קָהַל qahal

Hebrew word for “to gather” · Strong’s H6950 · used 39 times in 39 verses

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Meaning

1) to assemble, gather;

How it is translated

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

• assembled 18
• called together 7
• assemble 6
• summoned 1
• will assemble 1
• when summon 1
• when assembled 1
• made assemble 1
• may summon an assembly 1
• have assembled 1
• have you assembled 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Esther 9 (4), Numbers 16 (3), Numbers 20 (3), Leviticus 8 (2), Deuteronomy 31 (2), 1 Kings 8 (2), 2 Chronicles 5 (2), Ezekiel 38 (2), Exodus 32 (1), Exodus 35 (1)

Forms

• ויקהל 9
• ויקהלו 9
• נקהלו 4
• הקהל 3
• ותקהל 2
• הקהילו 2
• והקהלת 1
• ובהקהיל 1
• בהקהל 1
• והקהל 1

Words used with it

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

• עֵדָה edah “congregation” 13
• יְהוּדִי yehudi “Jew” 5
• מוֹעֵד moed “meeting” 6
• קָהָל qahal “assembly” 5
• אֹהֶל ohel “tent” 6
• אַהֲרֹן aharon “Aaron” 6
• מֹשֶׁה mosheh “Moses” 7
• יְרוּשָׁלִַם yerushalaim “Jerusalem” 6
• שִׁלוֹ shiloh “Shiloh” 3
• אֲרוֹן aron “ark” 4
• שֵׁבֶט shevet “tribe” 4
• מְדִינָה medinah “province” 3

Key verses

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

• Exodus 32:1 — And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us…
• Numbers 16:3 — And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy,…
• 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 20:10 — And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?
• Deuteronomy 4:10 — Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my…
• Deuteronomy 31:28 — Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.
• 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…
• 1 Kings 8:1 — Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in…
• 2 Chronicles 5:2 — Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up…
• 2 Chronicles 20:26 — And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called,…
• Jeremiah 26:9 — Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the…

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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.