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Church in Easton’s Bible DictionaryWhat the word means and where it comes from
(Hebrew: qahal, 'edah; Greek: ekklesia)
(The people of God; the collective body of believers. (Also, CONGREGATION, ASSEMBLY, THE BODY OF CHRIST.))
Called COURTS Ps 65:4; 84:2,10; 92:13; 96:8; 100:4; 116:19; Isa 1:12; 62:9; Zec 3:7
HOUSE OF GOD Ge 28:17,22; Jos 9:23; Jud 18:31; 20:18,26; 21:2; 1Ch 9:11; 24:5; 2Ch 5:14; 22:12; 24:13; 33:7; 36:19; Ezr 5:8,15; 7:20,23; Ne 6:10; 11:11; 13:11; Ps 42:4; 52:8; 55:14; 84:10; Ec 5:1; Isa 2:3; Ho 9:8; Joe 1:16; Mic 4:2; Zec 7:2; Mt 12:4; 1Ti 3:15; Heb 10:21; 1Pe 4:17
HOUSE OF THE LORD Ex 23:19; 34:26; De 23:18; Jos 6:24; Jud 19:18; 1Sa 1:7,24; 2Sa 12:20; 1Ki 3:1; 6:37; 7:40; 8:10,63; 10:5; 2Ki 11:3,4,15,18,19; 12:4,9,10,13,16; 16:18; 20:8; 23:2,7,11; 25:9; 1Ch 6:31; 22:1,11,14; 23:4; 26:12; 2Ch 8:16; 26:21; 29:5,15; 33:15; 34:15; 36:14; Ezr 7:27; Ps 23:6; 27:4; 92:13; 116:19; 118:26; 122:1,9; 134:1; Isa 2:2; 37:14; Jer 17:26; 20:1,2; 26:2,7; 28:1,5; 29:26; 35:2; 36:5,6; 38:14; 41:5; 51:51; La 2:7; Eze 44:4; Hag 1:2; Zec 8:9
SANCTUARY Ex 25:8; Le 19:30; 21:12; Nu 3:28; 4:12; 7:9; 8:19; 10:21; 18:1,5; 19:20; 1Ch 9:29; 22:19; 24:5; 28:10; 2Ch 20:8; 26:18; 29:21; 30:8,19; Ne 10:39; Ps 20:2; 28:2; 63:2; 68:24; 73:17; 74:3,7; 77:13; 78:69; 150:1; Isa 16:12; 63:18; La 2:7,20; 4:1; Eze 5:11; 42:20; 44:5,27; 45:3; 48:8,21; Da 8:11,13,14; 9:17,26; 11:31; Heb 8:2; 9:1,2
HOUSE OF PRAYER Isa 56:7; Mt 21:13
TABERNACLE Ex 26:1; Le 26:11; Jos 22:19; Ps 15:1; 61:4; 76:2; Heb 8:2,5; 9:2,11; Re 13:6; 21:3
TEMPLE 1Sa 1:9; 3:3; 2Ki 11:10,13; Ezr 4:1; Ps 5:7; 11:4; 27:4; 29:9; 48:9; 68:29; Isa 6:1; Mal 3:1; Mt 4:5; 23:16; Lu 18:10; 24:53
ZION Ps 9:11; 48:11; 74:2; 132:13; 137:1; Isa 35:10; Jer 31:6; 50:5; Joe 2:1,15
HOLY PLACE Ex 28:29; 38:24; Le 6:16; 10:17; 14:13; 16:2-24; Jos 5:15; 1Ki 8:8; 1Ch 23:32; 2Ch 29:5; 30:27; 35:5; Ezr 9:8; Ps 24:3; 46:4; 68:17; Ec 8:10; Isa 57:15; Eze 41:4; 42:13; 45:4; Mt 24:15; Ac 6:13; 21:28; Heb 9:12,25
HOLY TEMPLE Ps 5:7; 11:4; 65:4; 79:1; 138:2; Jon 2:4,7; Mic 1:2; Hab 2:20; Eph 2:21; 3:17
MY FATHER'S HOUSE Joh 2:16; 14:2
HOLY Ex 30:26-29; 40:9; Le 8:10,11; 16:13; 19:30; 21:12; Nu 7:1; 1Ki 9:3; 1Ch 29:3; 2Ch 3:8; Isa 64:11; Eze 23:39; 1Co 3:17
EDIFICES
See Synagogue
See Tabernacle
See Temple
MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICS
Called THE CONGREGATION in the O. T. (K. J. V. and others) Ex 12:3,6,19,47; 16:1,2,9,10,22; Le 4:13,15; 10:17; 24:14
Called CHURCH in the N. T. (K. J. V.), but CONGREGATION earlier in Tyndale's translation Mt 16:18; 18:17; Ac 2:47; 1Co 11:18; 14:19,23,28,33,34; 15:9; Ga 1:13
Also called
ASSEMBLY OF THE SAINTS Ps 89:7
ASSEMBLY OF THE UPRIGHT Ps 111:1
BODY OF CHRIST Eph 1:22,23; Col 1:24
BRANCH OF GOD'S PLANTING Isa 60:21
BRIDE OF CHRIST Re 21:9
CHURCH OF GOD Ac 20:28
CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD 1Ti 3:15
CHURCH OF THE FIRSTBORN Heb 12:23
CITY OF THE LIVING GOD Heb 12:22
CONGREGATION OF SAINTS Ps 149:1
CONGREGATION OF THE LORD'S POOR Ps 74:19
DOVE So 2:14; 5:2
FAMILY IN HEAVEN AND EARTH Eph 3:15
FLOCK OF GOD Eze 34:15; 1Pe 5:2
FOLD OF CHRIST Joh 10:16
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FIRSTBORN (people) Heb 12:23
GOLDEN CANDLESTICK (lampstand) Re 1:20
GOD'S BUILDING 1Co 3:9
GOD'S HUSBANDRY (farm) 1Co 3:9
GOD'S HERITAGE Joe 3:2; 1Pe 5:3
HABITATION OF GOD Eph 2:22
HEAVENLY JERUSALEM Ga 4:26; Heb 12:22
HOLY CITY Re 21:2
HOLY MOUNTAIN Zec 8:3
HOLY HILL Ps 2:6; 15:1
HOUSE OF GOD 1Ti 3:15; Heb 10:21
THE GOD OF JACOB Isa 2:3
HOUSE OF CHRIST Heb 3:6
HOUSEHOLD OF GOD Eph 2:19
INHERITANCE Ps 28:9; Isa 19:25
ISRAEL OF GOD Ga 6:16
KING'S DAUGHTER Ps 45:13
KINGDOM OF GOD Mt 6:33; 12:28; 19:24; 21:31
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN Mt 3:2; 4:17; 10:7; 5:3,10,19,20
HIS KINGDOM Ps 103:19; 145:12; Mt 16:28; Lu 1:33
MY KINGDOM Joh 18:36
THY KINGDOM Ps 45:6; 145:11,13; Mt 6:10; Lu 23:42
LAMB'S BRIDE Eph 5:22-32; Re 22:17
LAMB'S WIFE Re 19:7-9; 21:9
LOT OF GOD'S INHERITANCE De 32:9
MOUNT ZION Heb 12:22
MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD'S HOUSE Isa 2:2
NEW JERUSALEM Re 21:2
PILLAR AND GROUND OF THE TRUTH 1Ti 3:15
PLACE OF GOD'S THRONE Eze 43:7
PLEASANT PORTION Jer 12:10
SANCTUARY OF GOD Ps 114:2
SISTER OF CHRIST So 4:12; 5:2
SPIRITUAL HOUSE 1Pe 2:5
SPOUSE OF CHRIST So 4:12; 5:1
STRENGTH AND GLORY OF GOD Ps 78:61
SOUGHT OUT, A CITY NOT FORSAKEN Isa 62:12
THE LORD'S PORTION De 32:9
TEMPLE OF GOD 1Co 3:16,17
TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD 2Co 6:16
VINEYARD Jer 12:10; Mt 21:41
Christ's love for Joh 10:8,11,12; Eph 5:25-32; Re 3:9
Loved by believers Ps 87:7; 137:5; 1Co 12:25; 1Th 4:9
Is prayed for Ps 122:6; Isa 62:6
Dear to God Isa 43:4
Safe under his care Ps 46:1,2,5
Salt and light of the world Mt 5:13
Militant So 6:10; Php 2:25; 2Ti 2:3; 4:7; Phm 1:2
God defends Ps 89:18; Isa 4:5; 49:25; Mt 16:18
God provides ministers for Jer 3:15; Eph 4:11,12
Is glorious Ps 45:13; Eph 5:27
Is clothed in righteousness Re 10:8
Believers continually added to, by the Lord Ac 2:47; 5:14; 11:24
Unity of Ro 12:5; 1Co 10:17; 12:12; Ga 3:28; Eph 4:4
Privileges of Ps 36:8; 87:5
Worship of, to be attended Heb 10:25
Harmonious fellowship of Ps 133; Joh 13:34; Ac 4:32; Php 1:4; 2:1; 1Jo 3; 4
Divisions in, to be shunned Ro 16:17; 1Co 1:10; 3:3
Baptized (immersed) into by one Spirit 1Co 12:13
Ministers commanded to feed Ac 20:28
Is edified by the word Ro 12:6; 1Co 14:4,13; Eph 4:15,16; Col 3:16
The wicked persecute Ac 8:1-3; 1Th 2:14,15
Not to be despised 1Co 11:22
Defiling of, will be punished 1Co 3:17
Extent of, predicted Isa 2:2; Eze 17:2; Da 2:34,35
See Ecclesiasticism
See Jesus, KINGDOM OF
See Ministers
See Usurpation, IN ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS
UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO De 32:9; Ps 2:6; 9:11,14; 14:7; 20:2; 46:4,5; 48:1,2,11-13; 50:2; 51:18; 53:6; 65:1; 69:35,36; 74:2; 84:1-10; 87:1-6; 99:2; 102:13,14,16,19-21; 110:2; 111:1; 114:2; 125:1; 126:1,2; 129:5; 132:13-16; 133:1-3; 134:1-3; 137:1-6; 149:2; Isa 1:8,27; 2:3; 4:2-6; 12:6; 14:32; 24:23; 27:2,3; 28:5,16; 31:4,5; 33:5,14,20-24; 35:1-10; 40:9-11; 43:1-7,21,25; 44:23; 49:14-17; 52:1,2,7-12; 59:20; 60:1-6,19-21; 61:1-3; 62:1,3,11,12; 66:8,18; Jer 3:14,15; 12:10; 13:11; 31:6,7,12,23; 33:9; 43:7; Joe 2:1,15-17; Zec 8:3; Mt 13:24; 16:18; Ac 7:38; 20:28; 1Co 3:9; 12:28; 15:9; 2Co 8:1; Eph 1:22,23; 2:21,22; 3:15,21; 5:23-27,29; Col 1:24; 1Ti 3:14,15; Heb 3:6; 12:22,23; 1Pe 2:5; Re 1:20; 21:2,11,23
BACKSLIDDEN Ps 12:1; 80:1-19; Isa 1:2-27; 17:9-11; 43:22-28; Jer 2:5-34; 3:1-25; 8:5-22; 9:1-3; 10:19-22; 18:11-17; 50:4-7; Eze 2:3-5; 5:5-17; 16:23; Ho 2; 4; 6; Joe 2; Am 6; Mt 21:33-46; Mr 12:1-12; Lu 13:6-9; Re 2:1-6,12-25; 3:1-4,14-20
Backslidings of Israel
See sub-topic BACKSLIDING OF ISRAEL, under Backsliders
See CORRUPTION IN, below
See Backsliders
BENEFICENCE OF
See Beneficence
See Giving
See Liberality
CHRIST, HEAD OF Ps 118:22,23; Isa 33:22; 55:4; Mt 12:6,8; 21:42,43; 23:8,10; Mr 2:28; 12:10; Lu 6:5; 20:17,18; Joh 13:13; 15:1-8; Ac 2:36; Ro 8:29; 9:5; 1Co 3:11; 11:3; 12:5; Eph 1:10,22,23; 2:20-22; 4:15; 5:23-32; Col 1:13,18; 2:10,19; 3:11; Heb 3:3,6; 1Pe 2:7; Re 1:13; 2:1,9,12,13,18,19; 3:1,7; 5:6; 21:22,23; 22:16
See Jesus, KINGDOM OF
CHRISTIAN, DIVINELY ESTABLISHED Mt 16:15-18; Eph 2:20-22; 1Th 1:1; 2Th 1:1; 1Ti 3:15
CORRUPTION IN Ho 4:9; Mic 3:1-4,9,11; Mt 21:33-41,45; 23:2-7,13-33; 26:14-16,59-68; Mr 12:1-12; 14:10,11; Lu 22:3-6
See Backsliders, BACKSLIDING OF ISRAEL
DECREES OF Ac 15:28,29; 16:4
DESIGN OF Ro 3:2; 9:4; Eph 2:20-22; 1Ti 3:15
DISSENSIONS IN 1Co 1:11-13; 3:3,4; 11:18,19; 2Co 12:20,21
DUTY OF, TO MINISTERS 1Co 16:10,11; Php 2:29; 4:10-18; 1Th 5:12,13; 1Ti 5:17; Heb 13:7,17
See Ministers
GOVERNMENT OF, MOSAIC AND CHRISTIAN De 17:8-13; Mt 16:19; Lu 9:46-48; 22:24-30; Joh 20:23; Ac 1:15,23-26; 6:2,3,5,6; 11:22,29,30; 13:1,3,5; 14:23; 15:1-31; 16:4,5; 20:17,28; 1Co 7:17; 11:2,33,34; 12:5,28; 14:26,33,40; 16:3,16; 2Co 2:2-11; Ga 2:9,10; Eph 4:11,12; Php 1:1; 1Ti 3:1-13; 4:14; 5:1,22; 2Ti 1:6; Tit 1:5; Heb 13:17,24; Jas 5:14,15; 1Pe 5:1-3; 3Jo 1:9,10; Jude 1:22,23
See Ministers, DUTIES OF
RULES OF DISCIPLINE IN, MOSAIC AND CHRISTIAN Ge 17:14; Ex 12:15; 30:33,37,38; Le 7:27; 17:8,9; 19:5-8; 20:18; 22:3; Nu 9:13; 15:31; 19:13,20; De 13:12-18; 17:2-13; 19:16-21; 21:1-9,18-21; 22:13-29; Ezr 10:1-44; Mt 16:19; 18:15-18; Joh 9:22,34,35; 16:2; 20:23; Ro 14:1; 15:1-3; 16:17; 1Co 4:19,21; 5:1,2,4-7,11-13; 16:22; 2Co 2:6-8,10,11; 6:14,15; 7:8; 10:1-11; 13:1,2,10; Ga 5:10,12; 6:1; 1Th 5:14; 2Th 3:6,14,15; 1Ti 1:19,20; 5:1,2,19,20; 6:3-5; 2Ti 4:2; Tit 1:13; 2:15; 3:10,11; 2Jo 1:10,11; Jude 1:22,23; Re 22:19
See Excommunication
See Ministers, DUTIES OF
LOVE FOR Ps 102:14; 122:6,9; 128:5,6; 137:1-6; Isa 22:4; 58:12; 62:1,6,7; 66:10,13,14; Jer 9:1; 14:17; 51:50,51; La 2:11; 3:48-51
MEMBERSHIP IN Isa 44:5; Eze 44:6,7,9; Mt 12:50; 19:14; Mr 10:14; Lu 18:16; Joh 15:5,6; Ac 2:41,47; 4:4; 5:14; 9:35,42; 11:21; Ro 12:4,5; 1Co 3:11-15; 12:12-28; Eph 4:25; 5:30; Php 4:3; Re 21:27
See Righteous, DESCRIBED
PROPHECIES CONCERNING PROSPERITY OF Ge 12:3; 49:10; De 32:21; Ps 2:8; 22:27-31; 46:4,10; 65:2; 66:4; 68:31,32; 69:35,36; 72:1-20; 85:10-12; 86:9; 87:4; 89:1-37; 96:1-13; 102:13-16,18-22; 110:1-7; 113:3; 118:24; 126:5,6; 132:15-17; 138:4,5; 145:10,11; Isa 2:2-5; 4:2,3,5,6; 9:1-7; 11:1-10; 18:7; 19:24,25; 23:17,18; 24:16; 25:6-8; 29:18-24; 30:20; 32:1-20; 33:5,13-24; 35:1-10; 40:4-11; 41:17-20; 42:1-12; 44:3-5; 45:6,8,14,23,24; 46:12,13; 49:6-12,18-23; 51:3-16; 52:1-15; 53:10-12; 54:1-17; 55:1-13; 56:3-8; 59:19-21; 60:1-22; 61:1-11; 62:1-12; 65:1-25; 66:7-23; Jer 3:17; 4:2; 16:19-21; 31:7-9,34; 33:22; Eze 17:22-24; 34:23-31; 47:1-12; Da 2:35,44,45; 7:13,14,18,22,27; 12:1-13; Joe 2:26-32; 3:18; Am 9:11,12; Mic 4:1-7; 5:2-15; Hab 2:14; Zep 2:11; 3:9-20; Hag 2:7-9; Zec 2:10,11; 6:15; 8:20-23; 9:1,9-17; 14:8-21; Mal 1:11; Mt 8:11; 11:5,11; 13:16,17,31-33; 16:18; Mr 4:26-32; Lu 7:22; Joh 8:35; 10:16; Ac 2:16-21; Ro 1:5-7; 1Co 15:24-28; Eph 1:10; Heb 12:23,24,27,28; Re 5:10,13,14; 11:15; 12:10; 15:4; 20:4-6; 21:9-27; 22:1-5
See Jesus, KINGDOM OF
LIST OF CONGREGATIONS OF CHRISTIANS
Antioch Ac 13:1
Asia 1Co 16:19; Re 1:4
Babylon 1Pe 5:13
Cenchrea Ro 16:1
Caesarea Ac 18:22
Cilicia Ac 15:41
Corinth 1Co 1:2
Ephesus Eph 1:22; Re 2:1
Galatia Ga 1:2
Galilee Ac 9:31
Jerusalem Ac 15:4
Joppa Ac 9:42
Judaea Ac 9:31
Laodicea Re 3:14
Pergamos Re 2:12
Philadelphia Re 3:7
Samaria Ac 9:31
Sardis Re 3:1
Smyrna Re 2:8
Syria Ac 15:41
Thessalonica 1Th 1:1
Thyatira Re 2:18
UNITY OF Ps 133:1; Joh 10:16; 17:11,21-23; Ro 12:4,5; 1Co 10:17; 12:5,12-27; Ga 3:26-28; Eph 1:10; 2:14-19,21; 3:6,15; 4:4-6,12,13,16,25; Col 3:11,15
See Ecclesiasticism
TRIUMPHANT Ga 4:26; Heb 12:22,23; Re 3:12; 21:3,10

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