עֵדָה edah

Hebrew word for “congregation” · Strong’s H5712 · used 149 times in 140 verses

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Meaning

congregation, gathering

How it is translated

Glosses given for edah in context, with how often each is used:

• congregation 127
• company 13
• among the congregation 3
• assembly 2
• like company 1
• swarm 1
• herd 1
• among company 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 16 (17), Numbers 27 (9), Numbers 14 (8), Numbers 20 (7), Numbers 15 (6), Numbers 31 (6), Joshua 22 (6), Exodus 16 (5), Joshua 9 (5), Exodus 12 (4)

Forms

• העדה 78
• עדת 42
• בעדת 6
• לעדה 3
• עדתך 3
• מעדת 2
• עדה 2
• עדתו 2
• ועדת 2
• ועדה 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with edah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מֹשֶׁה mosheh “Moses” 37
• אַהֲרֹן aharon “Aaron” 23
• קָהַל qahal “to gather” 13
• נָשִׂיא nasi “leader” 13
• מוֹעֵד moed “meeting” 13
• אֹהֶל ohel “tent” 14
• אֶלְעָזָר elazar “Eleazar” 10
• קֹרַח qorach “Korah” 9
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 13
• מִדְבָּר midbar “wilderness” 10
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 14
• צָוָה tsavah “to command” 11

Key verses

The verses using edah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 12:6 — And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
• Numbers 16:5 — And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto…
• Numbers 16:22 — And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
• Numbers 16:40 — To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not…
• Numbers 16:46 — And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an…
• Numbers 20:8 — Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his…
• Numbers 27:21 — And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at…
• Joshua 18:1 — And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was…
• Judges 20:1 — Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the…
• Psalms 22:16 — For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
• Psalms 74:2 — Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
• Psalms 82:1 — [A Psalm of Asaph.] God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.

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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.