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  #1577 ἐκκλησία ekklesia {ek-klay-see'-ah}

 from a compound of G1537 and a derivative of G2564; TDNT - 3:501,394; n f

—Greek Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar)


 1) a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some
    public place, an assembly
    1a) an assembly of the people convened at the public place of the
        council for the purpose of deliberating
    1b) the assembly of the Israelites
    1c) any gathering or throng of men assembled by chance,
        tumultuously
    1d) in a Christian sense
        1d1) an assembly of Christians gathered for worship in a
             religious meeting
        1d2) 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
        1d3) those who anywhere, in a city, village, constitute such a
             company and are united into one body
        1d4) the whole body of Christians scattered throughout the earth
        1d5) the assembly of faithful Christians already dead and
              received into heaven

—Thayer's (New Testament Greek-English Lexicon)

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.

—Strong's (Greek Dictionary of the New Testament)

#1577.
ε᾿κκλησι´α
ekklēsia; from 1537 and 2564; an assembly, a (religious) congregation:—
NASB - assembly(3), church(74), churches(35), congregation(2).

—NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries

 AV - church 115, assembly 3; 118

assembly
Acts 19:32, 39, 41.

church
Matthew 16:18; 18:17, 17. Acts 2:47; 5:11; 7:38; 8:1, 3; 11:22, 26; 12:1, 5; 13:1; 14:23, 27; 15:3, 4, 22; 18:22; 20:17, 28. Romans 16:1, 5, 23, 27. 1 Corinthians 1:2; 4:17; 6:4; 10:32; 11:18, 22; 12:28; 14:4, 5, 12, 19, 23, 28, 35; 15:9; 16:19. 2 Corinthians 1:1. Galatians 1:13. Ephesians 1:22; 3:10, 21; 5:23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 32. Philippians 3:6; 4:15. Colossians 1:18, 24; 4:15, 16. 1 Thessalonians 1:1. 2 Thessalonians 1:1. 1 Timothy 3:5, 15; 5:16. 2 Timothy 4:22. Titus 3:15. Philemon 1:2. Hebrews 2:12; 12:23. James 5:14. 3 John 1:6, 9, 10. Revelation 2:1, 8, 12, 18; 3:1, 7, 14.

churches
Acts 9:31; 15:41; 16:5. Romans 16:4, 16. 1 Corinthians 7:17; 11:16; 14:33, 34; 16:1, 19. 2 Corinthians 8:1, 18, 19, 23, 24; 11:8, 28; 12:13. Galatians 1:2, 22. 1 Thessalonians 2:14. 2 Thessalonians 1:4. Revelation 1:4, 11, 20, 20; 2:7, 11, 17, 23, 29; 3:6, 13, 22; 22:16.