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ἐκκλησιῶν (ekklesion)

ἐκκλησιῶν is an Ancient Greek form of ἐκκλησία, meaning “assembly; church”. It is the genitive plural feminine noun.

It can also be a form of ἐκκλησιάζω, “hold an assembly”.

It can also be a form of ἔκκλησις, “appeal; challenging”. It is the genitive plural feminine noun or adjective.

Found 168 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

New Testament, 2 Corinthians 8.18: συνεπέμψαμεν δὲ μετʼ αὐτοῦ τὸν ἀδελφὸν οὗ ὁ ἔπαινος ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ διὰ πασῶν τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν,—

Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, Epistulae 28: … χεται ἀνὴρ διαφανέστατα δὴ τῶν καθʼ ἑαυτὸν πᾶσιν ὁμοῦ τοῖς ἀνθρωπίνοις ὑπερενεγκὼν ἀγαθοῖς, ἔρεισμα πατρίδος, ἐκκλησίων κόσμος, στῦλος καὶ ἑδραίωμα τῆς ἀληθείας, στερέωμα τῆς εἰς Χριστὸν πίστεως, οἰκείοις ἀσφάλεια, δυσμαχώτατος τ …

All forms of ἐκκλησία (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.