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ἐκκλησία — 1 Corinthians 11:18 gathered Christian assembly

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SEMANTIC_USAGE_OCCURRENCEUSAGE_G1577_1CO_11_18
Curation State
CURATED
Release Introduced
v44
Language
Greek
Lemma
ἐκκλησία
Strong Id
G1577
Lemma Keys
[
    "ἐκκλησία",
    "G1577"
]
Evidence Layers
[
    {
        "id": "BIBLICAL_HEBREW_GREEK",
        "role": "textual_corpus"
    }
]
Source Ids
[
    "SRC_SBLGNT",
    "SRC_KJV1769"
]
Source Reference
1 Corinthians 11:18
Date Range
{
    "label": "mid-1st century CE",
    "certainty": "broad"
}
Original Language
Greek
Attested Form
ἐκκλησίᾳ
Original Excerpt
συνερχομένων ὑμῶν ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ
Translation
{
    "text": "when you come together in assembly / church",
    "responsibility": "Berean Archive contextual gloss",
    "alignment_note": "Context gloss only."
}
Semantic Domains
[
    {
        "id": "religious_cultic",
        "role": "primary",
        "classification": "documented fact",
        "rationale": "The passage concerns a Christian gathering around communal worship/practice."
    },
    {
        "id": "social_kinship",
        "role": "secondary",
        "classification": "strong evidence",
        "rationale": "The occurrence describes the gathered social body and its internal divisions."
    },
    {
        "id": "household_everyday",
        "role": "secondary",
        "classification": "reasonable inference",
        "rationale": "The surrounding meal practice brings ordinary eating behavior into the assembly context."
    }
]
Evidence Strength
DIRECT_ATTESTATION
Context Summary
Paul uses ἐκκλησία for the Corinthians gathered as a worshiping community, in a discussion that also includes communal meal behavior.
Evidence Boundary
The occurrence is classified from its own context and is not treated as the universal meaning of the lemma.
Scripture Reference
{
    "book": "1CO",
    "chapter": 11,
    "verse": "18",
    "edition": "sblgnt"
}