Lexical Definition

‎עֵדָה‎ ʻêdâh (ay-daw') congregation ^H:N-F
feminine of ‎עֵד‎ in the original sense of fixture

assembly, company, congregation, multitude, people, swarm. Compare ‎עֵדָה‎.

• a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)

1) congregation, gathering

See Greek: ἐπισύστασις · παρεμβολή · συναγωγή · συστροφή

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עֵדָה‎₁₄₀ noun feminine congregation (properly company assembled together by appointment, or acting concertedly) — ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Num 16:2 + 85 t.; construct ‎עֲדַת‎ Exod 12:3 + 52 t.; suffix ‎עֲדָתִי‎ Job 16:7 + 9 t. suffixes; —

1. ‎עֲדַתאֵֿל‎ Ps 82:1 congregation of El, of company of angels ‎ׅ‎ || ‎(בקרב אלהים‎; ‎לְאֻמִּים‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Ps 7:8* congregation of peoples; ‎צַדִּיקִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Ps 1:5 congregation of the righteous; || ‎סוֺד יְשָׁרִים‎ Ps 111:1 || ‎קהל‎ Prov 5:14 ‎כָּלעֲֿדָתִי‎ Job 16:7 (of Job's circle of dependents); in a bad sense, ‎מְרֵעִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ company of evil doers Ps 22:17* ‎עריצים‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Ps 86:14 ‎חנף‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Job 15:34 ‎קֹרַח‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ company of Korah Num 26:9; Num 27:3 (P), so ‎עֲדָתוֺ‎, ‎עֲדָֽתְךָ‎ Num 16:5; Num 16:6; Num 16:11; Num 16:16; Num 17:5* (P), and ‎הָעֵדָה‎ Num 26:10; Num 27:3 (P); ‎אֲבִירָם‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Ps 106:17, compare vPs 106:18.

2. of animals ‎׳‎‎ע‎ ‎אַבִּירִים‎ Ps 68:31* (figurative of nobles); ‎דְּבֹרִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Judg 14:8 a swarm of bees.

3. elsewhere of Israel Hos 7:12 ‎עֲדָתָם‎ i.e. the whole assemblage of them; 1Kgs 8:5 (= 2Chr 5:6) ‎׳‎‎כל עדת ישׂ‎ of those gathered to Solomon; 2Chr 12:20 ‎העדה‎ of assembly at Shechem; Jer 6:18 (text very dubious); ‎עֲדָתוֺ‎ Jer 30:20 of restored people; ‎עֲדָֽתְךָ‎ Ps 74:2 (|| ‎שׁבט נחלתך‎); elsewhere in P, except possibly Num 20:11 (R), in technical sense, of the company of Israel of the Exodus, the congregation (115 t.), especially in the phrases ‎יהוה‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Num 27:17; Num 31:16; Josh 22:16; Josh 22:17 ‎ישׂראל‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Exod 12:3; Exod 12:6; Exod 12:19; Exod 12:47; Lev 4:13; Num 16:9; Num 32:4; Josh 22:18; Josh 22:20 ‎בני ישׂראל‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Exod 16:1; Exod 16:2; Exod 16:9; Exod 16:10; Exod 17:1; Exod 35:1; Exod 35:4; Exod 35:20; Lev 16:5; Lev 19:2 (H), Num 1:2; Num 1:53; Num 8:9; Num 8:20; Num 13:26; Num 14:5; Num 14:7; Num 15:25; Num 15:26; Num 17:6*; Num 19:9; Num 25:6; Num 27:20; Num 31:12; Num 22:12 ‎הָעֵדָה‎ Lev 8:4 + 29 t. (compare Judg 20:1; Judg 21:10); ‎׳‎‎כלהֿע‎ Lev 8:3 + 33 t. (compare Judg 21:13); ‎׳‎‎נְשִׂיאֵי (ה)ע‎ princes of the congregation Exod 16:22; Num 4:34; Num 16:2; Num 31:13; Num 32:2; Josh 9:15; Josh 9:18; Josh 22:30 ‎׳‎‎כָּלהַֿנְּשִׂאִים בָּע‎ Exod 34:31 ‎׳‎‎זִקְנֵי הע‎ elders of the congregation Lev 4:15 (compare Judg 21:16); ‎ראשׁי אבות‎ ‎׳‎‎הע‎ Num 31:26.

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