– Hebrew: qahal, \’edah; Greek: ekklesia
– The people of God; the collective body of believers
– Also, CONGREGATION, ASSEMBLY, THE BODY CHRIST.
-Called COURTS Psalm 65:4; 84:2, 10; 92:13; 96:8; 100:4; 1 16:19; Isaiah 1:12; 62:9; Zechariah 3:7
-HOUSE GOD Genesis 28:17, 22; Joshua 9:23; Judges 18:31; 20:18, 26; 21:2; 1 Chronicles 9:11; 24:5;
2 Chronicles 5:14; 22:12; 24:13; 33:7; 36:19; Ezra 5:8, 15; 7:20, 23;Nehemiah 6:10; 11:11; 13:ll;Psalm
42:4; 52:8; 55: 14; 84: 10; Ecclesiastes 5:1; Isaiah 2:3; Hosea 9:8; Joel 1:16; Micah 4:2; Zechariah 7:2;
Matthew 12:4; 1 Timothy 3:15; Hebrews 10:21; 1 Peter 4:17
-HOUSE THE LORD Exodus 23:19; 34:26; Deuteronomy 23:18; Joshua 6:24; Judges 19:18; 1 Samuel
1:7, 24; 2 Samuel 12:20; 1 Kings 3:1; 6:37; 7:40; 8:10, 63; 10:5; 2 Kings 11:3, 4, 15, 12:4,9, 10, 18, 19;
13, 16; 16:18; 23:2, 20:8; 7, 11; 25:9; 22:1, 1 Chronicles 6:31; 11, 14; 23:4; 26:12; 2 Chronicles 8:16;
26:21;29:5, 15; 33:15; 34:15; 36:14; Ezra 7:27; Psalm 23:6; 27:4; 92:13; 116:19; 118:26; 122:1,9; 134:1;
Isaiah 2:2; 37:14; Jeremiah 17:26; 20:1, 2; 26:2, 7; 28:1, 5; 29:26; 35:2; 36:5, 6; 38:14; 41:5; 51:51;
Lamentations 2:7; Ezekiel 44:4; Hag 1:2; Zechariah 8:9
-SANCTUARY Exodus 25:8; Leviticus 19:30; 21:12; Numbers 3:28; 4:12; 7:9; 8:19; 10:21; 18:1,5; 19:20;
1 Chronicles 9:29; 22:19; 24:5; 28:10; 2 Chronicles 20:8; 26:18; 29:21; 30:8, 19; Nehemiah 10:39; Psalm
20:2; 28:2; 63:2; 68:24; 73:17; 74:3, 7; 77:13; 78:69; 150:1; Isaiah 16:12; 63:18; Lamentations 2:7, 20; 4:1;
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Ezekiel 5:11; 42:20; 44:5, 27; 45:3; 48:8, 21; Daniel 8:11, 13, 14; 9:17, 26; 1 1 : 3 1 ; Hebrews 8:2; 9:1, 2
-HOUSE PRAYER Isaiah 56:7; Matthew 21:13
– Exodus 26:1; Leviticus 26:11; Joshua 22:19; Psalm 15:1; 61:4; 76:2; Hebrews 8:2, 5; 9:2,
11; Revelation 13:6; 21:3
– 1 Samuel 1:9; 3:3; 2 Kings 11:10, 13; Ezra 4:1; Psalm 5:7; 11:4; 27:4; 29:9; 48:9; 68:29; Isaiah
6:1; Malachi 3:1; Matthew 4:5; 23:16; Luke 18:10; 24:53
-ZIONPsalm 9:11; 48:11; 74:2; 132:13; 137:1; Isaiah 35:10; Jeremiah 31:6; 50:5; Joel 2:1, 15
-HOLY PLACE Exodus 28:29; 38:24; Leviticus 6: 16; 10:17; 14:13; 16:2-24; Joshua 5:15; 1 Kings 8:8; 1
Chronicles 23:32; 2 Chronicles 29:5; 30:27; 35:5; Ezra 9:8; Psalm 24:3; 46:4; 68:17; Ecclesiastes 8:10;
Isaiah 57:15; Ezekiel 41:4; 42:13; 45:4; Matthew 24:15; Acts 6:13; 21:28; Hebrews 9:12, 25
-HOLY Psalm 5:7; 11:4; 65:4; 79:1; 138:2; John 2:4, 7; Micah 1:2; Hab 2:20; Ephesians 2:21;
3:17
-MY FATHER\’S HOUSE John 2:16; 14:2
-HOLYExodus 30:26-29; 40:9; Leviticus 8:10, 11; 16:13; 19:30; 21:12; Numbers 7:1; 1 Kings 9:3; 1
Chronicles 29:3; 2 Chronicles 3:8; Isaiah 64:1 1; Ezekiel 23:39; 1 Corinthians 3:17
-EDIFICES
-MISCELLANY MOR SUB-TOPICS
Called THE CONGREGATION in the O. T. (K. J. V. and others) Exodus 12:3, 6, 16:1, 2, 9, 19, 47; 10, 22;
Leviticus 4:13, 15; 10:17; 24:14 Called CHURCH in the N T. (K. J. V.), but CONGREGATION earlier in
Tyndale\’s translation Matthew 16:18; 18:17; Acts 2:47; 14:19,23,28, 1 Corinthians 11:18; 33, 34; 15:9;
Galatians 1:13
Also called . . . ASSEMBLY THE SATS Psalm 89:7 ASSEMBLY THE UPRIGHT Psalm 111:1
BODY CHRIST Ephesians 1:22, 23; Colossians 1:24 BRANCH GOD\’S PLANTG Isaiah 60:21
BRIDE CHRIST Revelation 21:9 CHURCH GOD Acts 20:28 CHURCH THE LIVG GOD 1
Timothy 3:15 CHURCH THE FIRSTBORN Hebrews 12:23 CITY THE LIVG GOD Hebrews
12:22 CONGREGATION SATS Psalm 149: 1 CONGREGATION THE LORD\’S POOR Psalm
74:19 DOVE So 2:14; 5:2 FAMILY HEAVEN AND EARTH Ephesians 3:15 FLOCK GOD
Ezekiel 34:15; 1 Peter 5:2 FOLD CHRIST John 10:16 GENERAL ASSEMBLY THE
FIRSTBORN (people) Hebrews 12:23 GOLDEN CANDLESTICK (lampstand) Revelation 1:20 GOD\’S
BUILDG 1 Corinthians 3:9 GOD\’S HUSBANDRY (farm) 1 Corinthians 3:9 GOD\’S HERITAGE Joel
3:2; 1 Peter 5:3 HABITATION GOD Ephesians 2:22 HEAVENLY .JERUSALEM Galatians 4:26;
Hebrews 12:22 HOLY CITY Revelation 21:2 HOLY MOUNTA Zechanah 8:3 HOLY HILL Psalm 2:6;
15:1 HOUSE GOD 1 Timothy 3:15; Hebrews 10:21 THE GOD JACOB Isaiah 2:3 HOUSE
CHRIST Hebrews 3:6 HOUSEHOLD GOD Ephesians 2:19 HERITANCE Psalm 28:9; Isaiah 19:25
GOD Galatians 6:16 KG\’S DAUGHTER Psalm 45:13 GOD Matthew 6:33;
12:28; 19:24; 21:31 HEAVEN Matthew 3:2; 4:17; 5:3, 10, 10:7; 19, 20 HIS
Psalm 103:19; 145:12; Matthew 16:28; Luke 1:33 MY John 18:36 THY Psalm
45:6; 145:11, 13; Matthew 6:10; Luke 23:42 LAMB\’S BRIDE Ephesians 5:22-32; Revelation 22:17
LAMB\’S WIFE Revelation 19:7-9; 21:9 LOT GOD\’S HERITANCE Deuteronomy 32:9 MOUNT
ZION Hebrews 12:22 MOUNTA THE LORD\’S HOUSE Isaiah 2:2 NEW JERUSALEM Revelation
21:2 PILLAR AND GROUND THE TRUTH 1 Timothy 3:15 PLACE GOD\’S THRONE Ezekiel
43:7 PLEASANT PORTION Jeremiah 12: 10 SANCTUARY GOD Psalm 1 14:2 SISTER CHRIST
So 4:12; 5:2 SPIRITUAL HOUSE 1 Peter 2:5 SPOUSE CHRIST So 4:12; 5:1 STRENGTH AND
GLORY GOD Psalm 78:61 SOUGHT OUT, A CITY NOT FORSAKEN Isaiah 62:12 THE LORD\’S
PORTION Deuteronomy 32:9 GOD 1 Corinthians 3:16, 17 THE LIVG
GOD 2 Corinthians 6:16 VEYARD Jeremiah 12:10; Matthew 21:41 Christ\’s love for John 10:8, 11,12;
Ephesians 5:25-32; Revelation 3:9 Loved by believers Psalm 87:7; 137:5; 1 Corinthians 12:25; 1
Thessalonians 4:9 Is prayed for Psalm 122:6; Isaiah 62:6 Dear to God Isaiah 43:4 Safe under his care Psalm
46: 1, 2, 5 Salt and light of the world Matthew 5:13 Militant So 6:10; Philippians 2:25; 2 Timothy 2:3; 4:7;
Phm 1:2 God defends Psalm 89:18; Isaiah 4:5; 49:25; Matthew 16:18 God provides ministers for Jeremiah
3:15; Ephesians 4:11, 12 Is glorious Psalm 45:13; Ephesians 5:27 Is clothed in righteousness Revelation
10:8 Believers continually added to, by the Lord Acts 2:47; 5:14; 1 1 :24 Unity of Romans 12:5; 1
Corinthians 10:17; 12:12; Galatians 3:28; Ephesians 4:4 Privileges of Psalm 36:8; 87:5 Worship of, to be
attended Hebrews 10:25 Harmonious fellowship of Psalm 133; John 13:34; Acts 4:32; Philippians 1:4; 2:1;
1 John 3; 4 Divisions in, to be shunned Romans 16:17; 1 Corinthians 1:10; 3:3 Baptized (immersed) into by
one Spirit 1 Corinthians 12:13 Ministers commanded to feed Acts 20:28 Is edified by the word Romans
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12:6; 1 Corinthians 14:4, 13; Ephesians 4:15, 16; Colossians 3:16 The wicked persecute Acts 8:1-3; 1
Thessalonians 2:14, 1 5 Not to be despised 1 Corinthians 11:22 Defiling of, will be punished 1 Corinthians
3:17 Extent of, predicted Isaiah 2:2; Ezekiel 17:2; Daniel 2:34, 35
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-UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATG TO Deuteronomy 32:9; Psalm 2:6; 9:11,14; 14:7; 20:2;
48:1,46:4, 5; 2, 11-13; 50:2; 51:18; 53:6; 65:1; 69:35, 36; 74:2; 84:1-10; 87:1-6; 102:13, 14,99:2; 16, 19-
21; 110:2; 111:1; 114:2; 125:1; 126:1,2; 129:5; 132:13-16; 133:1-3; 134:1-3; 137:1-6; 149:2; Isaiah 1:8,
27; 2:3; 4:2-6; 12:6; 14:32; 24:23; 27:2, 3; 28:5, 16; 33:5, 31:4, 5; 14, 20-24; 35:1-10; 43:1-7, 40:9-11; 21,
25; 44:23; 52:1, 49:14-17; 2, 7-12; 59:20; 60:1-6, 19-21; 61:1-3; 62:1, 3, 11, 12; 66:8, 18; Jeremiah 3:14,
15; 12:10; 13:11; 31:6, 7, 12, 23; 33:9; 43:7; Joel 2:1, 15-17; Zechanah 8:3; Matthew 13:24; 16:18; Acts
7:38; 20:28; 1 Corinthians 3:9; 12:28; 15:9; 2 Corinthians 8:1; Ephesians 1:22, 23; 2:21, 22; 3:15, 21; 5:23-
27, 29; Colossians 1:24; 1 Timothy 3:14, 15; Hebrews 3:6; 12:22, 23; 1 Peter 2:5; 21:2, Revelation 1:20;
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-BACKSLIDDEN Psalm 12:1; 80:1-19; Isaiah 1:2-27; 17:9-11; 43:22-28; Jeremiah 2:5-34; 3:1-25; 8:5-22;
9:1-3; 10:19-22; 18:1 1-17; 50:4-7; Ezekiel 2:3-5; 5:5-17; 16:23; Hosea 2; 4; 6; Joel 2; Amos 6; Matthew
21:33-46; Mark 12:1-12; Luke 13:6-9; Revelation 2:1-6, 12-25; 3:1-4, 14-20 .Backshdmgs of Israel
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-CHRIST, HEAD Psalm 118:22, 23; Isaiah 33:22; 55:4; Matthew 12:6, 8; 21:42, 43; 23:8, 10; Mark
2:28; 12:10; Luke 6:5; 20:17, 18; John 13:13; 15:1-8; Acts 2:36; Romans 8:29; 9:5; 1 Corinthians 3 : 1 1 ;
11:3; 12:5; Ephesians 1:10, 22, 23; 2:20-22; 4:15; 5:23-32; Colossians 1:13, 18; 2:10, 19; 3:11; Hebrews
3:3,6; 1 Peter 2:7; 2:1, 9, 12, 13, Revelation 1:13; 18, 19; 3:1, 7; 5:6; 21:22, 23; 22:16
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