Romans 16:1:12Rom.16.1.W12TAB
ἐκκλησίας
ekklêsias
“church”
- Transliteration
- ek-klê-SI-as
- Extended
- ehk-kleh-SEE-ahs
- IPA
- /ek.kleːˈsi.as/
Meaning by language
- English
- church
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
ek-klê-SI-as
- sentence
sy-NI-stê-mi de hy-MIN PHOI-bên tên a-del-PHÊN hê-MON OU-san kai di-A-ko-non tês ek-klê-SI-as tês en ken-khre-AIS
Exegesis
The genitive phrase tes ekklesias {τῆς ἐκκλησίας | tês ekklēsías} specifies the community to which her ministry is related, while the further genitive with embedded prepositional phrase tes en Kenchreais {τῆς ἐν Κεγχρεαῖς | tês en Kenchre-aîs} narrows this to the church located “in Cenchrea.” Syntactically, the series of accusatives (Phoiben… adelphen… diakonon) under one main verb heightens the commendatory tone by accumulating titles and roles. In translation, the participial structure is rendered with a relative clause (“who is…”) in the formal version for clarity, whereas the dynamic version turns diakonon into a finite verb phrase (“who serves”) to sound natural in contemporary English while preserving the underlying relationships and the location marker.
Root and etymology
kaleokappa–alpha–lambda–epsilon–omega
“to call, summon”
In context — Romans 16:1
I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is both a servant of the church in Cenchrea.
About this coordinate
Romans 16:1:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Romans 16:1, so the Greek word ἐκκλησίας (ekklêsias) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Rom.16.1.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.16.1.W12.S1) and character.