομένης, oft Thuc.; καθίσταται ἐκκλησία 1, 31. 2, 36; Sp. auch ἄγειν, ἀποδιδόναι περί τινος, Plut. Rom. 27 Luc. Iup. Trag. 12; ποιεῖν od. δοῦναί τινι, concionem dare, Erlaubniß geben, zum Volke zu reden, Ar. Ach. 169; Pol. 4, 34, 6; ἀναστῆσαι, entlassen, Xen. Hell. 2, 4, 30, wie ἀφιέναι, Plut. Tib. Graech. 16. Auch von Soldaten, Xen. An. 1, 3, 2 u. öfter; vgl. Eur. Rhes. 139. – Von σύλλογος unterschieden, Thuc. 2, 22; ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ ἢ ἐν ἄλλῳ τινὶ συλλόγῳ Plat. Gorg. 456 b. – Bei Luc. D. D. 24, 1 der Versammlungsort. – Bei den K. S. die Kirche.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐκκλησία: ἡ, (ἔκκλητος) συνέλευσις τῶν πολιτῶν τακτικῶς συγκαλουμένων, νομοθετικὴ συνέλευσις, κατ’ ἀντίθεσιν πρὸς τὸν ἁπλοῦν σύλλογον, Θουκ. 2. 22, Πλάτ. Γοργ. 456Β, κτλ.· λέγεται καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν Ὁμηρικῶν συνελεύσεων, Ἀριστ. Πολιτικ. 3. 14, 4· περὶ τῆς ἐν Σάμῳ ἐκκλησίας, Ἡρόδ. 3. 142· περὶ τῆς ἐν Σπάρτῃ, Θουκ. 1. 87 (ἂν καὶ ἐν 1. 67 ὀνομάζει αὐτὴν ξύλλογον)· περὶ τῆς συνελεύσεως τῶν Ἀμφικτυόνων ἐν Δελφοῖς, Αἰσχίν. 71. 8. 2) ἐν Ἀθήναις ἡ συνέλευσις πάντων τῶν πολιτῶν νομοθετηθεῖσα ὑπὸ τοῦ Σόλωνος, ἥτις μετὰ τῆς βουλῆς εἶχε τὴν δύναμιν νὰ κάμνῃ ψηφίσματα, ἀλλ’ οὐχὶ καὶ νόμους (ἴδε ἐν λ. νόμος), καὶ νὰ ἐκλέγῃ τοὺς μὴ διὰ κλήρου ἐκλεγομένους ἄρχοντας: ― αἱ συνήθεις συνελεύσεις ἐκαλοῦντο κύριαι, τέσσαρες ἐν ἑκάστῃ πρυτανείᾳ, αἱ δὲ ἔκτακτοι ἐκαλοῦντο σύγκλητοι, ψήφισμα παρὰ Δημ. 238. 2, Ἀριστ. Ἀποσπ. 394 - 6· ἐκκλησίαν συναγείρειν, συνάγειν, συλλέγειν, ἀθροίζειν, συγκαλεῖν συνέλευσιν τοῦ λαοῦ, Ἡρόδ. 3. 142, Θουκ. 2. 60., 8. 97, Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 1. 6, 8· ἐκκλ. ποιεῖν, ποιεῖν συνέλευσιν, Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππ. 746, Θουκ. 1. 130, κ. ἀλλ.· ἐκκλ. ποιεῖν τινι Ἀριστοφ. Ἀχ. 169· δοῦναί τινι Πολύβ. 4. 34, 6· ἐκκλ. γίγνεται, καθίσταται, γίνεται συνέλευσις, Θουκ. 6. 8., 1. 31· ἦν ἐκκλ. τοῖς στατηγοῖς Ἀνδοκ. 2. 30: ― ἀντίθετον τῷ ἐκκλ. διαλύειν, ἀναστῆσαι, Θουκ. 8. 69, Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 2. 4, 42· ἀφιέναι Πλουτ. Τ. Γράκχ. 16· ἀναβάλλειν Θουκ. 5. 45· ἐκκλ. περί τινος Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρν. 1050, κτλ. ΙΙ. ἐν τῇ Καιν. Διαθ. καὶ παρὰ τοῖς Ἐκκλ. συγγραφεῦσιν, ἡ Ἐκκλησία τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὁτὲ μὲν τὸ ἄθροισμα τῶν πιστῶν, ὁτὲ δὲ ὁ τόπος τῆς συναθροίσεως, ὁ εὐκτήριος οἶκος (ὁπόθεν τὸ Γαλλικὸν église, τὸ παρ’ Οὐαλλοῖς eglws, κλτ.).

French (Bailly abrégé)

ας (ἡ) :
I. assemblée par convocation ; particul.
1 assemblée des Amphictyons, à Delphes;
2 assemblée du peuple : ἐκκλησίαν συλλέγειν THC, ἁθροίζειν XÉN, συνάγειν THC, συναγείρειν HDT réunir une assemblée ; διαλύειν THC, ἀναστῆσαι XÉN, ἀφιέναι PLUT dissoudre, lever ou congédier une assemblée ; ἀναβάλλειν THC ajourner une assemblée ; ἐκκλησία γίγνεται THC, καθίσταται THC l’assemblée a lieu, se tient;
3 assemblée de soldats;
II. lieu de réunion pour une assemblée.
Étymologie: ἐκκαλέω.

English (Abbott-Smith)

ἐκκλησία, -ας, ἡ (< ἐκ-καλέω), [in LXX chiefly for קָהָל, otherwise for one of its cogn. forms;]
1.prop., an assembly of citizens regularly convened (in Thuc., ii, 22, opp. to σύλλογος, a concourse): Ac 19:32, 39 41.
2.In LXX of the assembly, congregation, community of Israel (De 4:10 23:2, al.): Ac 7:38, He 2:12 (LXX).
3.NT, esp. of an assembly or company of Christians, a (the) church;
(a)of gatherings for worship:I Co 11:18 14:19, 34 35;
(b)of local communities: Ac 8:3, I Co 4:17; with name added, Ac 8:1, Ro 16:1, I Th 1:1, al.; pl., Ac 15:41, I Co 7:17; τ. Χριστοῦ, Ro 16:16; τ. Ἀσίας, I Co 16:19; τ. ἁγίων, I Co 14:33; εἰπο]ν τ. ἐκκλησίᾳ, Mt 18:17 (but v. Hort, Ecclesia, 10); of a house-congregation (DB, i, 431a), Ro 16:5, I Co 16:19, Col 4:15, Phm 2;
(c)of the whole body of Christians: Mt 16:18, I Co 12:28, Eph 1:22, Phl 3:6, al.; τ. θεοῦ, Ac 20:28 (Κυρίου, T, R, mg.), I Co 15:9, Ga 1:13, I Ti 3:15; ἐ. προτοτόκων ἀπογεγραμμένων ἐν οὐρανοῖς, He 12:23. SYN.: συναγωγή, q.v. (v. Tr., Syn., §i; DB, i, 426; Hort, Ecclesia, esp. 4ff., 107ff.; Hamilton, People of God, ii, 37ff.; reff. s.vv. "Church," "Congregation," in DB and DCG; Cremer, 332).

English (Strong)

from a compound of ἐκ and a derivative of καλέω; 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): assembly, church.

English (Thayer)

ἐκκλεσιας, ἡ (from ἔκκλητος called out or forth, and this from ἐκκαλέω); properly, a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place; an assembly; so used
1. among the Greeks from Thucydides (cf. Herodotus 3,142) down, an assembly of the people convened at the public place of council for the purpose of deliberating: Sept. often equivalent to קָהָל, the assembly of the Israelites, any gathering or throng of men assembled by chance or tumultuously: an assembly of Christians gathered for worship: ἐν ἐκκλησία, in the religious meeting, ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις, συνέρχεσθαι ἐν ἐκκλησία, Winer s Grammar, § 50,4a.
b. a company of Christians, 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; aa. those who anywhere, in city or village, constitute such a company and are united into one body: Winer's Grammar, 122 (116)); with specification of place, Θεσσαλονικέων, Λαοδικέων, τοῦ Θεοῦ (equivalent to יְהוָה קֲהַל, αἱ ἐκκλησίαι: τοῦ Θεοῦ added, τοῦ Χριστοῦ, τῆς Ἀσίας, Γαλατίας, etc.: τῆς Ἰουδαίας ταῖς ἐν Χριστῷ, joined to Christ (see ἐν, I:6b.), i. e. Christian assemblies, in contrast with those of the Jews, ἐκκλησίαι τῶν ἐθνῶν, gathered from the Gentiles, τῶν ἁγίων, composed of the saints, ἡ ἐκκλησία κατ' οἶκον τίνος, the church in one's house, i. e. the company of Christians belonging to a person's family; others less aptly understand the phrase of the Christians accustomed to meet for worship in the house of someone (for as appears from Lightfoot on ἡ ἐκκλησία is used even by Christ while on earth of the company of his adherents in any city or village: τήν ἐκκλησίαν although Christ may have said τήν βασιλείαν μου); τοῦ κυρίου, R Tr marginal reading WH τοῦ Θεοῦ); τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἀπογράφω, b. and πρωτότοκος, at the end). (In general, see Trench, § 1, and B. D. under the word Smith's Bible Dictionary, Church, especially American edition; and for patristic usage Sophocles Lexicon, under the word.)