Church in Hebrew is כְּנֵסִיָּה (knesiyá).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
כְּנֵסִיָּה
knesiyá
noun · feminine
In English
church
/t͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ/ /t͡ʃɝt͡ʃ/
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for church as a noun.
house of worship
- כְּנֵסִיָּהכנסיהknesiyáfeminine
a religious organization
- כְּנֵסִיָּהכנסיהknesiyáfeminine
This is more about the Hebrew word כְּנֵסִיָּה.
- Written with vowel points
- כְּנֵסִיָּה
- Written without vowel points
- כנסיה
- Said
- knesiyá
- Its meanings in English
- church, defective spelling of כנסייה
These words come before and after church in the list.
These are the questions people ask about church in Hebrew.
How do you say church in Hebrew?
church in Hebrew is כְּנֵסִיָּה, said knesiyá. Without vowel points it is written כנסיה.
Is כנסיה masculine or feminine?
The word כנסיה is feminine.
What else does כנסיה mean in English?
Besides church, כנסיה can mean defective spelling of כנסייה.
How is church pronounced in English?
church is pronounced /t͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ/, /t͡ʃɝt͡ʃ/.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry church and its entries for the Hebrew words, read on 5 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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