ἐκκλησία
ekklēsía · noun · “church, assembly”
Эккле́сия означает собрание или община — новозаветное слово для «церкви». Это не здание, а народ, который Бог призвал, чтобы быть Его собственным.
Краткий ответ переведён с помощью ИИ и проверяется. Полное объяснение показано на английском.
Ekklēsia simply meant a public assembly in the Greek world. The New Testament takes it and uses it for the gathering of God’s people — first local, then universal, called out by Christ to belong to him.
This is why “church” in the Bible is never a building. It is people: those Jesus is building, those gathered in his name, those the Spirit indwells together. The doors of the ekklēsia stand open to anyone who comes to Jesus.
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
Reference gloss from Strong's Concordance (1890, public domain).