Lexical Definition

‎קָהָל‎ qâhâl (kaw-hawl') assembly ^H:N-M
from ‎קָהַל‎

assembly, company, congregation, multitude.

• assemblage (usually concretely)

1) assembly, company, congregation, convocation
1a) assembly
1a1) for evil counsel, war or invasion, religious purposes
1b) company (of returning exiles)
1c) congregation
1c1) as organised body

See Greek: ἐκκλησία · λαός · οἶκος · ὄχλος · πλῆθος · συναγωγή · συνέδριον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎קָהָל‎₁₂₃ noun masculine^{Ezek 38:15} assembly, convocation, congregation; — absolute ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Jer 31:8 +; construct ‎קְהַל‎ Exod 12:6 +; suffix ‎קְהָלָ֑ךָ‎ Ezek 38:13, etc.; plural suffix ‎קְהָלֶיךָ‎ Ezek 38:7 —

1. assembly specially convoked:
a. for evil counsel, || ‎סוד‎ Gen 49:6 (poem); ‎מרעים‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Ps 26:5 for civil affairs Prov 5:14 (see Toy), Prov 26:26; Job 30:28 (Di publice).
b. for war or invasion, Num 22:4 (E), Judg 20:2; Judg 21:5; Judg 21:8; 1Sam 17:47; Ezek 16:40; Ezek 38:7 (plural only here), + 8 t. Ezekiel; ‎גדול‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ (|| ‎חיל רב‎) Ezek 38:15 ‎רב‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ (|| ‎חיל גדול‎) Ezek 17:17; Ezek 38:4 ‎גוים‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Jer 50:9 ‎עמים‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Ezek 23:24; Ezek 32:3.
c. company of returning exiles, Jer 31:8; Ezra 2:64 = Neh 7:66.
d. for religious purposes, to hear words of ‎׳‎‎י‎ at Horeb Deut 5:19, ‎׳‎‎ביום הק‎ Deut 9:10; Deut 10:4 (gloss, not in ᵐ5), Deut 18:16 word of Jeremiah Jer 26:17; Jer 44:15 for feasts, fasts and worship 2Chr 20:5; 2Chr 30:25 (twice in verse); Neh 5:13; Joel 2:16; Ps 107:32 ‎רב‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Ps 22:26* + 4 t.; ‎לרב מְאֹד‎ ‎׳‎‎וַיֵּאָֽסְפו ק֗֗֗‎ 2Chr 30:13 ‎גדול‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ 1Kgs 8:65 = 2Chr 7:8 ‎׳‎‎בתוך (ה)ק‎ 2Chr 20:14; Ps 22:23*.

2. congregation, as organized body:
a. of Israel: ‎יהוה‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Mic 2:5; Num 16:3; Num 20:4 (P), 1Chr 28:8 (‎׳‎‎י‎) ‎׳‎‎באבק‎ Deut 23:2*; Deut 23:3* (twice in verse); Deut 23:4* (twice in verse); Deut 23:9*; Neh 13:1; Lam 1:10 ‎ישׂראל‎ ‎׳‎‎כל ק‎ Deut 31:30; Josh 8:35 (D)Lev 16:17 (P) 1Kgs 8:14 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 8:22; 1Kgs 8:55 = 2Chr 6:3 (twice in verse); 2Chr 6:12; 2Chr 6:13, 1Kgs 12:3; 1Chr 13:2 ‎עדת ישׂראל‎ ‎׳‎‎כל ק‎ Exod 12:6 (ᵐ5 reads ‎בני‎ before ‎׳‎‎יִשׂ‎), Num 14:5 (P; ᵐ5 συναγωγή; ᵑ0 probably conflation); ‎׳‎‎כל עם הק‎ Lev 16:33 ‎׳‎‎כל הק‎ Exod 16:3 (P) 1Chr 13:4 + 12 t. Chronicles; ‎׳‎‎הק‎ Lev 4:13; Lev 4:14; Lev 4:21 + 8 t. Numbers (P) 8 t. 2 Chronicles
b. restored community in Jerusalem Ezra 10:12; Ezra 10:14; Neh 8:2; Neh 8:17 ‎הֵגּוֺלָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Ezra 10:8 later the better part of it, ‎חסידים‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Ps 149:1.
c. of angels, ‎קדשׁים‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Ps 89:6*.
d. more general: company, assembled multitude, ‎גוים‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Gen 35:11 (P), ‎עמים‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Gen 28:3; Gen 48:4 (P), ‎רפאים‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Prov 21:16.

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