greek - In Matthew 16:18, how should "ekklesia" be translated and ...
2021年1月2日 · The modern word "church" carries overtones of an official, legalised institution. The NT "ekklesia" was neither. Technically, the word "ekklesia" means "the called out ones", …
What did "ekklesia" mean in the Classical Greek and later the ...
Acts 19:39 But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly ["ekklesia"]. Acts 19:41 And when he had thus spoken , he dismissed the assembly …
Is there any justification in translating the Greek word ‘ekklesia’ in ...
2021年8月9日 · "Church" is a right translation; ekklesia simply means assembly, congregation, a synonym of synagogue.If Church is derived from the ancient "Lord's house", even then it has …
The Meaning of Church in Greek and the Difference from Old …
2021年11月4日 · Ekklesia occurs about the same number of times in the NT as the OT. NT Meaning of ekklesia. In modern useage, ekklesia has come to mean, via the English, …
Is the word ekklesia ever used to describe unbelievers?
2024年8月12日 · Again from the Interpreter's Dictionary: "Ekklesia was used primarily to designate a particular communal reality, not to describe its qualitative aspects" (ibid.). Ekklesia …
Genesis 28:3 a congregation of peoples - Biblical Hermeneutics …
2024年4月16日 · קָהָל Definition: assembly, convocation, congregation This being said, it is interesting that in Genesis 28:3 the word לִקְהַ֥ל liq-hal (an assembly) is translated in the LXX as …
ecclesiology - Matthew 18:17 "the church" does that mean elders ...
Now "church" just means "congregation," (coming from the sense of them being "gathered" and "assembled together"—ekklesia) but it has a wider technical usage in Scripture as the whole …
What is special about the εκκλεσια that Jesus says is 'my εκκλεσια'?
2024年8月12日 · Jesus speaks these words to the apostle Peter and calls something 'my ekklesia'. The question of 'the rock' and Peter is another question. What interests me is the …
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2021年12月7日 · The word kletois seems to have a slightly different meaning in Matthew 22:14; compared to how that same word is used in 1 Corinthians 1:24.
Κηφάς (Greek proper name) < κεϕαλή (head) < πέτρος (rock)?
2021年12月6日 · In the Matthew 16:18 text, Christ is speaking about a new work about to start, that of him building his 'ekklesia' upon a certain 'rock'. That Greek word, 'ekklesia' was long in …