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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 BoxJos 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:15 - And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:18 - But the people of Israel did not kill them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. Then all the congregation murmured against the leaders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:19 - But all the leaders said to all the congregation, "We have sworn to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we may not touch them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:21 - And the leaders said to them, "Let them live." So they became hewers of wood and drawers of water for all the congregation, as the leaders had said of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:27 - But Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, to continue to this day, in the place which he should choose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:1 - Then the whole congregation of the people of Israel assembled at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there; the land lay subdued before them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:6 - And he shall remain in that city until he has stood before the congregation for judgment, until the death of him who is high priest at the time: then the slayer may go again to his own town and his own home, to the town from which he fled.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:9 - These were the cities designated for all the people of Israel, and for the stranger sojourning among them, that any one who killed a person without intent could flee there, so that he might not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, till he stood before the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:12 - And when the people of Israel heard of it, the whole assembly of the people of Israel gathered at Shiloh, to make war against them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:16 - "Thus says the whole congregation of the LORD, 'What is this treachery which you have committed against the God of Israel in turning away this day from following the LORD, by building yourselves an altar this day in rebellion against the LORD?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:17 - Have we not had enough of the sin at Pe'or from which even yet we have not cleansed ourselves, and for which there came a plague upon the congregation of the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:18 - that you must turn away this day from following the LORD? And if you rebel against the LORD today he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel tomorrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:20 - Did not Achan the son of Zerah break faith in the matter of the devoted things, and wrath fell upon all the congregation of Israel? And he did not perish alone for his iniquity.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:30 - When Phin'ehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation, the heads of the families of Israel who were with him, heard the words that the Reubenites and the Gadites and the Manas'sites spoke, it pleased them well.
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