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עֵדָה H5712
H5712 is the Hebrew word עֵדָה, transliterated ʻêdâh and said ay-daw'. The King James Version most often renders it congregation.
What it means
a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd).
Where it comes from
feminine of H5707 (עֵד) in the original sense of fixture.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 129 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: assembly, company, congregation, multitude, people, swarm. Compare H5713 (עֵדָה).
Verses using עֵדָה
The first 40 of 126 verses, quoted in full.
Exodus 12:3 · KJV
Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
Exodus 12:6 · KJV
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.
Exodus 12:19 · KJV
Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
Exodus 12:47 · KJV
All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
Exodus 16:1 · KJV
And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
Exodus 16:2 · KJV
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
Exodus 16:9 · KJV
And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings.
Exodus 16:10 · KJV
And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
Exodus 16:22 · KJV
And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
Exodus 17:1 · KJV
And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
Exodus 34:31 · KJV
And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.
Exodus 35:1 · KJV
And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them.
Exodus 35:4 · KJV
And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying,
Exodus 35:20 · KJV
And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.
Exodus 38:25 · KJV
And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
Leviticus 4:13 · KJV
And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;
Leviticus 4:15 · KJV
And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed before the LORD.
Leviticus 8:3 · KJV
And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Leviticus 8:4 · KJV
And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Leviticus 8:5 · KJV
And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the LORD commanded to be done.
Leviticus 9:5 · KJV
And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD.
Leviticus 10:6 · KJV
And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.
Leviticus 10:17 · KJV
Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD?
Leviticus 16:5 · KJV
And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
Leviticus 19:2 · KJV
Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.
Leviticus 24:14 · KJV
Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
Leviticus 24:16 · KJV
And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death.
Numbers 1:2 · KJV
Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;
Numbers 1:16 · KJV
These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
Numbers 1:18 · KJV
And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
Numbers 1:53 · KJV
But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
Numbers 3:7 · KJV
And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.
Numbers 4:34 · KJV
And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers,
Numbers 8:9 · KJV
And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together:
Numbers 8:20 · KJV
And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.
Numbers 10:2 · KJV
Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.
Numbers 10:3 · KJV
And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Numbers 13:26 · KJV
And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
Numbers 14:1 · KJV
And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
Numbers 14:2 · KJV
And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
Common questions
What does Strong's H5712 mean?
H5712 is the Hebrew word עֵדָה (ʻêdâh), meaning a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd).
How is H5712 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it congregation (94 times), company (11 times), whole congregation (9 times), assembly (6 times), even the whole congregation (2 times), among others.
How many times does H5712 appear in the Bible?
עֵדָה (ʻêdâh) is tagged in 126 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H5712 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: feminine of H5707 (עֵד) in the original sense of fixture.
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