ἐκκλησία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐκκλεισία (Thessalian)

Etymology

From ἔκκλητος "summoned", from ἐκκαλέω "I summon", from ἐκ "out" and καλέω "I call"

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /ek̚klɛ͜ɛsí.a͜a/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /ɛk̚kleːsíaː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ek̚klisía/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /ek̚klisía/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /eklisía/

Noun

ἐκκλησία (genitive ἐκκλησίας) f, first declension; (ekklēsiā)

1. assembly
2. congregation, church

Inflection

First declension of ἐκκλησίᾱ, ἐκκλησίᾱς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐκκλησίᾱ	τὼ ἐκκλησίᾱ	αἱ ἐκκλησίαι
Genitive	τῆς ἐκκλησίᾱς	τοῖν ἐκκλησίαιν	τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν
Dative	τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ	τοῖν ἐκκλησίαιν	ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις
Accusative	τὴν ἐκκλησίᾱν	τὼ ἐκκλησίᾱ	τὰς ἐκκλησίᾱς
Vocative	ἐκκλησίᾱ	ἐκκλησίᾱ	ἐκκλησίαι

Descendants

Aragonese: ilesia Armenian: եկեղեցի (ekeġec'i) Asturian: ilesia Azeri: kilsə Basque: eliza Catalan: església French: église

Galician: igrexa Georgian: ეკლესია (eklesia) Haitian Creole: legliz Hindi: कलीसा (kalīsā) Irish: eaglais Italian: chiesa Ladino: kilisia

Latin: ecclesia Norman: égllise Occitan: glèisa Old Irish: eclais Old Portuguese: ygreja Persian: کلیسا (kelisā) Portuguese: igreja

Scottish Gaelic: eaglais Spanish: iglesia Turkish: kilise Urdu: کلیسا (kalīsā) Walloon: eglijhe Zazaki: kilıse

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G1577