Lexical Definition

‎עֲצָרָה‎ ʻătsârâh (ats-aw-raw') assembly ^H:N-F
or עֲצֶרֶת ʻătsereth (ats-eh'-reth); from ‎עָצָר‎

(solemn) assembly (meeting).

• an assembly, especially on afestival or holiday

1) assembly, solemn assembly
1a) assembly (sacred or festive meeting)
1b) assemblage, company, group

See Greek: θεραπεία · πανήγυρις

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עֲצָרָה‎, ‎עֲצֶ֫רֶת‎ noun feminine assembly (? as confined, held in); — absolute ‎עֲצָרָה‎ Isa 1:13 + 2 t.; ‎עֲצֶ֫רֶת‎ Deut 16:8 + 3 t., ‎עֲצָ֑רֶת‎ 2Chr 7:9 construct ‎עֲצֶ֑רֶת‎ Jer 9:1* plural suffix ‎עַצְרֹתֵיכֶם‎ Amos 5:21 —

1. sacred assembly, rejected by ‎׳‎‎י‎, Isa 1:13 and (at Bethel, etc.) Amos 5:21 for Baal 2Kgs 10:20; Deut 16:8 (last day of Maƒƒoth), Lev 23:36 (P), Num 29:35 (P), Neh 8:18 (all of day after feast of booths), compare 2Chr 7:9 [Late Hebrew of feast of weeks, ᵑ7 ‎עֲצַרְתָּא‎ Jos^{Ant. «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 3:10»iii. 10}, 6 Ἀσάρτα]; occasional, Joel 1:14; Joel 2:15.

2. assemblage, company (in general), ‎בֹּגְדִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Jer 9:1* an assemblage of deceivers (Gr ‎עֲדַת‎; Che ‎חֶבְרַת‎).

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