KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: An assembly or congregation belonging to God or Christ. Sense 2: In passages identifying the church with Christ's body, the body of which Christ is the head.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Matthew 16:18
Complete exact-word concordance
And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
And vnto the Angel of the Church in Smyrna, write, These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is aliue,
And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
And to the Angel of the Church in Pergamos, write, These things saith hee, which hath the sharpe sword with two edges:
And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
And vnto the Angel of the church in Thyatira, write, These things saith the Sonne of God, who hath his eyes like vnto a flame of fire, and his feete are like fine brasse:
AND unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
¶ And vnto the Angel of the Church in Sardis write, These things saith he that hath the seuen Spirits of God, & the seuen starres; I know thy workes, that thou hast a name that thou liuest, and art dead.
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
And to the Angel of the Church in Philadelphia write, These things saith he that is Holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of Dauid, he that openeth, and no man shutteth, and shutteth, and no man openeth;
And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
And vnto the Angel of the Church of the Laodiceans, write, These things saith the Amen, the faithfull and true witnesse, the beginning of the creation of God:
1611 marginal noteOr, in Laodicea.
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Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
The followers of Christ in a particular city or province. The disciples of Christ assembled for worship in a particular place, as in a private house. The worshipers of Jehovah or the true God, before the advent of Christ.
