Strong's Lexicon: H5712 עֵדָה

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H5712
Word:	עֵדָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	feminine of H5707 in the original sense of fixture
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	149
Transliteration:	edah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	`edah (ay-daw') n-f.
Meaning:	1. a stated assemblage 2. (specifically) a concourse 3. (generally) a family or crowd
KJV Renderings:	assembly, company, congregation, multitude, people, swarm.

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עֵדָה₁₄₀ noun feminine congregation (properly company assembled together by appointment, or acting concertedly) — ׳ ע Num 16:2 + 85 t.; construct עֲדַת Exod 12:3 + 52 t.; suffix עֲדָתִי Job 16:7 + 9 t. suffixes; —

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

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

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

BDB5858

II. עֵדָה noun feminine testimony, witness, of things (only E ); — Gen 21:30; Gen 31:52; Josh 24:27 (twice in verse) ( J uses עֵד for feminine things). — I. עֵדָה see יעד .

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke