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עֵד H5707
H5707 is the Hebrew word עֵד, transliterated ʻêd and said ayd. The King James Version most often renders it witness.
What it means
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince.
Where it comes from
contracted from H5749 (עוּד).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 63 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: witness.
Verses using עֵד
The first 40 of 54 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 31:48 · KJV
And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
Genesis 31:52 · KJV
This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
Exodus 20:16 · KJV
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Exodus 22:13 · KJV
If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.
Leviticus 5:1 · KJV
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 iniquity.
Numbers 5:13 · KJV
And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;
Numbers 35:30 · KJV
Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
Deuteronomy 5:20 · KJV
Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Deuteronomy 17:6 · KJV
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
Deuteronomy 17:7 · KJV
The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.
Deuteronomy 19:15 · KJV
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
Deuteronomy 19:16 · KJV
If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
Deuteronomy 19:18 · KJV
And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
Deuteronomy 31:19 · KJV
Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 31:21 · KJV
And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.
Joshua 22:27 · KJV
But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD.
Joshua 22:34 · KJV
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God.
Joshua 24:22 · KJV
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
Ruth 4:9 · KJV
And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.
Ruth 4:10 · KJV
Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
Ruth 4:11 · KJV
And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:
1 Samuel 12:5 · KJV
And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.
Job 10:17 · KJV
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
Job 16:8 · KJV
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
Job 16:19 · KJV
Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
Psalm 27:12 · KJV
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
Psalm 35:11 · KJV
False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
Psalm 89:37 · KJV
It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
Proverbs 6:19 · KJV
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
Proverbs 12:17 · KJV
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
Proverbs 14:5 · KJV
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
Proverbs 14:25 · KJV
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
Proverbs 19:5 · KJV
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
Proverbs 19:9 · KJV
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Proverbs 19:28 · KJV
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
Proverbs 21:28 · KJV
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
Proverbs 24:28 · KJV
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
Proverbs 25:18 · KJV
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Isaiah 8:2 · KJV
And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
Isaiah 19:20 · KJV
And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.
Common questions
What does Strong's H5707 mean?
H5707 is the Hebrew word עֵד (ʻêd), meaning concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince.
How is H5707 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it witness (37 times), witnesses (20 times), no witness (1 time), behold if the witness (1 time), also now behold my witness (1 time), among others.
How many times does H5707 appear in the Bible?
עֵד (ʻêd) is tagged in 54 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H5707 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: contracted from H5749 (עוּד).
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