קָהַל
qâhal · H6950 · Hebrew · 39 occurrences
Meanings
-
to gather together or to assemble
The action by which humans gather together around a person or in a place, usually with a common goal
ExamplesExodus 32:1 Now when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people assembled around Aaron and said to him, “Come, make us a god who will go before us; for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt—we do not know what happened to him.”
Leviticus 8:4 So Moses did just as the LORD commanded him. When the congregation was assembled at the doorway of the tent of meeting,
Joshua 18:1 Then the whole congregation of the sons of Israel assembled at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there; and the land was subdued before them.
-
to gather or to assemble
The action by which humans in authority bring other humans together around a person or in a place, usually with a common goal
ExamplesExodus 35:1 Then Moses assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and said to them, “These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do:
Leviticus 8:3 and assemble all the congregation at the doorway of the tent of meeting.”
Deuteronomy 4:10 “Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when the LORD said to me, ‘Assemble the people to Me, that I may have them hear My words so that they may learn to fear Me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.’
How it’s used In 7 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
39 occurrences in 17 groups
- עֵדָהcongregation, community 5
- Not stated: you (one person) 5
- Not stated: they 5
- דָּוִדDavid 3
- יְהוּדִיJudean 3
- Not stated: he, she or it 3
- Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (17) 17
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
19 occurrences in 10 groups
- עֵדָהcongregation, community 6
- קָהָלassembly, congregation, company 3
- Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
24 occurrences in 27 groups
- לto/for+ עָלָהto go up 4
- אֵלto, toward+ יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםJerusalem 3
- אֵלto, toward+ מֶלֶךְking 3
- אֵלto, toward+ פֶּתַחentrance, doorway 3
- Other words · 23 groups that occur once or twice (25) 25
With adverbsAdverbs
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- אָזat that time 2
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- קָהָלassembly, congregation, company 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אָמַרto say 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Near synonyms 5 words
- אָסַף ʼâçaph · H622 · to gather, to be assembled, to assemble
- Both words denote assembling or gathering. אָסַף (ʼâçaph, H622) has a broader range, also meaning to consume, destroy, fetch, lose or recover, while קָהַל (qâhal, H6950) is more specialized for gathering; their core sense of assembling people or things overlaps.
- אָגַר ʼâgar · H103 · to gather in, to harvest
- The target lexeme and אָגַר both denote gathering or assembling, sharing the same core sense of collecting and functioning as near-synonyms.
- יָעַד yâʻad · H3259 · to be set, to be placed, to be directed
- יָעַד has a very broad semantic range spanning appointment, betrothal, meeting, and assembly, while the target lexeme is narrower, focused on assembling or gathering. The two overlap genuinely in the ‘gather, assemble’ sense, making them near-synonyms in that specific domain.
- כָּנַס kânaç · H3664 · to gather, to assemble, to curl up
- Both words are verbs of gathering or assembling with highly overlapping senses, and could substitute for each other in many contexts. כָּנַס (kânaç, H3664) also lists "heap up" and "wrap self," a broader range, but the core sense of "gather (together)" is shared.
- צָעַק tsâʻaq · H6817 · to cry out, to call for help, to appeal
- The target lexeme’s core sense of gathering or assembling people overlaps with צָעַק’s gathering sense (alongside its separate ‘cry out’ sense), making the two near-synonyms.
In the other Testament 1 word
- συνάγω synágō · G4863 · to gather together, to call together, to store
- συνάγω (synágō, G4863) is the standard Greek rendering for the Hebrew assembly/gathering action denoted by קָהַל (qâhal, H6950), both focusing on the act of bringing people together into a collective group.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Gather002003002013
- The word means to assemble, illustrated by the people gathering around Aaron at the golden calf (Exodus 32:1), Moses assembling the congregation (Exodus 35:1), and the congregation assembled at the tent of meeting (Leviticus 8:3-4).
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6950. qahal [קָהַל] verb denominative (Gerber107f.) assemble as a קָהָל; — Niph`al…
[קָהַל] verb denominative (Gerber107f.) assemble as a קָהָל; —
Niph`al Perfect3masculine plural נִקְהֲלוּ Est 9:2-3t.; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּקָּהֵל Exo 32:1; Jer 26:9; Jer 26:3masculine plural וַיִּקָּֽהֲלוּ 2Sa 20:14 Qr (Kt ויקלהו, compare HPS), etc.; Infinitive construct הִקָּהֵל Num 17:7; Est 8:11; Participle plural נִקְהָלִים Eze 38:7; — assemble as a קָהָל:
1. a. for conflict or war 2Sa 20:14 (Qr; see above), Est 8:11; Est 9:2, Est 9:15, Est 9:16, Est 9:18; with עַל person Eze 38:7, accusative of location Jos 22:12; Jdg 20:1.
b. rebellion, with עַל person Num 16:3; Num 17:7; Num 20:2 (P), possibly also Exo 32:1 (J; most, unto Aaron).
2 for religious purposes: to erect tent of meeting, accusative of location Jos 18:1 (P); hear word of ׳י, with אֶל location Lev 8:4 (P), ב location + אֶל person Jer 26:9; for festival, אֶל person 1Ki 8:2 2Ch 5:3; לְ local 2Ch 20:26.
Hiph`il Perfect2masculine singular הִקְהַלְתָּ Eze 38:13, וְהִקְהַלְתָּ֫ Num 8:9; Num 8:3masculine plural הִקְהִילוּ Num 1:18; Imperfect3masculine singular יַקְהִיל Job 11:10; יַקְהֵל אָז 1Ki 8:1 = יַקְהֵיל2Ch 5:2; וַיַּקְהֵל Exo 35:1 + (
Qal Imperfect in i according to BaNB p. 147); plural וַיַּקְהִלוּ Num 20:10; Imperative masculine singular הַקְהֵל Lev 8:3 +, etc.; Infinitive construct הַקְהִיל Num 10:7; — summon an assembly:
1. a. for judgment Job 11:10.
b. for war 1Ki 12:21 2Ch 11:1; Eze 38:13.
2 for religious purposes: with accusative אֶתהַֿקָּהָל Num 10:7, + אֶל location Num 20:10, with accusative (כָּלֿ)הָעֵדָה Exo 35:1; Num 1:18; Num 8:9; Num 20:8 (P), + אל location Lev 8:3; Num 16:19 (P); with accusative הָעָם Deu 4:10; Deu 31:12; כָּליֿשׂראל 1Ch 13:5; 1Ch 15:3; elders of tribes Deu 31:28, of Israel 1Ki 8:1 2Ch 5:2; princes of Israel 1Ch 28:1.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.