Lexicon :: Strong's H5712 - ʿēḏâ

עֵדָה

Transliteration

ʿēḏâ

Pronunciation

ay-daw'

Part of Speech

feminine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From עֵד (H5707) in the original sense of fixture

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 878a

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

עֵדָה ʻêdâh, ay-daw'; feminine of H5707 in the original sense of fixture; a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd):—assembly, company, congregation, multitude, people, swarm. Compare H5713.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 149x

The KJV translates Strong's H5712 in the following manner: congregation (124x), company (13x), assembly (9x), multitude (1x), people (1x), swarm (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 149x

The KJV translates Strong's H5712 in the following manner: congregation (124x), company (13x), assembly (9x), multitude (1x), people (1x), swarm (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

congregation, gathering

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

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STRONGS H5712: Abbreviations

עֵדָה ₁₄₀ noun feminine congregation (properly company assembled together by appointment, or acting concertedly) — ע׳ Numbers 16:2 + 85 times; construct עֲדַת Exodus 12:3 + 52 times; suffix עֲדָתִי Job 16:7 + 9 times suffixes; —

1. עֲדַתאֵֿל Psalm 82:1 congregation of El, of company of angels ׅ || (בקרב אלהים; לְאֻמִּים ע׳ Psalm 7:8 congregation of peoples; צַדִּיקִים ע׳ Psalm 1:5 congregation of the righteous; || סוֺד יְשָׁרִים Psalm 111:1; || קהל Proverbs 5:14; כָּלעֲֿדָתִי Job 16:7 (of Job's circle of dependents); in a bad sense, מְרֵעִים ע׳ company of evil doers Psalm 22:17; עריצים ע׳ Psalm 86:14; חנף ע׳ Job 15:34; קֹרַח ע׳ company of Korah Numbers 26:9; Numbers 27:3 (P), so עֲדָתוֺ, עֲדָֽתְךָ Numbers 16:5, 6, 11, 16; Numbers 17:5 (P), and הָעֵדָה Numbers 26:10; Numbers 27:3 (P); אֲבִירָם ע׳ Psalm 106:17, compare Psalm 106:18.

2. of animals ע׳ אַבִּירִים Psalm 68:31 (figurative of nobles); דְּבֹרִים ע׳ Judges 14:8 a swarm of bees.

3. elsewhere of Israel Hosea 7:12 עֲדָתָם i.e. the whole assemblage of them; 1 Kings 8:5 (= 2 Chronicles 5:6) כל עדת ישׂ׳ of those gathered to Solomon; 2 Chronicles 12:20 העדה of assembly at Shechem; Jeremiah 6:18 (text very dubious); עֲדָתוֺ Jeremiah 30:20 of restored people; עֲדָֽתְךָ Psalm 74:2 (|| שׁבט נחלתך); elsewhere in P, except possibly Numbers 20:11 (R), in technical sense, of the company of Israel of the Exodus, the congregation (115 times), especially in the phrases יהוה ע׳ Numbers 27:17; Numbers 31:16; Joshua 22:16, 17; ישׂראל ע׳ Exodus 12:3, 6, 19, 47; Leviticus 4:13; Numbers 16:9; Numbers 32:4; Joshua 22:18, 20; בני ישׂראל ע׳ Exodus 16:1, 2, 9, 10; Exodus 17:1; Exodus 35:1, 4, 20; Leviticus 16:5; Leviticus 19:2 (H), Numbers 1:2, 53; Numbers 8:9, 20; Numbers 13:26; Numbers 14:5, 7; Numbers 15:25, 26; Numbers 17:6; Numbers 19:9; Numbers 25:6; Numbers 27:20; Numbers 31:12; Joshua 18:1; Joshua 22:12; הָעֵדָה Leviticus 8:4 + 29 times (compare Judges 20:1; Judges 21:10); כלהֿע׳ Leviticus 8:3 + 33 times (compare Judges 21:13); נְשִׂיאֵי (ה)ע׳ princes of the congregation Exodus 16:22; Numbers 4:34; Numbers 16:2; Numbers 31:13; Numbers 32:2; Joshua 9:15, 18; Joshua 22:30; כָּלהַֿנְּשִׂאִים בָּע׳ Exodus 34:31; זִקְנֵי הע׳ elders of the congregation Leviticus 4:15 (compare Judges 21:16); ראשׁי אבות הע׳ Numbers 31:26.

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