Exodus 12:3
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:
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Congregation
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Acts 13:43
Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
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134 occurrences in 120 verses.
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This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.
Exodus
4948 verses
Leviticus
5750 verses
Numbers
134120 verses
Deuteronomy
107 verses
Joshua
1816 verses
Judges
55 verses
1 Samuel
11 verses
1 Kings
98 verses
1 Chronicles
109 verses
2 Chronicles
3026 verses
Ezra
55 verses
Nehemiah
55 verses
Job
22 verses
Psalms
1818 verses
Proverbs
33 verses
Isaiah
11 verses
Jeremiah
22 verses
Lamentations
11 verses
Hosea
11 verses
Joel
11 verses
Micah
11 verses
Acts
11 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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מוֹעֵד
môwʻêd · mo-ade'
149 times translated as this KJV form223 total Strong's occurrences
properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand)
Strong's KJV usage: appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn(-ity), synogogue, (set) time (appointed).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 27:21Strong's last: Isaiah 14:13
Open full H4150 profile →עֵדָה
ʻêdâh · ay-daw'
124 times translated as this KJV form149 total Strong's occurrences
a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
Strong's KJV usage: assembly, company, congregation, multitude, people, swarm. Compare 5713.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 12:3Strong's last: Hosea 7:12
Open full H5712 profile →קָהָל
qâhâl · kaw-hawl'
86 times translated as this KJV form123 total Strong's occurrences
assemblage (usually concretely)
Strong's KJV usage: assembly, company, congregation, multitude.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Leviticus 4:14Strong's last: Micah 2:5
Open full H6951 profile →חַי
chay · khah'-ee
2 times translated as this KJV form498 total Strong's occurrences
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Strong's KJV usage: age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, merry, multitude, (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Strong's first: Psalms 68:10Strong's last: Psalms 74:19
Open full H2416 profile →συναγωγή
synagōgḗ · soon-ag-o-gay'
1 times translated as this KJV form57 total Strong's occurrences
an assemblage of persons; specially, a Jewish "synagogue" (the meeting or the place); by analogy, a Christian church
Strong's KJV usage: :--assembly, congregation, synagogue.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 13:43Strong's last: Acts 13:43
Open full G4864 profile →אֵלֶם
ʼêlem · ay'-lem
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
silence (i.e. mute justice)
Strong's KJV usage: congregation. Compare 3128.
Strong's first: Psalms 58:1Strong's last: Psalms 58:1
Open full H482 profile →קְהִלָּה
qᵉhillâh · keh-hil-law'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
an assemblage
Strong's KJV usage: assembly, congregation.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 33:4Strong's last: Deuteronomy 33:4
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H4150
And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.
H4150
And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
H6951
And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:
H6951
And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
H4150
And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.
H6951
Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.
H6951
Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
H6951
Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
H6951
And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.
H6951
And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.
English meaning and historical usage.
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congregation
CONGREGATION, noun
1. The act of bringing together, or assembling.
2. A collection or assemblage of separate things; as a congregation of vapors.
3. More generally, an assembly or persons; and appropriately, an assembly of persons met for the worship of God, and for religious instruction.
4. An assembly of rulers. Numbers 35:12.
5. An assembly of ecclesiastics or cardinals appointed by the pope; as the congregation of the holy office, etc. Also, a company or society of religious cantoned out of an order.
6. An academical assembly for transacting business of the university.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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