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STRONGS NUMBER H6951
Transliteration: qahal
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-hawl')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: assembly, convocation, congregation
Meaning: assembly, convocation, congregation
Word Summary
qahal: assembly, convocation, congregation
Original Word: קָהָלTransliteration: qahal
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-hawl')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: assembly, convocation, congregation
Meaning: assembly, convocation, congregation
Strong's Concordance
assembly, company, congregation, multitude From qahal; assemblage (usually concretely) -- assembly, company, congregation, multitude.
see HEBREW qahal
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6951. qahal
קָהָל123 noun masculineEzekiel 38:15 assembly, convocation, congregation; — absolute ׳ק Jeremiah 31:8 +; construct קְהַל Exodus 12:6 +; suffix קְהָלָ֑ךָ Ezekiel 38:13, etc.; plural suffix קְהָלֶיךָ 38:7; —
1 assembly specially convoked:
a. for evil counsel, "" סוד Genesis 49:6 (poem); ׳ק מרעים Psalm 26:5; for civil affairs Proverbs 5:14 (see Toy), 26:26; Job 30:28 (Di publice).
b. for war or invasion, Numbers 22:4 (E), Judges 20:2; 21:5, 8; 1 Samuel 17:47; Ezekiel 16:40; 38:7 (plural only here), + 8 t. Ezekiel; ׳ק גדול ("" רב חיל) 38:15; ׳ק רב ("" גדול חיל) 17:17; 38:4; ׳ק גוים Jeremiah 50:9; ׳ק עמים Ezekiel 23:24; 32:3.
c. company of returning exiles, Jeremiah 31:8; Ezra 2:64 = Nehemiah 7:66.
d. for religious purposes, to hear words of ׳י at Horeb Deuteronomy 5:19, הק ׳ביום 9:10; 10:4 (gloss, not in ᵐ5), 18:16; word of Jeremiah Jeremiah 26:17; 44:15; for feasts, fasts and worship 2 Chronicles 20:5; 30:25 (twice in verse); Nehemiah 5:13; Joel 2:16; Psalm 107:32; ׳ק רב 22:26 4t.; ק֗֗֗ ׳וַיֵּאָֽסְפו מְאֹד לרב2 Chronicles 30:13; ׳ק גדול 1 Kings 8:65 2 Chronicles 7:8; (ה)ק ׳בתוך20:14; Psalm 22:23.
2 congregation, as organized body:
a. of Israel: ׳ק יהוה Micah 2:5; Numbers 16:3; 20:4 (P), 1 Chronicles 28:8; (׳י) ׳באבק Deuteronomy 23:2; 23:3 (twice in verse); 23:4 (twice in verse); 23:9; Nehemiah 13:1; Lamentations 1:10; ק ׳כל ישׂראל Deuteronomy 31:30; Joshua 8:35 (D)Leviticus 16:17 (P) 1 Kings 8:14 (twice in verse); 8:22, 55 2 Chronicles 6:3 (twice in verse); 6:12-13, 1 Kings 12:3; 1 Chronicles 13:2; ק ׳כל ישׂראל עדת Exodus 12:6 (ᵐ5 reads בני before ׳יִשׂ), Numbers 14:5 (P; ᵐ5 συναγωγή; ᵑ0 probably conflation); הק עם ׳כל Leviticus 16:33; הק ׳כל Exodus 16:3 (P) 1 Chronicles 13:4 12t. Chronicles; ׳הק Leviticus 4:13-14, 21 8t. Numbers (P) 8 t. 2 Chronicles
b. restored community in Jerusalem Ezra 10:12, 14; Nehemiah 8:2, 17; ׳ק הֵגּוֺלָה Ezra 10:8; later the better part of it, ׳ק חסידים Psalm 149:1.
c. of angels, ׳ק קדשׁים Psalm 89:6.
d. more General: company, assembled multitude, ׳ק גוים Genesis 35:11 (P), ׳ק עמים 28:3; 48:4 (P), ׳ק רפאים Proverbs 21:16.