1577 ekklesia {ek-klay-see'-ah}   
   
源於 1537 的複合字和 2564 的衍生字; TDNT - 3:501,394; 陰性名詞   
   
AV - church 115, assembly 3; 118   
   
1) 民眾由家中出來在公共場所的地方聚集, 聚會   
   1a) 指人為了商議事性而聚集在公共的會議場所   
   1b) 指以色列民眾   
   1c) 非有等定目的的, 偶發性的群眾聚集, 喧囂的   
   1d) 在基督教的意義上   
       1d1) 基督徒聚集在宗教性的場合來敬拜神   
       1d2) 指渴望基督耶穌永生救恩的基督徒人, 在教會合一的原則的規定下, 遵守各自   
            的宗教儀典, 進行各自的宗教集會, 和管理各自的事情.   
       1d3) 指由分佈在各地, 各城, 各村卻連合成一體的人   
       1d4) 指散在世上各地的主內的肢體   
       1d5) 指已去世且被接入天家的因信稱義的眾基督徒   



1577 ekklesia {ek-klay-see'-ah} 
 
from a compound of 1537 and a derivative of 2564; TDNT - 3:501,394; n f 
 
AV - church 115, assembly 3; 118 
 
1) a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some 
   public place, an assembly 
   1a) an assembly of the people convened at the public place of the 
       council for the purpose of deliberating 
   1b) the assembly of the Israelites 
   1c) any gathering or throng of men assembled by chance, 
       tumultuously 
   1d) in a Christian sense 
       1d1) an assembly of Christians gathered for worship in a 
            religious meeting 
       1d2) a company of Christian, or of those who, hoping for 
            eternal salvation through Jesus Christ, observe their own 
            religious rites, hold their own religious meetings, and 
            manage their own affairs, according to regulations 
            prescribed for the body for order's sake 
       1d3) those who anywhere, in a city, village, constitute such a 
            company and are united into one body 
       1d4) the whole body of Christians scattered throughout the earth 
       1d5) the assembly of faithful Christians already dead and 
             received into heaven