עֵד ed
Hebrew word for “witness” · Strong’s H5707 · used 70 times in 60 verses
Meaning
1) witness; 1a) witness, testimony, evidence (of things); 1b) witness (of people)
How it is translated
Glosses given for ed in context, with how often each is used:
- witness 42
- witnesses 24
- testimony 2
- evidence 1
- booty 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deuteronomy | 14 | 1.0 | |
| Proverbs | 11 | 1.6 | |
| Isaiah | 8 | 0.5 | |
| Jeremiah | 6 | 0.3 | |
| Joshua | 5 | 0.5 | |
| Genesis | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Exodus | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Numbers | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Ruth | 3 | 2.3 | |
| 1 Samuel | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Job | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Psalms | 3 | 0.2 |
Also in 4 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Genesis 31 (4), Jeremiah 32 (4), Deuteronomy 19 (3), Deuteronomy 31 (3), Joshua 22 (3), Ruth 4 (3), Proverbs 19 (3), Isaiah 43 (3), Deuteronomy 17 (2), Job 16 (2)
Forms
- עד 29
- עדים 14
- לעד 8
- ועד 6
- עדי 6
- העדים 2
- העד 1
- עדיך 1
- ולעד 1
- עדיהם 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with ed more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- שֶׁקֶר sheqer “deception” 11
- פּוּחַ puach “to breathe” 6
- כָּזָב kazav “lie” 6
- עָנָה anah “to answer” 8
- בַּיִן bayin “between” 7
- אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 9
- קוּם qum “to arise” 7
- עוּד ud “to testify” 4
- רֵעַ rea “neighbor” 5
- חָמָס chamas “violence” 4
- פֶּה peh “lip” 6
- נִי ni “me” 7
Key verses
The verses using ed that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 20:16 — Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
- Exodus 23:1 — Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
- Leviticus 5:1 — And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his…
- Psalms 27:12 — Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
- Isaiah 43:10 — Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no…
- Isaiah 44:8 — Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no…
- Isaiah 44:9 — They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know;…
- Isaiah 55:4 — Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
- Jeremiah 29:23 — Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours’ wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have…
- Micah 1:2 — Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
- Zephaniah 3:8 — Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the…
- Malachi 3:5 — And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and…
See all 60 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.