King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5712
Transliteration: edah
Phonetic Spelling: (ay-daw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: congregation
Meaning: a stated assemblage
Word Summary
edah: congregation
Original Word: עֵדָהTransliteration: edah
Phonetic Spelling: (ay-daw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: congregation
Meaning: a stated assemblage
Strong's Concordance
assembly, company, congregation, multitude, people, swarm Feminine of ed in the original sense of fixture; a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd) -- assembly, company, congregation, multitude, people, swarm. Compare edah.
see HEBREW ed
see HEBREW edah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5712. edah
עֵדָה140 noun feminine congregation (properly company assembled together by appointment, or acting concertedly) — ׳ע Numbers 16:2 85t.; construct עֲדַת Exodus 12:3 52t.; suffix עֲדָתִי Job 16:7 9t. suffixes; —
1 עֲדַתאֵֿל Psalm 82:1 congregation of El, of company of angels ׅ "" אלהים (בקרב; ׳ע לְאֻמִּים 7:8 congregation of peoples; ׳ע צַדִּיקִים 1:5 congregation of the righteous; "" יְשָׁרִים סוֺד 111:1; "" קהל Proverbs 5:14; כָּלעֲֿדָתִי Job 16:7 (of Job's circle of dependents); in a bad sense, ׳ע מְרֵעִים company of evil doers Psalm 22:17; ׳ע עריצים 86:14; ׳ע חנף Job 15:34; ׳ע קֹרַח company of Korah Numbers 26:9; 27:3 (P), so עֲדָֽתְךָ עֲדָתוֺ, 16:5-6, 11, 16; 17:5 (P), and הָעֵדָה 26:10; 27:3 (P); ׳ע אֲבִירָם Psalm 106:17, compare 106:18.
2 of animals אַבִּירִים ׳ע Psalm 68:31 (figurative of nobles); ׳ע דְּבֹרִים Judges 14:8 a swarm of bees.
3 elsewhere of Israel Hosea 7:12 עֲדָתָם i.e. the whole assemblage of them; 1 Kings 8:5 (= 2 Chronicles 5:6) ישׂ עדת ׳כל of those gathered to Solomon; 2 Chron 12:20 העדה of assembly at Shechem; Jeremiah 6:18 (text very dubious); עֲדָתוֺ 30:20 of restored people; עֲדָֽתְךָ Psalm 74:2 ("" נחלתך שׁבט); elsewhere in P, except possibly Numbers 20:11 (R), in technical sense, of the company of Israel of the Exodus, the congregation (115 t.), especially in the phrases ׳ע יהוה 27:17; 31:16; Joshua 22:16-17, ׳ע ישׂראל Exodus 12:3, 6, 19, 47; Leviticus 4:13; Numbers 16:9; 32:4; Joshua 22:18, 20; ׳ע ישׂראל בני Exodus 16:1-2, 9, 10; 17:1; 35:1, 4, 20; Leviticus 16:5; 19:2 (H), Numbers 1:2, 53; 8:9, 20; 13:26; 14:5, 7; 15:25-26, 17:6; 19:9; 25:6; 27:20; 31:12; Joshua 18:1; 22:12; הָעֵדָה Leviticus 8:4 29t. (compare Judges 20:1; 21:10); ׳כלהֿע Leviticus 8:3 33t. (compare Judges 21:13); (ה)ע ׳נְשִׂיאֵי princes of the congregation Exodus 16:22; Numbers 4:34; 16:2; 31:13; 32:2; Joshua 9:15, 18; 22:30; בָּע ׳כָּלהַֿנְּשִׂאִים Exodus 34:31; הע ׳זִקְנֵי elders of the congregation Leviticus 4:15 (compare Judges 21:16); ׳הע אבות ראשׁי Numbers 31:26.