Lexical Definition

‎מוֹעֵד‎ môwʻêd (mo-ade') meeting: time appointed ^H:N-M
or מֹעֵד môʻêd (mo-ade'); or (feminine) מוֹעָדָה môwʻâdâh (mo-awdaw'); (2 Chronicles 8:13), from ‎יָעַד‎

appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn(-ity), synogogue, (set) time (appointed).

• properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season
• specifically, a festival
• conventionally ayear
• by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose)
• technically the congregation
• by extension, the place of meeting
• also a signal (as appointed beforehand)

1) appointed place, appointed time, meeting
1a) appointed time
1a1) appointed time (general)
1a2) sacred season, set feast, appointed season
1b) appointed meeting
1c) appointed place
1d) appointed sign or signal
1e) tent of meeting

See Greek: βουλή · ἑορτή · καιρός · μαρτυρία · μαρτύριον · πανήγυρις · σημεῖον · ὥρα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מוֺעֵד‎₂₂₃ noun masculine^{Ps 102:14*} appointed time, place, meeting; ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Exod 9:5 + 183 t.; ‎מֹעֵד‎ Deut 31:10 ‎מוֺעֲדוֺ‎ Num 9:2 + 2 t.; ‎מֹעֲדוֺ‎ Lam 2:6 + 3 t. + 5 t. suffixes; plural ‎מוֺעֲדִים‎ Dan 12:7 + 6 t.; ‎מֹעֲדִים‎ Zech 8:19; 1Chr 23:31 ‎מוֺעֲדוֺת‎ 2Chr 8:13 construct ‎מֹועֲדֵי‎ Lev 23:2 + 6 t.; ‎מֹעֲדֵי‎ Lev 23:44 suffixes ‎מוֺעֲדַי‎ Ezek 44:24 ‎מֹעֲדֵיכֶם‎ Num 15:3 + 6 t. suffixes; —

1. appointed time:
a. in general with prefix ‎לְ‎, at an or the appointed time Gen 18:14; Exod 13:10 (J), Exod 23:15; Exod 34:18; Josh 8:14 (all J E), Gen 17:21; Gen 21:2 (P), 1Sam 9:24; 1Sam 13:8 (after ‎אשׁר‎ insert either ‎אָמַר‎ ᵐ5 ᵑ7 or ‎שָׂם‎ Dr), v1Sam 13:11; 2Kgs 4:16; 2Kgs 4:17; Hab 2:3; Dan 8:19; Dan 11:27; Dan 11:29; Dan 11:35 ‎דוד‎ ‎׳‎‎למ‎ at he time appointed with David 1Sam 20:35 (Thes SS place appointed); with prefix ‎בְּ‎ Hos 2:11*; Lev 23:4; Num 9:2; Num 9:3; Num 9:7; Num 9:13; Num 28:2 (P); with ‎מִן‎ 2Sam 20:5 ‎מ‎‎׳‎‎עַד עֵת ‎ 2Sam 24:15 unto the time appointed (but dubious, see Dr); with verbs ‎׳‎‎בא מ‎ Ps 102:14* ‎׳‎‎לקח מ‎ Ps 75:3* ‎׳‎‎שׂים מ‎ Exod 9:5 (J); ‎׳‎‎העביר המ‎ Jer 46:17 the stork ‎׳‎‎ידעה מ‎ Jer 8:7 knows her appointed time; ‎צאתך‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Deut 16:6 time of thy going forth (from Egypt).
b. in particular (compare Exod 13:10; Exod 23:15; Exod 34:18), sacred season, RV usually set feast or appointed season (wider than ‎חַג‎, which was only a feast celebrated by a pilgrimage), ‎׳‎‎יוֺם (ימי) מ‎ day
(s) of appointed season (i.e. festivals) Hos 9:5; Hos 12:10*; Lam 2:7; Lam 2:22 singular indefinite Lam 1:4 of the feast of booths Deut 31:10 || ‎חג חדשׁ שׁבת‎ Hos 2:13* || ‎שׁבת‎ Lam 2:6 usually plural ‎יהוה‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Lev 23:2; Lev 23:4; Lev 23:37; Lev 23:44 (P), 2Chr 2:3*; Ezra 3:5 with suffixes referring to ‎׳‎‎י‎ Lev 23:2 (P); ‎׳‎‎בּמ‎ Num 15:3; Num 29:39 (P), Ezek 36:38; Ezek 46:9 ‎קרית‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ city of our solemnities (sacred seasons) Isa 33:20 ‎טובים‎ ‎׳‎‎למ‎ Zech 8:19 || ‎שׁבתות‎ Ezek 44:24 || ‎חדשׁים‎ Isa 1:14; 1Chr 23:31; 2Chr 8:13; 2Chr 31:3; Neh 10:34* || ‎חנים‎ Ezek 46:11 ‎חגים חדשׁים‎ Ezek 45:17 || ‎ראשׁי חָדְשֵׁכֶם‎ Num 10:10 (P). —

Notes. It is most probable that in Gen 1:14 (P), where ‎׳‎‎מ‎ || ‎אֹתֹת‎, the reference is to the sacred seasons as fixed by moon's appearance; and so also ‎׳‎‎עשׂה ירח למ‎ he made the moon for sacred seasons Ps 104:19, although many Lexicons & Commentaries refer these to the seasons of the year. — ‎למועד‎ ‎מועדים וחצי‎ Dan 12:7 for a set time, times, and a half = 3 1/2 appointed times = half the prophetic week of years, compare Br^{MP 453 f.} — ‎׳‎‎ויאכלו את המ‎ they ate throughout the sacred season (of Maƒƒoth) 2Chr 30:22 AV RV, but Thes SS Be Ke Öttli they ate the offerings of the sacred season; ᵐ5 ‎וַיְכַלּוּ‎.

2. appointed meeting: ‎לְכָלחַֿי‎ ‎׳‎‎בֵּית מ‎ Job 30:23 house of meeting for every living (of She'ol); ‎׳‎‎קְרִאֵי מ‎ Num 16:2 (P) called to the assembly = ‎קְרִאֵי‎ ‎הָעֵדָה‎; ‎׳‎‎קרא עלי מ‎ Lam 1:15 called a festal meeting against me; ‎׳‎‎בקרב מ‎ Ps 74:4 in the midst of thine assembly; ‎הַר מוֺעֵד‎ Isa 14:13 mount of meeting or assembly (of the gods; the mountain of the gods in the extreme north, the oriental Olympus, Persian Alborg, Hindu Meru, Babylon. Aralli, compare Len^{Origines ii, ch. ix}).

3. appointed place:
a. the temple, || ‎שׂכּוֺ‎ Lam 2:6, ‎׳‎‎נוּגֵי ממ‎ afflicted (and driven) from the place of assembly Zeph 3:18 (compare Br^{MP 225}).
b. synagogues, ‎כָּלמֿוֺעֲדֵיאֵֿל בָּאָרֶץ‎ all the appointed places of El in the land Ps 74:8 = ‎בֵּית וַעַד‎ Sota Ps 9:15*.

4. appointed sign, signal, Judg 20:38.

5. ‎אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד‎ tent of meeting (of God with his people: see ‎יָעַד‎ Niph`al 1); the sacred tent of the Exodus (see ‎אֹהֶל‎ 3) Exod 33:7 (twice in verse); Num 12:4; Deut 31:14 (twice in verse) (E), Num 11:16 (J); often in P, as Exod 27:21; Exod 29:4; Lev 1:1; Lev 1:3; Josh 18:1; Josh 19:51, etc. (131 t.)>; elsewhere only 1Sam 2:22b (omitted by ᵐ5), 1Kgs 8:4 = 2Chr 5:5; 1Chr 6:17*; 1Chr 9:21; 1Chr 23:32; 1Chr 2:3; 1Chr 2:6; 1Chr 2:13.

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