Greek
ἐκκλησία ekklēsia
“assembly” · 114 times in the New Testament
Through the Bible
- “church” 106
- “assembly” 5
- “church together” 1
- “church at jerusalem” 1
- “congregation” 1
As a table, book by book
| Book | Times |
|---|---|
| Matthew | 3 |
| Acts | 23 |
| Romans | 5 |
| 1 Corinthians | 22 |
| 2 Corinthians | 9 |
| Galatians | 3 |
| Ephesians | 9 |
| Philippians | 2 |
| Colossians | 4 |
| 1 Thessalonians | 2 |
| 2 Thessalonians | 2 |
| 1 Timothy | 3 |
| Philemon | 1 |
| Hebrews | 2 |
| James | 1 |
| 3 John | 3 |
| Revelation | 20 |
How the BSB translates it
Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.
Where it occurs
Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.
“church” 106
Matthew 3
Acts 17
- 5:11 …came over the whole church and all who heard…
- 8:1 …broke out against the church in Jerusalem and all…
- 8:3 …began to destroy the church Going from house to…
- 9:31 …Then the church throughout Judea Galilee and…
- 11:22 …the ears of the church in Jerusalem they sent…
- 11:26 …met together with the church and taught large numbers…
- 12:1 …who belonged to the church
- 12:5 …in prison but the church was fervently praying to…
- 13:1 …Now in the church at Antioch there were…
- 14:23 …for them in each church praying and fasting as…
- 15:3 …their way by the church they passed through Phoenicia…
- 15:4 …they were welcomed the church and apostles and elders…
- 15:22 …elders with the whole church decided to select men…
- 15:41 …and Cilicia strengthening the churches
- 16:5 …So the churches were strengthened in the…
- 20:17 …the elders of the church
- 20:28 …Be shepherds of the church of God which He…
Romans 5
1 Corinthians 22
- 1:2 …To the church of God in Corinth…
- 4:17 …teach everywhere in every church
- 6:4 …no standing in the church
- 7:17 …prescribe in all the churches
- 10:32 …or Greeks or the church of God…
- 11:16 …practice nor do the churches of God…
- 11:18 …you come together as a church there are divisions among…
- 11:22 …do you despise the church of God and humiliate…
- 12:28 …And in the church God has appointed first…
- 14:4 …one who prophesies edifies the church
- 14:5 …interprets so that the church may be edified…
- 14:12 …that build up the church
- 14:19 …But in the church I would rather speak…
- 14:23 …So if the whole church comes together and everyone…
- 14:28 …should remain silent in the church and speak only to…
- 14:33 …as in all the churches of the saints…
- 14:34 …be silent in the churches They are not permitted…
- 14:35 …woman to speak in the church
- 15:9 …because I persecuted the church of God…
- 16:1 …as I directed the churches of Galatia…
- 16:19 …The churches in the province of…
- 16:19 …and so does the church that meets at their…
2 Corinthians 9
- 1:1 …our brother To the church of God in Corinth…
- 8:1 …God has given the churches of Macedonia…
- 8:18 …praised by all the churches for his work in…
- 8:19 …was chosen by the churches to accompany us with…
- 8:23 …brothers they are messengers of the churches the glory of Christ…
- 8:24 …full view of the churches then show these men…
- 11:8 …I robbed other churches by accepting their support…
- 11:28 …concern for all the churches
- 12:13 …inferior to the other churches except that I was…
Galatians 3
Ephesians 9
- 1:22 …over everything for the church
- 3:10 …that now through the church the manifold wisdom of…
- 3:21 …the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus…
- 5:23 …the head of the church His body of which…
- 5:24 …Now as the church submits to Christ so…
- 5:25 …as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up…
- 5:27 …Himself as a glorious church without stain or wrinkle…
- 5:29 …as Christ does the church
- 5:32 …about Christ and the church
Philippians 2
Colossians 4
1 Thessalonians 2
2 Thessalonians 2
1 Timothy 2
And 26 more, on the full page.
“assembly” 5
“church together” 1
Acts 1
- 14:27 …arrived they gathered the church together and reported all that…
“church at jerusalem” 1
Acts 1
- 18:22 …up and greeted the church at Jerusalem Then he went down…
“congregation” 1
Hebrews 1
- 12:23 …in joyful assembly to the congregation of the firstborn enrolled…
The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.