H6116 עֲצָרָה (ʻătsârâh) ats-aw-raw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

assembly

Strong's Definition

an assembly, especially on afestival or holiday

Derivation: or עֲצֶרֶת; from H6113 (עָצָר);

KJV Usage: (solemn) assembly (meeting).

TWOT Reference: 1675c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) assembly, solemn assembly

1a) assembly (sacred or festive meeting)

1b) assemblage, company, group

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2322 G3831

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עֲצָרָה (a.tsa.rah) — assembly. 1) assembly, solemn assembly 1a) assembly (sacred or festive meeting) 1b) assemblage, company, group

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עֲצָרָה (H6116) — עֲצֶרֶת

noun f · עצר

Festivals

solemn assembly, gathering, day for worship = state in which a large group of people has come together for a religious purpose

LEV 23:36 · NUM 29:35 · DEU 16:8 · 2KI 10:20 · 2CH 7:9 · NEH 8:18 · ISA 1:13 · JOL 1:14 · JOL 2:15 · AMO 5:21

Groups

company = a large group of persons, having come together for a specific purpose

JER 9:1

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עֲצָרָה, עֲצֶ֫רֶת n.f. assembly base

Bible Occurrences (11)

23:36

29:35

16:8

10:20

7:9

8:18

1:13

9:2

1:14 2:15

5:21

Leviticus 23:36

For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present a food offering to the LORD. It [is] a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work....

Numbers 29:35

On the eighth day you are to hold a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work....

Deuteronomy 16:8

For six days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day you shall hold a solemn assembly to the LORD your God, and you must not do any work.

2 Kings 10:20

And Jehu commanded, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. So they announced it.

2 Chronicles 7:9

On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar... had lasted seven days, and the feast seven days more.

Nehemiah 8:18

Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. The Israelites kept the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day... they held an assembly, according to the ordinance.

Isaiah 1:13

Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable... to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations...— I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.

Jeremiah 9:2

If only... I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.