Historical Development of EKKLESIA?
Glen L Naftaniel
glensmail at juno.com
Mon Nov 26 20:40:26 EST 2001
Dear Clation, Dennis, and all,
Thank you for your responses on my questions about EKKLESIA. If I could
ask for a little more clarification on the ORIGIN of the word it would be
helpful. Did the word come from Hebrew? Or did it originate in Greek?
If it did come from Hebrew, I'm a bit confused as to how a Greek word got
used in
the Old Testament (or is EKKLESIA a Hebraism?)
EKKLESIA is a Greek word, found in the Greek New Testament. On the other
hand, 'Ecclesiastes' is an English word for the Old testament book which
is based on Hebrew. I guess I am just a little confused on how this
works. I am not so much looking for any theological significance, just
to understand the language foundations and development.
Thank you,
Glen Naftaniel
glensmail at juno.com
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Dear B-Greeker's,
I am wondering about the development of the word EKKLESIA. I was taught
that it literally means: "'the called out ones.' Thus the beginning
preposition "ek" which means to go out. and combined with "kaleo" to
call. In the NT the word was so commonly used to describe the Christian
church that it has become the primary usage and meaning of the word. It
is used to describe an assembly; the Church, either the body, or the
place."
I have also ben told: "It's the Greek translation of the Hebrew name of
the book which is Qohelet. Qohelet means 'congregations' or
'synagogues'. When the Tanakh was translated into the LXX, it was
translated to the Greek word 'Ecclesia' meaning 'churches'."
Now I am a little confused as to the historical development of the word.
What is the source of the word? How much of Greek has come form Hebrew;
and how close in meaning are the words which were translated into Greek?
Also, I have BAG 1973, does it answer these questions? If not can anyone
recommend a good resource?
Thanks in advance,
Glen Naftaniel
glensmail at juno.com
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