עֵדָה
ʻêdâh · ay-daw'
testimony
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H5707 (עֵד) in its techn. sense;
testimony
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: testimony, witness. Compare H5712 (עֵדָה).
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the doorway, the way in › to reveal, behold
To see and know of the doorway, the way in that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֵדָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
26 occurrences · 26 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thy testimonies10 · 38%
- and his testimonies2 · 8%
- his testimonies2 · 8%
- they may be a witness1 · 4%
- be witness1 · 4%
- these are the testimonies1 · 4%
- what mean the testimonies1 · 4%
- shall be a witness1 · 4%
- unto us: it shall be therefore a witness1 · 4%
- not his testimonies1 · 4%
- of thy testimonies1 · 4%
- unto thy testimonies1 · 4%
- concerning thy testimonies1 · 4%
- and thy testimonies1 · 4%
- and my testimony1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.