edut (testimony) · Rightly

Meaning

Testimony

How it's translated

the testimony 38
testimonies your 7
a testimony 3
and testimonies his 2
testimonies his 2
testimony of 2
eduth 2
of the testimony 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Exodus 20
Psalms 15
Numbers 11
2 Kings 3
2 Chronicles 3
Leviticus 2

11 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture

Exodus 25:16And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
Exodus 25:21And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
Exodus 25:22And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
Exodus 26:33And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
Exodus 26:34And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.
Exodus 27:21In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

All 59 verses, by book

Exodus 20: 16:34 25:16 25:21 25:22 26:33 26:34 27:21 30:6 30:26 30:36 31:7 31:18 32:15 34:29 38:21 39:35 40:3 40:5 40:20 40:21
Leviticus 2: 16:13 24:3
Numbers 11: 1:50 1:53 4:5 7:89 9:15 10:11 17:4 17:7 17:8 17:10 18:2
Joshua 1: 4:16
1 Kings 1: 2:3
2 Kings 3: 11:12 17:15 23:3
1 Chronicles 1: 29:19
2 Chronicles 3: 23:11 24:6 34:31
Nehemiah 1: 9:34
Psalms 15: 19:7 60:1 78:5 80:1 81:5 119:14 119:31 119:36 119:88 119:99 119:111 119:129 119:144 119:157 122:4
Jeremiah 1: 44:23

Hebrew dictionary

עֵדוּת edut · testimony

testimony

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “testimony” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

TEST'IMONY, noun

[Latin testimonium.]

A solemn declaration or affirmation made for the purpose of establishing or proving some fact. Such affirmation in judicial proceedings, may be verbal or written, but must be under oath. testimony differs from evidence; testimony is the declaration of a witness, and evidence is the effect of that declaration on the mind, or the degree of light which it affords.

Affirmation; declaration.
Open attestation; profession.
Witness; evidence; proof of some fact.“Shake off the dust under your feet, for a testimony against them” Mark 6:11
In Scripture, the two tables of the law.“Thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee” Exodus 25:16

All definitions and other forms of “testimony”

The book of the law.“He brought forth the king's son--and gave him the testimony” 2 Kings 11:12
The gospel, which testifies of Christ and declares the will of God. 1 Corinthians 2:1 2 Timothy 1:8
The ark. Exodus 16:34
The word of God; the Scriptures.“The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple” Psalms 19:7
The laws or precepts of God. 'I love thy testimonies.' 'I have kept thy testimonies.'
That which is equivalent to a declaration; manifestation.
Evidence suggested to the mind; as the testimony of conscience. 2 Corinthians 1:12
Attestation; confirmation.

TEST'IMONY, verb transitive

To witness. [Not in use.]

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.