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Lexicon :: Strong's H5707 - ʿēḏ

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עֵד
Transliteration
ʿēḏ
Pronunciation
ayd
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Contracted from עוּד (H5749)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1576b

Strong’s Definitions

עֵד ʻêd, ayd; contracted from H5749; concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince:—witness.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 69x

The KJV translates Strong's H5707 in the following manner: witness (69x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 69x
The KJV translates Strong's H5707 in the following manner: witness (69x).
  1. witness

    1. witness, testimony, evidence (of things)

    2. witness (of people)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֵד ʻêd, ayd; contracted from H5749; concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince:—witness.
STRONGS H5707: Abbreviations
עֵד 69 noun masculineDeuteronomy 17:6 witness (probably from reiterating, hence emphatically affirming); — ע׳ absolute Genesis 31:48 +, construct Exodus 20:16 +; suffix עֵדִי Job 16:19; plural עֵדִים Numbers 35:30 +, construct עֵדֵי Psalm 27:12; Psalm 35:11; suffix עֵדַי Isaiah 43:10, 12, etc.; —
† 1. witness, testimony, evidence, of things: heap of stones Genesis 31:44, 48, 52 (JE), torn animal Exodus 22:12 (E), song of Moses Deuteronomy 31:19, 21 (J), law-book Deuteronomy 31:26 (D), witness of י׳ against Israel; altar east of Jordan, with בֵּין, Joshua 22:27, 28, 34 (P), compare Isaiah 19:20; Job's evil condition Job 16:8; the moon Psalm 89:38.
2. witness, a person:
† a. God, in heaven for Job Job 16:19; on earth, for Samuel 1 Samuel 12:5 (twice in verse) + 1 Samuel 12:6 Greek Version of the LXX Th and most, Jeremiah Jeremiah 42:5; see also 1 Samuel 20:12 (insert עֵד before י׳ Syriac Version Dr Bu Kit Löhr HPS); against persons Jeremiah 29:23; Malachi 3:5, nations Micah 1:2; between (בֵּין persons Genesis 31:50 (E).
b. Davidic dyn., to nations Isaiah 55:4.
c. witnesses, of transfer of property Jeremiah 32:10, 12, 25, 44, betrothal Ruth 4:9, 10, 11; usually of testimony in court, and in civil and social relations, with בְּ against, Numbers 5:13; Joshua 24:22; 1 Samuel 12:5 +, with קום rise up against Psalm 27:12; Psalm 35:11; † עָנָה עֵד שֶׁקֶר בְּ answer (in court) as a false witness against Exodus 20:16 = עֵד שָׁוְא Deuteronomy 5:17; Proverbs 25:18; † לְפִי עֵדִים Numbers 35:30 (P); † עֵדִ(ים) עַל־פִּי Deuteronomy 17:6 (twice in verse) at the mouth of witnesses, so Deuteronomy 19:15 (twice in verse). — False witness is שֶׁקֶר ע׳ Exodus 20:16; Deuteronomy 19:18 (twice in verse); Psalm 27:12; Proverbs 6:19; Proverbs 14:5; שְׁקָרִים ע׳ Proverbs 12:17; Proverbs 19:5, 9; כְּזָבִים ע׳ Proverbs 21:28; חִנָּם ע׳ Proverbs 24:28; בְּלִיַּעַל ע׳ Proverbs 19:28; חָמָס ע׳ witness of (i.e. supporting) violence Exodus 23:1 (E) Deuteronomy 19:16; Psalm 35:11. Faithful witness is אֱמוּנִים ע׳ Proverbs 14:5; אֱמֶת ע׳ Jeremiah 42:5; Proverbs 14:25.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7717.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:44; 31:48; 31:48; 31:50; 31:52

Exodus

20:16; 20:16; 20:16; 22:12; 23:1

Numbers

5:13; 35:30; 35:30

Deuteronomy

5:17; 17:6; 17:6; 19:15; 19:16; 19:18; 31:19; 31:21; 31:26

Joshua

22:27; 22:28; 22:34; 24:22

Ruth

4:9; 4:10; 4:11

1 Samuel

12:5; 12:5; 12:6; 20:12

Job

16:8; 16:19; 16:19

Psalms

27:12; 27:12; 27:12; 35:11; 35:11; 35:11; 89:38

Proverbs

6:19; 12:17; 14:5; 14:5; 14:25; 19:5; 19:9; 19:28; 21:28; 24:28; 25:18

Isaiah

19:20; 43:10; 43:12; 55:4

Jeremiah

29:23; 32:10; 32:12; 32:25; 32:44; 42:5; 42:5

Micah

1:2

Malachi

3:5

H5707

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5707 matches the Hebrew עֵד (ʿēḏ),
which occurs 70 times in 60 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 31:44–Isa 44:8)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:44 - “So now come, let us cut a covenant, [fn]you and I, and let it be a witness H5707 between [fn]you and me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:48 - Then Laban said, “This heap is a witness H5707 between [fn]you and me this day.” Therefore it was named Galeed,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:50 - “If you afflict my daughters, or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no man is with us, see, God is witness H5707 between [fn]you and me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:52 - “This heap is a witness H5707, and the pillar is a witness, that I will not pass by this heap to you for harm, and you will not pass by this heap and this pillar to me for harm.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:16 -

“You shall not bear false witness H5707 against your neighbor.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:13 - “Now if it is all torn to pieces, let him bring it as evidence H5707; he shall not make restitution for what has been torn to pieces.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1 -

“You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness H5707.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:1 -

‘Now if a person sins after he hears a [fn]public oath to testify when he is a witness H5707, whether he has seen or otherwise known, if he does not tell it, then he will bear his [fn]guilt.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:13 - and a man lies sexually with her, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and she is [fn]undetected; but she has defiled herself, and there is no witness H5707 against her, and she has not been caught in the act,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:30 -

‘If anyone strikes down a person, the murderer shall be put to death at the mouth of witnesses H5707, but no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness H5707.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:20 -

‘You shall not bear false witness H5707 against your neighbor.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:6 - “On the mouth of two witnesses H5707 or three witnesses H5707, he who is to die shall be put to death; he shall not be put to death on the mouth of one witness H5707.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:7 - “The hand of the witnesses H5707 shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:15 -

“A single witness H5707 shall not rise up against a man on account of any iniquity or any sin [fn]which he has committed; at the mouth of two or three witnesses H5707 a matter shall be established.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:16 - “If a malicious witness H5707 rises up against a man to [fn]accuse him of [fn]wrongdoing,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:18 - “And the judges shall inquire thoroughly, and behold, if the witness H5707 is a false witness H5707 and he has [fn]accused his brother falsely,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:19 -

“So now, write this song for yourselves and teach it to the sons of Israel; put it in their mouths, so that this song may be a witness H5707 for Me against the sons of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:21 - “Then it will be, when many evils and troubles have found them, that this song will answer them as a witness H5707 (for it shall not be forgotten from the mouths of their seed); for I know their intent which they are [fn]developing today, before I have brought them into the land which I swore.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:26 - “Take this book of the law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, that it may be there as a witness H5707 against you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:27 - rather it shall be a witness H5707 between us and you and between our generations after us, that we are to perform the service of Yahweh before Him with our burnt offerings and with our sacrifices and with our peace offerings, so that your sons will not say to our sons in time to come, “You have no portion in Yahweh.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:28 - “Therefore we said, ‘It will also be that if they say this to us or to our generations in time to come, then we shall say, “See the copy of the altar of Yahweh which our fathers made, not for burnt offering or for sacrifice; rather it is a witness H5707 between us and you.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:34 - And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad called the altar Witness; “For,” they said, “it is a witness H5707 between us that Yahweh is God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:22 - And Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses H5707 against yourselves that you have chosen for yourselves Yahweh, to serve Him.” And they said, “We are witnesses H5707.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:9 - Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses H5707 today that I have acquired all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and Mahlon from the hand of Naomi.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:10 - “And also, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, to be my wife in order to raise up the name of the one who had died, on behalf of his inheritance, so that the name of the one who had died will not be cut off from his brothers or from the gate of his birth place; you are witnesses H5707 today.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11 - And all the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses H5707. May Yahweh grant the woman who is coming into your home to be like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel, and so you shall [fn]achieve [fn]excellence in Ephrathah and shall [fn]proclaim your name in Bethlehem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:5 - So he said to them, “Yahweh is witness H5707 against you, and His anointed is witness H5707 this day that you have found nothing in my hand.” And they said, “He is witness H5707.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:17 -

‘You renew Your witnesses H5707 against me

And increase Your vexation toward me;

[fn]Hardship after hardship is with me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:8 -

“You have shriveled me up,

It has become a witness H5707;

And my leanness rises up against me,

It answers to my face.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:19 -

“Even now, behold, my witness H5707 is in heaven,

And my [fn]advocate is on high.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:12 -

Do not give me over to the [fn]desire of my adversaries,

For false witnesses H5707 have risen against me,

And such as breathe out violence.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:11 -

Malicious witnesses H5707 rise up,

Who ask me of things that I do not know.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:37 -

“It shall be established forever like the moon,

And the witness H5707 in the sky is faithful.” [fn]Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:19 -

A false witness H5707 who breathes out lies,

And one who [fn]spreads strife among brothers.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:17 -

He who breathes out truth declares what is right,

But a false witness H5707, deceit.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:5 -

A faithful witness H5707 will not lie,

But a false witness H5707 breathes out lies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:25 -

A truthful witness H5707 delivers souls,

But he who breathes out lies is deceitful.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:5 -

A [fn]false witness H5707 will not go unpunished,

And he who breathes out lies will not escape.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:9 -

A [fn]false witness H5707 will not go unpunished,

And he who breathes out lies will perish.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:28 -

A vile witness H5707 scoffs at justice,

And the mouth of the wicked swallows up iniquity.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:28 -

A false witness H5707 will perish,

But the man who listens will speak forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:28 -

Do not be a witness H5707 against your neighbor without cause,

Nor deceive with your lips.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:18 -

Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow

Is a man who bears [fn]false witness H5707 against his neighbor.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:2 - “And [fn]I will take to Myself faithful witnesses H5707 for testimony, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:20 - And it will become a sign and a witness H5707 to Yahweh of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to Yahweh because of oppressors, and He will send them a Savior and a [fn]Champion, and He will deliver them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:8 -

Now go, write it on a tablet before them

And inscribe it on a scroll,

That it may be in the time to come

[fn]As a witness forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:9 -

All the nations have gathered together

So that the peoples may be assembled.

Who among them can declare this

And make us hear the former things?

Let them present their witnesses H5707 that they may be justified,

Or let them hear and say, “It is true.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:10 -

“You are My witnesses H5707,” declares Yahweh,

“And My servant whom I have chosen,

So that you may know and believe Me

And understand that I am He.

Before Me there was no god formed,

And there will be none after Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:12 -

“It is I who have declared and saved and caused it to be heard,

And there was no strange god among you;

So you are My witnesses H5707,” declares Yahweh,

“And I am God.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:8 -

‘Do not be in dread and do not be afraid;

Have I not long since caused it to be heard to you and declared it?

And you are My witnesses H5707.

Is there any God besides Me,

Or is there any other Rock?

I know of none.’”


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