קְהִלָּה
qᵉhillâh · H6952 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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assembly, congregation
Representatives of a community gathered in a single place for a certain purpose
ExamplesNehemiah 5:7 So I thought it over and contended with the nobles and the leading people, and said to them, “You are lending at interest, each to his brother!” Therefore, I held a great assembly against them.
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company, community, crowd, host
A group of people belonging together
ExamplesDeuteronomy 33:4 “Moses issued to us the Law, A possession for the assembly of Jacob.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יַעֲקֹבJacob 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- גָּדוֹלgreat, large 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מוֹרָשָׁהpossession 1
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.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- עֵדָה ʻêdâh · H5712 · community, congregation, company, swarm
- Classic synonym for assembly/congregation in Hebrew; both terms denote a gathered community, though עֵדָה often emphasizes the appointed or testimonial aspect while קְהִלָּה emphasizes the calling together
In the other Testament 2 words
- ἐκκλησία ekklēsía · G1577 · congregation, church
- Standard Greek translation equivalent for Hebrew assembly/congregation terminology; both denote a called-out or gathered community
- συναγωγή synagōgḗ · G4864 · assembly, congregation, synagogue
- Common Greek equivalent for Hebrew congregation terminology; both denote a gathering or assembly of people
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Groups001001003004
- The word means an assembly or congregation, used of "the assembly of Jacob" possessing the Law (Deuteronomy 33:4) and Nehemiah calling a great assembly against the nobles (Nehemiah 5:7).
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6952. qehillah קְהִלָּה noun feminine assembly, congregation; — absolute ׳ק Neh 5:7;…
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
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