Strong's G1577

ἐκκλησία

Transliteration

ekklēsía

Definition

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)

KJV usage

assembly, church

Derivation

from a compound of G1537 (ἐκ) and a derivative of G2564 (καλέω);

From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), Greek dictionary. Data: Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA.