What does ἐκκλησία · πρωτότοκος mean in the Bible?
ἐκκλησία · πρωτότοκος is a Greek phrase meaning "assembly of the firstborn".
Greek · G1577, G4416
ἐκκλησίᾳ πρωτοτόκων
Assembly · first-born (usually as noun, literally or figuratively)
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ἐκκλησία G1577 assembly
Pronunciation ekklēsía
Called-out assembly of Christians, both local congregations and the universal body of Christ.
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πρωτότοκος G4416 first-born (usually as noun, literally or figuratively)
Pronunciation prōtótokos
Denotes supremacy and priority, not merely birth order; applied metaphorically to Christ's preeminence over creation.
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What does ἐκκλησίᾳ πρωτοτόκων (ekklēsia prōtotokōn) mean in the Bible?
ἐκκλησία · πρωτότοκος is a Greek phrase meaning "assembly of the firstborn".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1577, G4416?
G1577, G4416 is connected to 114 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. assembly of the firstborn
Source Gloss
assembly of the firstborn
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 8 Aligned forms 114 Case pattern Dative (42) Number pattern Singular (79)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Acts 9:31 · Acts 19:32 · 1 Cor 14:5 · 1 Cor 14:23 · Eph 5:24 · Phil 4:15 · Col 1:24 · 1 Tim 3:15 · 1 Tim 5:16 9×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Acts 16:5 · Rom 16:4 · Rom 16:16 · 1 Cor 11:16 · 1 Cor 16:19 · Rev 1:20 · Rev 2:23 7×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 18:17 · Acts 11:22 · Acts 12:1 · Acts 12:5 · Acts 15:3 · Acts 15:4 · Acts 20:17 · Rom 16:1 · Rom 16:23 · 1 Cor 11:22 · 1 Cor 14:12 · Eph 3:10 · Eph 5:23 · Col 1:18 · 1 Tim 3:5 · Heb 2:12 26×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine 2 Cor 8:18 · 2 Cor 8:19 · 2 Cor 8:23 · 2 Cor 8:24 · 2 Cor 11:28 · 1 Thess 2:14 · Rev 1:20 7×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 18:17 · Acts 7:38 · Acts 11:26 · Acts 15:22 · Acts 19:39 · 1 Cor 1:2 · 1 Cor 4:17 · 1 Cor 6:4 · 1 Cor 10:32 · 1 Cor 11:18 · 1 Cor 12:28 · 1 Cor 14:19 · 1 Cor 14:28 · 1 Cor 14:35 · 1 Cor 16:19 · 2 Cor 1:1 24×
Dative · Plural · Feminine 1 Cor 7:17 · 1 Cor 14:33 · 1 Cor 14:34 · 1 Cor 16:1 · 2 Cor 8:1 · Gal 1:2 · Gal 1:22 · 2 Thess 1:4 · Rev 1:4 · Rev 1:11 · Rev 2:7 · Rev 2:11 · Rev 2:17 · Rev 2:29 · Rev 3:6 · Rev 3:13 18×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 16:18 · Acts 5:11 · Acts 8:1 · Acts 8:3 · Acts 13:1 · Acts 14:23 · Acts 14:27 · Acts 18:22 · Acts 19:40 · Acts 20:28 · Rom 16:5 · 1 Cor 14:4 · 1 Cor 15:9 · Gal 1:13 · Eph 5:25 · Eph 5:27 20×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Acts 15:41 · 2 Cor 11:8 · 2 Cor 12:13 3×
Word Origins
ἐκκλησίᾳ πρωτοτόκων is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain