H5715

עֵדוּת

ʻêdûwth · ay-dooth'

testimony

Lexicon

Derivation: feminine of H5707 (עֵד);

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.

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
וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
Concrete
nail · peg · hook
Extended
to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
Concrete
mark · sign · cross · signature
Extended
a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

to see and know › the doorway, the way in › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign

To see and know of the doorway, the way in that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֵדוּת 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

61 occurrences · 61 OT · 0 NT · 36 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

of the testimony15 · 25%
the testimony9 · 15%
of testimony8 · 14%
of witness4 · 7%
and his testimonies4 · 7%
thy testimonies2 · 3%
of thy testimonies2 · 3%
unto thy testimonies2 · 3%
which is before the testimony1 · 2%
that is over the testimony1 · 2%
that is upon the testimony1 · 2%
upon him, and gave him the testimony1 · 2%
and gave him the testimony1 · 2%
and thy testimonies1 · 2%
a testimony1 · 2%
for a testimony1 · 2%
for thy testimonies1 · 2%
pe. thy testimonies1 · 2%
from thy testimonies1 · 2%
unto the testimony1 · 2%
nor in his testimonies1 · 2%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

הָעֵדֻ֑ת6הָעֵדֻֽת׃5הָעֵד֑וּת4הָעֵדֻ֔ת4הָעֵדֻ֖ת3הָ֣עֵדֻ֔ת2עֵדְוֹתֶ֥יךָ2הָעֵדֻת֙2הָ֣עֵד֔וּת2הָעֵדֻ֜ת2עֵד֥וּת2הָעֵד֔וּת2

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.