Assembly
עֲצָרָהStrong’s H6116atsarah (a-tsa-rah)
Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Atsarah is the Hebrew word usually translated “assembly”, “solemn assembly” and “solemn assembli”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
“Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.”
Meaning
- Assembly, solemn assemblyassembly (sacred or festive meeting) · assemblage, company, group
How it's translated
- an assembly 7
- a solemn assembly 1
- and solemn assembli 1
- an assembly of 1
- in assemblies your 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joel 2
- Leviticus 1
- Numbers 1
- Deuteronomy 1
- 2 Kings 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 29:35On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein:
- Deuteronomy 16:8Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.
- 2 Kings 10:20And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.
- 2 Chronicles 7:9And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
- Nehemiah 8:18Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.
- Isaiah 1:13Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
Hebrew dictionary
עֲצָרָה atsarah · assembly
1) assembly, solemn assembly 1a) assembly (sacred or festive meeting) 1b) assemblage, company, group
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “assembly” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ASSEM'BLY, noun
- A company or collection of individuals, in the same place; usually for the same purpose.
- A congregation or religious society convened.
- In some of the United States, the legislature, consisting of different houses or branches, whether in session or not.
- a collection of persons for amusement; as a dancing assembly
All definitions
- A convocation, convention or council of ministers and ruling elders delegated from each presbytery; as the General assembly of Scotland or of the United States.
- In armies, the second beating of the drum before a march, when the soldiers strike their tents.
- An assemblage. [Not in use.]
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.