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ἐκκλησία ekklēsia

“assembly” · 114 times in the New Testament

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  • “church” 106
  • “assembly” 5
  • “church together” 1
  • “church at jerusalem” 1
  • “congregation” 1
As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Matthew3
Acts23
Romans5
1 Corinthians22
2 Corinthians9
Galatians3
Ephesians9
Philippians2
Colossians4
1 Thessalonians2
2 Thessalonians2
1 Timothy3
Philemon1
Hebrews2
James1
3 John3
Revelation20

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. church106
  2. assembly5
  3. church at jerusalem1
  4. church together1
  5. congregation1

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“church” 106
  • Matthew 3

    • 16:18 …I will build My church and the gates of…
    • 18:17 …tell it to the church And if he refuses…
    • 18:17 …listen even to the church regard him as you…
  • 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

    • 16:1 …a servant of the church in Cenchrea…
    • 16:4 …I but all the churches of the Gentiles are…
    • 16:5 …Greet also the church that meets at their…
    • 16:16 …holy kiss All the churches of Christ send you…
    • 16:23 …me and all the church sends you greetings Erastus…
  • 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

    • 1:2 …with me To the churches of Galatia…
    • 1:13 …severely I persecuted the church of God and tried…
    • 1:22 …unknown however to the churches of Judea that are…
  • 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

    • 3:6 …to zeal persecuting the church as to righteousness in…
    • 4:15 …I left Macedonia no church but you partnered with…
  • Colossians 4

    • 1:18 …of the body the church He is beginning and…
    • 1:24 …body which is the church
    • 4:15 …as Nympha and the church that meets at her…
    • 4:16 …also read in the church of the Laodiceans and…
  • 1 Thessalonians 2

    • 1:1 …and Timothy To the church of the Thessalonians in…
    • 2:14 …became imitators of the churches of God in Judea…
  • 2 Thessalonians 2

    • 1:1 …and Timothy To the church of the Thessalonians in…
    • 1:4 …we boast among God’s churches about your perseverance and…
  • 1 Timothy 2

    • 3:5 …can he care for the church of God…
    • 3:15 …God’s household which is the church of the living God…

And 26 more, on the full page.

“assembly” 5
  • Acts 4

    • 7:38 …He was in the assembly in the wilderness with…
    • 19:32 …Meanwhile the assembly was in turmoil Some…
    • 19:39 …settled in a legal assembly
    • 19:41 …this he dismissed the assembly
  • Hebrews 1

    • 2:12 …sing Your praises in the assembly
“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.