ʻêdâh — H5712

H5712 · Hebrew — עדה

Pronunciation: ay-daw'

Definition

feminine noun

a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)

  1. congregation, gathering

Usually translated as

congregation, company, assembly, multitude, people, swarm

Origin

feminine of H5707 in the original sense of fixture

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

ʻêdâh occurs 149 times in 140 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (15), Leviticus (12), Numbers (75), Joshua (14), Judges (5), 1 Kings (2), 2 Chronicles (1), Job (2), Psalms (10), Proverbs (1), Jeremiah (2), Hosea (1)