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Lexicon :: Strong's H5712 - ʿēḏâ

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עֵדָה
Transliteration
ʿēḏâ
Pronunciation
ay-daw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From עֵד (H5707) in the original sense of fixture
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TWOT Reference: 878a

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).

  1. congregation, gathering

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
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.
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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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

12:3; 12:3; 12:6; 12:19; 12:47; 16:1; 16:2; 16:9; 16:10; 16:22; 17:1; 34:31; 35:1; 35:4; 35:20

Leviticus

4:13; 4:15; 8:3; 8:4; 16:5; 19:2

Numbers

1:2; 1:53; 4:34; 8:9; 8:20; 13:26; 14:5; 14:7; 15:25; 15:26; 16:2; 16:2; 16:5; 16:6; 16:9; 16:11; 16:16; 17:5; 17:6; 19:9; 20:11; 25:6; 26:9; 26:10; 27:3; 27:3; 27:17; 27:20; 31:12; 31:13; 31:16; 31:26; 32:2; 32:4

Joshua

9:15; 9:18; 18:1; 22:12; 22:16; 22:17; 22:18; 22:20; 22:30

Judges

14:8; 20:1; 21:10; 21:13; 21:16

1 Kings

8:5

2 Chronicles

5:6

Job

15:34; 16:7; 16:7

Psalms

1:5; 7:8; 22:17; 68:31; 74:2; 82:1; 86:14; 106:17; 106:18; 111:1

Proverbs

5:14

Jeremiah

6:18; 30:20

Hosea

7:12

H5712

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5712 matches the Hebrew עֵדָה (ʿēḏâ),
which occurs 15 times in 14 verses in 'Jos' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:15 - Then Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the assembly ratified it by oath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:18 - But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the assembly had sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. The whole assembly grumbled against the leaders,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:19 - but all the leaders answered, “We have given them our oath by the LORD, the God of Israel, and we cannot touch them now.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:21 - They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers in the service of the whole assembly.” So the leaders’ promise to them was kept.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:27 - That day he made the Gibeonites woodcutters and water carriers for the assembly, to provide for the needs of the altar of the LORD at the place the LORD would choose. And that is what they are to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:1 - The whole assembly of the Israelites gathered at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The country was brought under their control,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:6 - They are to stay in that city until they have stood trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest who is serving at that time. Then they may go back to their own home in the town from which they fled.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:9 - Any of the Israelites or any foreigner residing among them who killed someone accidentally could flee to these designated cities and not be killed by the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:12 - the whole assembly of Israel gathered at Shiloh to go to war against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:16 - “The whole assembly of the LORD says: ‘How could you break faith with the God of Israel like this? How could you turn away from the LORD and build yourselves an altar in rebellion against him now?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:17 - Was not the sin of Peor enough for us? Up to this very day we have not cleansed ourselves from that sin, even though a plague fell on the community of the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:18 - And are you now turning away from the LORD? “ ‘If you rebel against the LORD today, tomorrow he will be angry with the whole community of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:20 - When Achan son of Zerah was unfaithful in regard to the devoted things,[fn] did not wrath come on the whole community of Israel? He was not the only one who died for his sin.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:30 - When Phinehas the priest and the leaders of the community—the heads of the clans of the Israelites—heard what Reuben, Gad and Manasseh had to say, they were pleased.
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