Assembly
קְהִלָּהStrong’s H6952qehillah (qe-hil-lah)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qehillah is the Hebrew word usually translated “assembly of” and “assembly”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.”
Meaning
- Assembly, congregation
How it's translated
- assembly of 1
- an assembly 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 1
- Nehemiah 1
2 books in all.
Hebrew dictionary
קְהִלָּה qehillah · assembly
assembly, congregation
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.