Witness
עֵדStrong’s H5707ed
Appears in 60 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ed is the Hebrew word usually translated “witness”, “witness of” and “witnesses”. It appears in 60 verses of the Old Testament.
“Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.”
Meaning
- Witnesswitness, testimony, evidence (of things) · witness (of people)
How it's translated
- a witness 18
- a witness of 14
- witnesses 14
- and a witness 6
- witnesses my 3
- testimony of 2
- the witnesses 2
- witnesses of 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 10
- Deuteronomy 9
- Isaiah 8
- Jeremiah 6
- Genesis 4
- Joshua 4
16 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 31:48And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
- Genesis 31:50If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
- Genesis 31:52This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
- Exodus 20:16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
- Exodus 22:13If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.
- Exodus 23:1Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
All 60 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
עֵד ed · witness
1) witness 1a) witness, testimony, evidence (of things) 1b) witness (of people)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “witness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WITNESS, noun
- Testimony; attestation of a fact or event.“If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true” John 5:31
- That which furnishes evidence or proof.“Laban said, this heap is a witness between me and thee this day” Genesis 31:48
- A person who knows or sees any thing; one personally present; as, he was witness; he was an eye-witness. 1 Peter 5:1
- One who sees the execution of an instrument, and subscribes it for the purpose of confirming its authenticity b his testimony.
All definitions and other forms of “witness”
- One who gives testimony; as, the witnesses in court agreed in all essential facts.
WITNESS, verb transitive
- To see or know by personal presence.
- To attest; to give testimony to; to testify to something.“Behold, how many things they witness against thee” Mark 15:4
- To see the execution of an instrument, and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity; as, to witness a bond or a deed.
WITNESS, verb intransitive
- To bear testimony.“The men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth” 1 Kings 21:13
- To give evidence.“The shew of their countenance doth witness against them” Isaiah 3:9
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.