קָהַל
qâhal · 'kaw-hal'
to convoke
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to convoke
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: assemble (selves) (together), gather (selves) (together).
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › to reveal, behold › authority, the one who leads
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to reveal, behold of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָהַל 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
39 occurrences · 39 OT · 0 NT · 32 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- together8 · 17%
- gathered themselves together5 · 11%
- gathered5 · 11%
- assembled5 · 11%
- and gather2 · 4%
- was gathered together2 · 4%
- gather2 · 4%
- assembled together2 · 4%
- and they assembled1 · 2%
- and thou shalt gather1 · 2%
- is to be gathered together1 · 2%
- and they gathered themselves together1 · 2%
- was gathered1 · 2%
- and they gathered1 · 2%
- unto me, gather1 · 2%
- and they were gathered together1 · 2%
- he assembled1 · 2%
- he gathered1 · 2%
- they assembled1 · 2%
- to gather themselves together1 · 2%
- or gather together1 · 2%
- were gathered1 · 2%
- that are assembled1 · 2%
- hast thou gathered1 · 2%
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.