H6951 קָהָל (qâhâl) kaw-hawl'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

assembly

Strong's Definition

assemblage (usually concretely)

Derivation: from H6950 (קָהַל);

KJV Usage: assembly, company, congregation, multitude.

TWOT Reference: 1991a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) assembly, company, congregation, convocation

1a) assembly

1a1) for evil counsel, war or invasion, religious purposes

1b) company (of returning exiles)

1c) congregation

1c1) as organised body

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G1577 G2992 G3624 G3793 G4128 G4864 G4892

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

קָהָל (qa.hal) — assembly. 1) assembly, company, congregation, convocation 1a) assembly 1a1) for evil counsel, war or invasion, religious purposes 1b) company (of returning exiles) 1c) congregation 1c1) as organised body

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

קָהָל (H6951)

noun m · קהל

Groups

assembly, congregation = representatives of a community gathered in a single place for a certain purpose

NUM 10:7 · NUM 14:5 · NUM 16:3 · NUM 16:33 · NUM 17:12 · NUM 19:20 · NUM 20:6 · NUM 20:10 · DEU 5:22 · DEU 9:10 · DEU 10:4 · DEU 18:16 · DEU 23:2 · DEU 23:3 · DEU 23:3 · DEU 23:4 · DEU 23:4 · DEU 23:9 · DEU 31:30 · JOS 8:35 · JDG 20:2 · JDG 21:5 · JDG 21:8 · 1KI 8:14 · 1KI 8:14 · 1KI 8:22 · 1KI 8:55 · 1KI 8:65 · 1KI 12:3 · 1CH 13:2 · 1CH 13:4 · 1CH 28:8 · 1CH 29:1 · 1CH 29:10 · 1CH 29:20 · 1CH 29:20 · 2CH 1:3 · 2CH 1:5 · 2CH 6:3 · 2CH 6:3 · 2CH 6:12 · 2CH 6:13 · 2CH 7:8 · 2CH 20:5 · 2CH 20:14 · 2CH 23:3 · 2CH 24:6 · 2CH 28:14 · 2CH 29:23 · 2CH 29:28 · 2CH 29:31 · 2CH 29:32 · 2CH 30:2 · 2CH 30:4 · 2CH 30:13 · 2CH 30:17 · 2CH 30:23 · 2CH 30:24 · 2CH 30:24 · 2CH 30:25 · 2CH 30:25 · NEH 5:13 · NEH 8:2 · NEH 13:1 · JOB 30:28 · PSA 22:23 · PSA 22:26 · PSA 35:18 · PSA 40:10 · PSA 40:11 · PSA 89:6 · PSA 107:32 · PSA 149:1 · PRO 5:14 · PRO 21:16 · PRO 26:26 · JER 26:17 · JER 44:15 · LAM 1:10 · EZK 16:40 · EZK 23:46 · EZK 23:47 · JOL 2:16 · MIC 2:5

Groups

company, community, crowd, host = a group of people belonging together

GEN 28:3 · GEN 35:11 · GEN 48:4 · GEN 49:6 · EXO 12:6 · EXO 16:3 · LEV 4:13 · LEV 4:14 · LEV 4:21 · LEV 16:17 · LEV 16:33 · NUM 15:15 · NUM 20:4 · NUM 20:12 · NUM 22:4 · 1SA 17:47 · 2CH 31:18 · EZR 2:64 · EZR 10:1 · EZR 10:8 · EZR 10:12 · EZR 10:14 · NEH 7:66 · NEH 8:17 · PSA 26:5 · JER 31:8 · JER 50:9 · EZK 17:17 · EZK 23:24 · EZK 26:7 · EZK 27:27 · EZK 27:34 · EZK 32:3 · EZK 32:22 · EZK 32:23 · EZK 38:4 · EZK 38:7 · EZK 38:13 · EZK 38:15

Graham S. Ogden

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

קָהָל 123 n.m. assembly, convocation, congregation base

Bible Occurrences (116)

28:3 35:11 48:4 49:6

12:6 16:3

4:13 4:14 4:21 16:17 16:33

10:7 14:5 15:15 16:3 16:33 16:47 19:20 20:4 20:6 20:10 20:12 22:4

5:22 9:10 10:4 18:16 23:1 23:2 23:3 23:8 31:30

8:35

20:2 21:5 21:8

17:47

8:14 8:22 8:55 8:65 12:3

13:2 13:4 28:8 29:1 29:10 29:20

1:3 1:5 6:3 6:12 6:13 7:8 20:5 20:14 23:3 24:6 28:14 29:23 29:28 29:31 29:32 30:2 30:4 30:13 30:17 30:23 30:24 30:25 31:18

2:64 10:1 10:8 10:12 10:14

5:13 7:66 8:2 8:17 13:1

30:28

22:22 22:25 26:5 35:18 40:9 40:10 89:5 107:32 149:1

5:14 21:16 26:26

26:17 31:8 44:15 50:9

1:10

16:40 17:17 23:24 23:46 23:47 26:7 27:27 27:34 32:3 32:22 32:23 38:4 38:7 38:13 38:15

2:16

2:5

Genesis 28:3

May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.

Genesis 35:11

And God told him, I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation — even a company of nations — shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.

Genesis 48:4

and told me, Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.

Genesis 49:6

May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.

Exodus 12:6

You must keep it until the fourteenth... day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter [the animals] at twilight.

Exodus 16:3

If only... we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt! [they said].......... There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!

Leviticus 4:13

Now if the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly so that they violate any... of the LORD’s commandments and incur guilt by doing what is forbidden...,

Leviticus 4:14

when they become aware of the sin they have committed..., then the assembly... must bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it before the Tent of Meeting.