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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; Deut 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, 12:4, 9, 10, 11:18, 19; 12:13, 16; 16:18; 23:2, 20:8; 23:7, 11; 25:9; 1Ch 22:1, 6:31; 22:11, 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; Lk 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; 16:224; 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

John 2:16; 14:2

HOLY

Ex 30:2629; 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 SUBTOPICS

Called THE CONGREGATION in the O. T. (K. J. V. and others) Ex 12:3, 6, 16:1, 2, 9, 12:19, 47; 16:10, 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; 14:19, 23, 28, 1Co 11:18; 14:33, 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 John 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; 5:3, 10, 10:7; 5:19, 20

HIS KINGDOM Ps 103:19; 145:12; Mt 16:28; Lk 1:33

MY KINGDOM John 18:36

THY KINGDOM Ps 45:6; 145:11, 13; Mt 6:10; Lk 23:42

LAMB'S BRIDE Eph 5:2232; Re 22:17

LAMB'S WIFE Re 19:79; 21:9

LOT OF GOD'S INHERITANCE Deut 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 Deut 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 John 10:8, 11, 12; Eph 5:2532; 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; John 13:34; Ac 4:32; Php 1:4; 2:1; 1Jo 3:1; 4:1

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 8:13; 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 MINISTER
See USURPATION, IN ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS

UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO

Deut 32:9; Ps 2:6; 9:11, 14; 14:7; 20:2; 48:1, 46:4, 5; 48:2, 1113; 50:2; 51:18; 53:6; 65:1; 69:35, 36; 74:2; 84:110; 87:16; 102:13, 14, 99:2; 102:16, 1921; 110:2; 111:1; 114:2; 125:1; 126:1, 2; 129:5; 132:1316; 133:13; 134:13; 137:16; 149:2; Isa 1:8, 27; 2:3; 4:26; 12:6; 14:32; 24:23; 27:2, 3; 28:5, 16; 33:5, 31:4, 5; 33:14, 2024; 35:110; 43:17, 40:911; 43:21, 25; 44:23; 52:1, 49:1417; 52:2, 712; 59:20; 60:16, 1921; 61:13; 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, 1517; 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; 5:2327, 29; Col 1:24; 1Ti 3:14, 15; Heb 3:6; 12:22, 23; 1Pe 2:5; 21:2, Re 1:20; 21:11, 23

BACKSLIDDEN

Ps 12:1; 80:119; Isa 1:227; 17:911; 43:2228; Jer 2:534; 3:125; 8:522; 9:13; 10:1922; 18:1117; 50:47; Eze 2:35; 5:517; 16:23; Ho 2:1; 4:1; 6:1; Joe 2:1; Am 6:1; Mt 21:3346; Mr 12:112; Lk 13:69; Re 2:16, 1225; 3:14, 1420

Backslidings of Israel

See BACKSLIDERS, BACKSLIDING OF ISRAEL

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; Lk 6:5; 20:17, 18; John 13:13; 15:18; Ac 2:36; Ro 8:29; 9:5; 1Co 3:11; 11:3; 12:5; Eph 1:10, 22, 23; 2:2022; 4:15; 5:2332; Col 1:13, 18; 2:10, 19; 3:11; Heb 3:3, 6; 1Pe 2:7; 2:1, 9, 12, 13, Re 1:13; 18, 19; 3:1, 7; 5:6; 21:22, 23; 22:16 .

See JESUS, KINGDOM OF

CHRISTIAN, DIVINELY ESTABLISHED

Mt 16:1518; Eph 2:2022; 1Th 1:1; 2Th 1:1; 1Ti 3:15

CORRUPTION IN

Mic 3:14, Ho 4:9; Mic 3:9, 11; Mt 21:3341, 45; 23:27, 1333; 26:1416, 5968; Mr 12:112; 14:10, 11; Lk 22:36

See BACKSLIDING OF ISRAEL

DECREES OF

Ac 15:28, 29; 16:4

DESIGN OF

Ro 3:2; 9:4; Eph 2:2022; 1Ti 3:15

DISSENSIONS IN

1Co 1:1113; 3:3, 4; 11:18, 19; 2Co 12:20, 21

DUTY OF, TO MINISTERS

1Co 16:10, 11; Php 2:29; 4:1018; 1Th 5:12, 13; 1Ti 5:17; Heb 13:7, 17

See MINISTER

GOVERNMENT OF, MOSAIC AND CHRISTIAN

Deut 17:813; Mt 16:19; Lk 9:4648; 22:2430; John 20:23; 6:2, 3, Ac 1:15, 2326; 11:22, 6:5, 6; 13:1, 11:29, 30; 13:3, 5; 14:23; 15:131; 16:4, 5; 20:17, 28; 1Co 11:2, 7:17; 11:33, 34; 12:5, 28; 14:26, 33, 40; 16:3, 16; 2Co 2:211; Ga 2:9, 10; Eph 4:11, 12; Php 1:1; 1Ti 3:113; 4:14; 5:1, 22; 2Ti 1:6; Tit 1:5; Heb 13:17, 24; Jas 5:14, 15; 1Pe 5:13; 3Jo 1:9, 10; Jude 1:22, 23

See MINISTER, DUTIES OF

RULES OF DISCIPLINE IN, MOSAIC AND CHRISTIAN

Ge 17:14; Ex 30:33, 12:15; 30:37, 38; Le 7:27; 17:8, 9; 19:58; 20:18; 22:3; Nu 9:13; 15:31; 19:13, 20; Deut 13:1218; 17:213; 19:1621; 21:19, 1821; 22:1329; Ezr 10:144; Mt 16:19; John 9:22, 18:1518; John 9:34, 35; 16:2; 20:23; Ro 14:1; 15:13; 16:17; 1Co 5:1, 2, 4:19, 21; 47, 1113; 2Co 2:68, 16:22; 2Co 2:10, 11; 6:14, 15; 7:8; 13:1, 10:111; 13:2, 10; Ga 5:10, 12; 6:1; 1Th 5:14; 2Th 3:6, 14, 15; 1Ti 5:1, 2, 1:19, 20; 5:19, 20; 6:35; 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 MINISTER, DUTIES OF

LOVE FOR

Ps 102:14; 122:6, 9; 128:5, 6; 137:16; Isa 22:4; 58:12; 62:1, 66:10, Isa 62:6, 7; 66:13, 14; Jer 9:1; 14:17; 51:50, 51; La 2:11; 3:4851

MEMBERSHIP IN

Eze 44:6, Isa 44:5; 7, 9; Mt 12:50; 19:14; Mr 10:14; Lk 18:16; John 15:5, 6; Ac 2:41, 47; 4:4; 5:14; 9:35, 42; 11:21; Ro 12:4, 5; 1Co 3:1115; 12:1228; Eph 4:25; 5:30; Php 4:3; Re 21:27

See RIGHTEOUS, DESCRIBED

PROPHECIES CONCERNING PROSPERITY OF

Ge 12:3; 49:10; Deut 32:21; Ps 2:8; 22:2731; 46:4, 10; 65:2; 66:4; 68:31, 32; 69:35, 36; 72:120; 85:1012; 86:9; 87:4; 89:137; 96:113; 102:1316, 1822; 110:17; 113:3; 118:24; 126:5, 6; 132:1517; 138:4, 5; 145:10, 11; Isa 2:25; 4:2, 3, 5, 6; 9:17; 11:110; 18:7; 19:24, 25; 23:17, 18; 24:16; 25:68; 29:1824; 30:20; 32:120; 33:5, 1324; 35:110; 40:411; 41:1720; 42:112; 45:6, 8, 14, 44:35; 45:23, 24; 46:12, 13; 49:612, 1823; 51:316; 52:115; 53:1012; 54:117; 55:113; 56:38; 59:1921; 60:122; 61:111; 62:112; 65:125; 66:723; Jer 3:17; 4:2; 16:1921; 31:79, 34; 33:22; Eze 17:2224; 34:2331; 47:112; Da 2:35, 7:13, 14, 18, 2:44, 45; 7:22, 27; 12:113; Joe 2:2632; 3:18; Am 9:11, 12; Mic 4:17; 5:215; Hab 2:14; Zep 2:11; 3:920; Hag 2:79; Zec 2:10, 11; 6:15; 8:2023; 9:1, 917; 14:821; Mal 1:11; Mt 8:11; 13:16, 11:5, 11; 13:17, 3133; 16:18; Mr 4:2632; Lk 7:22; John 8:35; 10:16; Ac 2:1621; Ro 1:57; 1Co 15:2428; Heb 12:23, 24, Eph 1:10; Re 5:10, Heb 12:27, 28; 13, Re 5:14; 11:15; 12:10; 15:4; 20:46; 21:927; 22:15

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; John 10:16; 17:11, 2123; Ro 12:4, 5; 1Co 10:17; 12:5, 1227; Ga 3:2628; Eph 1:10; 2:1419, 21; 3:6, 15; 4:46, 12, 13, 16, 25; Col 3:11, 15 .

See ECCLESIASTICISM

TRIUMPHANT

Ga 4:26; Heb 12:22, 23; Re 3:12; 21:3, 10