עוּד ud

Hebrew word for “to testify” · Strong’s H5749 · used 44 times in 40 verses

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Meaning

1) to bear witness; 1a) (Qal) to bear witness, say again and again;

Senses in the lexicon

• to testify (40)
• to uphold (4)

How it is translated

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

• warned 8
• certainly 3
• warn 2
• call as witnesses 2
• warning 2
• will warn 2
• admonished 2
• cause to witness 2
• has been protested 1
• testify 1
• may call as witnesses 1
• did i warn? 1

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Nehemiah 9 (4), Jeremiah 32 (3), Exodus 19 (2), 1 Kings 21 (2), 2 Kings 17 (2), Nehemiah 13 (2), Genesis 43 (1), Exodus 21 (1), Deuteronomy 4 (1), Deuteronomy 8 (1)

Forms

• ואעידה 6
• העד 5
• העידתי 3
• והעד 3
• העדתי 2
• ואעד 2
• ויעדהו 2
• ויעד 2
• העיד 2
• ותעד 2

Words used with it

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

• הֶם hem “them” 11
• תּוֹרָה torah “instruction” 6
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 9
• עֵד ed “witness” 4
• כֶם khem “you” 6
• סָקַל saqal “to stone” 3
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 6
• ךָּ ka “you” 5
• נָבִיא navi “prophet” 4
• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 5
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 5
• שָׁמַר shamar “to keep” 4

Key verses

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

• Deuteronomy 4:26 — I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye…
• Deuteronomy 30:19 — I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou…
• 1 Kings 21:10 — And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him,…
• 1 Kings 21:13 — And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the…
• 2 Kings 17:13 — Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my…
• 2 Kings 17:15 — And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed…
• Nehemiah 9:26 — Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn…
• Nehemiah 9:29 — And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned…
• Nehemiah 9:30 — Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them…
• Nehemiah 13:15 — In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all…
• Jeremiah 6:10 — To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto…
• Malachi 2:14 — Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy…

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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.