עֵדָה ʻêdâh

Meaning

a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)

In the King James Version: assembly, company, congregation, multitude, people, swarm. Compare H5713 (עֵדָה).

Derivation: feminine of H5707 (עֵד) in the original sense of fixture;

Where it is used

• Judges 21:16 Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”
• 1 Kings 8:5 There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
• 1 Kings 12:20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.
• 2 Chronicles 5:6 There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
• Job 15:34 For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
• Job 16:7 Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.
• Psalms 1:5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
• Psalms 7:7 Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
• Psalms 22:16 For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
• Psalms 68:30 Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.
• Psalms 74:2 Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion, where You dwell.
• Psalms 82:1 A Psalm of Asaph. God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:
• Psalms 86:14 The arrogant rise against me, O God; a band of ruthless men seeks my life; they have no regard for You.
• Psalms 106:17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.
• Psalms 106:18 Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.
• Psalms 111:1 Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly.
• Proverbs 5:14 I am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”
• Jeremiah 6:18 Therefore hear, O nations, and learn, O congregations, what will happen to them.
• Jeremiah 30:20 Their children will be as in days of old, and their congregation will be established before Me; and I will punish all their oppressors.
• Hosea 7:12 As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together.