Matthew 16:18
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
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Revelation 3:14
And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
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Matthew
32 verses
Acts
1818 verses
Romans
44 verses
1 Corinthians
1616 verses
2 Corinthians
11 verses
Galatians
11 verses
Ephesians
99 verses
Philippians
22 verses
Colossians
44 verses
1 Thessalonians
11 verses
2 Thessalonians
11 verses
1 Timothy
33 verses
2 Timothy
11 verses
Titus
11 verses
Philemon
11 verses
Hebrews
22 verses
James
11 verses
1 Peter
11 verses
3 John
33 verses
Revelation
77 verses
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ἐκκλησία
ekklēsía · ek-klay-see'-ah
76 times translated as this KJV form120 total Strong's occurrences
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)
Strong's KJV usage: :--assembly, church.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 16:18Strong's last: Revelation 3:14
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Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
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For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
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If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
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Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
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For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
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What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
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And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
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He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
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I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
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Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
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Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
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If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
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But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
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And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
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For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
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The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.
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church
CHURCH, noun
1. A house consecrated to the worship of God, among Christians; the Lords house. This seems to be the original meaning of the word. The Greek, to call out or call together, denotes an assembly or collection. But, Lord, a term applied by the early Christians to Jesus Christ; and the house in which they worshipped was named from the title. So church goods, bona ecclesiastica; the Lords day, dies dominica.
2. The collective body of Christians, or of those who profess to believe in Christ, and acknowledge him to be the Savior of mankind. In this sense, the church is sometimes called the Catholic or Universal church
3. A particular number of Christians, united under one form of ecclesiastical government, in one creed, and using the same ritual and ceremonies; as the English church; the Gallican church; the Presbyterian church; the Romish church; the Greek church
4. The followers of Christ in a particular city or province; as the church of Ephesus, or of Antioch.
5. The disciples of Christ assembled for worship in a particular place, as in a private house. Colossians 4:15.
6. The worshipers of Jehovah or the true God, before the advent of Christ; as the Jewish church
7. The body of clergy, or ecclesiastics, in distinction from the laity. Hence, ecclesiastical authority.
8. An assembly of sacred rulers convened in Christs name to execute his laws.
9. The collective body of Christians, who have made a public profession of the Christian religion, and who are untied under the same pastor; in distinction from those who belong to the same parish, or ecclesiastical society, but have made no profession of their faith.
CHURCH, verb transitive To perform with any one the office of returning thanks in the church after any signal deliverance, as from the dangers of childbirth.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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