Congregation
עֵדָהStrong’s H5712edah (e-dah)
Appears in 140 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Edah is the Hebrew word usually translated “congregation”, “congregation of” and “from congregation of”. It appears in 140 verses of the Old Testament.
“Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:”
Meaning
- Congregation, gathering
How it's translated
- the congregation 76
- congregation of 37
- from congregation of 2
- to the congregation 2
- company his 2
- company your 2
- in company of 2
- the company 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 75
- Exodus 15
- Joshua 14
- Leviticus 12
- Psalms 10
- Judges 5
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 12:6And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
- Exodus 12:19Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
- Exodus 12:47All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
- Exodus 16:1And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 16:2And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
- Exodus 16:9And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings.
All 140 verses, by book
- Numbers 75
- 1:21:161:181:533:74:348:98:2010:210:313:2614:114:214:514:714:1014:2714:3514:3615:2415:2515:2615:3315:3515:3616:216:316:516:616:916:1116:1616:1916:2116:2216:2416:2616:4016:4116:4216:4516:4619:920:120:220:820:1120:2220:2720:2925:625:726:226:926:1027:227:327:1427:1627:1727:1927:2027:2127:2231:1231:1331:1631:2631:2731:4332:232:435:1235:2435:25
- 2 Chronicles 1
- 5:6
- Proverbs 1
- 5:14
- Hosea 1
- 7:12
Hebrew dictionary
עֵדָה edah · congregation
congregation, gathering
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “congregation” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CONGREGATION, noun
- The act of bringing together, or assembling.
- A collection or assemblage of separate things; as a congregation of vapors.
- More generally, an assembly or persons; and appropriately, an assembly of persons met for the worship of God, and for religious instruction.
- An assembly of rulers. Numbers 35:12
All definitions
- An assembly of ecclesiastics or cardinals appointed by the pope; as the congregation of the holy office, etc.
- An academical assembly for transacting business of the university.
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.