עֵדָה
ʿēdâ
congregation
Strong's H5712NounHebrewTWOT 878a

עֵדָה (ʿēdâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning congregation. It appears 149 times in 12 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5712).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 878a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 878a)congregation, company assembled together by appointment, acting concertedly; assemblage, concourse, family, crowd; assembly, company, multitude, people, swarm
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עֵדָה noun, feminine: congregation, company assembled together by appointment, acting concertedly

congregation (properly company assembled together by appointment, or acting concertedly)

Strong's H5712 עֵדָה: a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
KJV:assembly, company, congregation, multitude, people, swarm. Compare H5713.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 878: יָעַד yāʿad — appoint; assign, designate; meet at an appointed place, meet by appointment, gather, assemble by appointment; be set, placed before; fix, meet, summon, direct, engage; agree, appointment, assemble, betroth

See it in Scripture

Exodus 12:3Leviticus 4:13Numbers 1:2

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