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==Main article==
Ekklesia (Ecclessia / Εκκλησια) is a [[Koine Greek]] word meaning "gathering of the ones called out". ===Use in the New Testament=== In the [[New Testament]] the word is translated as "[[church]]". The word means a body of faithful Christians. It can be used to include not merely the Christians of a particular area, but also to the whole body of Christians, but alive and dead.
The disciples of a single locality are often referred to in the New Testament as a church ([[Revelation 2:18]], [[Romans 16:4]], [[Acts 9:31]]). [[Apostle Paul|Paul]] even applies the term to disciples belonging to a single household ([[Romans 16:5]], [[1 Corinthians 16:19]], [[Colossians 4:15]], [[Philemon 1:2]]).
The global use of the word can be seen from its very first appearance in [[Mark 14:49]] and later in [[Ephesians 5:25-27]].
===Grammar===
The word in Greek is a first declension feminine noun.
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