Church Wörterbuch: Nave's Topical Bible

(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; Mt12:4; 1Ti 3:15; Heb 10:21; 1Pe 4:17

HOUSE OF THE LORD Ex 23:19; 34:26; De 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; 2Ki11:3,4,15,18,19; 12:4,9,10,13,16; 16:18; 20:8; 23:2,7,11;25:9; 1Ch 6:31; 22:1,11,14; 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; Jer17:26; 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; La2:7,20; 4:1; Eze 5:11; 42:20; 44:5,27; 45:3; 48:8,21; Da8:11,13,14; 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; Heb8:2,5; 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; Lu18:10; 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; 16:2-24; 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; Mt24:15; 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; Hab2:20; Eph 2:21; 3:17

MY FATHER'S HOUSE Joh 2:16; 14:2

HOLY Ex 30:26-29; 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 SUB-TOPICS

• Called THE CONGREGATION in the O. T. (K. J. V. and others) Ex 12:3,6,19,47; 16:1,2,9,10,22; Le 4:13,15; 10:17;24:14
• Called CHURCH in the N. T. (K. J. V.), but CONGREGATION earlier in Tyndale's translationMt 16:18; 18:17; Ac 2:47; 1Co 11:18; 14:19,23,28,33,34;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 Joh 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; 10:7; 5:3,10,19,20
• HIS KINGDOM Ps 103:19; 145:12; Mt 16:28; Lu 1:33
• MY KINGDOM Joh 18:36
• THY KINGDOM Ps 45:6; 145:11,13; Mt 6:10; Lu 23:42
• LAMB'S BRIDE Eph 5:22-32; Re 22:17
• LAMB'S WIFE Re 19:7-9; 21:9
• LOT OF GOD'S INHERITANCE De 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 De 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 Joh 10:8,11,12; Eph 5:25-32; 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; Joh 13:34; Ac 4:32; Php 1:4; 2:1; 1Jo 3; 4
• 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 8:1-3; 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 Ministers

  • See Usurpation, in ecclesiastical affairs

UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO De 32:9; Ps 2:6; 9:11,14; 14:7; 20:2; 46:4,5; 48:1,2,11-13;50:2; 51:18; 53:6; 65:1; 69:35,36; 74:2; 84:1-10; 87:1-6;99:2; 102:13,14,16,19-21; 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;Isa 1:8,27; 2:3; 4:2-6; 12:6; 14:32; 24:23; 27:2,3; 28:5,16;31:4,5; 33:5,14,20-24; 35:1-10; 40:9-11; 43:1-7,21,25;44:23; 49:14-17; 52:1,2,7-12; 59:20; 60:1-6,19-21; 61:1-3;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 2:1,15-17; Zec 8:3; Mt 13:24;16:18; Ac 7:38; 20:28; 1Co 3:9; 12:28; 15:9; 2Co 8:1; Eph1:22,23; 2:21,22; 3:15,21; 5:23-27,29; Col 1:24; 1Ti3:14,15; Heb 3:6; 12:22,23; 1Pe 2:5; Re 1:20; 21:2,11,23

BACKSLIDDEN Ps 12:1; 80:1-19; Isa 1:2-27; 17:9-11; 43:22-28; Jer2:5-34; 3:1-25; 8:5-22; 9:1-3; 10:19-22; 18:11-17; 50:4-7;Eze 2:3-5; 5:5-17; 16:23; Ho 2; 4; 6; Joe 2; Am 6; Mt21:33-46; Mr 12:1-12; Lu 13:6-9; Re 2:1-6,12-25;3:1-4,14-20

• Backslidings of Israel

  • See Sub-topic backsliding of israel, under backsliders

  • See Corruption in, below