קָהָל
qâhâl · kaw-hawl'
assemblage (usually concretely)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6950 (קָהַל);
assemblage (usually concretely)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: assembly, company, congregation, multitude.
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 קָהָל 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
123 occurrences · 123 OT · 0 NT · 58 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and all the congregation15 · 17%
- the congregation8 · 9%
- congregation8 · 9%
- into the congregation7 · 8%
- in the congregation6 · 7%
- of the congregation5 · 6%
- of the assembly5 · 6%
- company4 · 5%
- all the congregation4 · 5%
- and the congregation3 · 3%
- the whole congregation3 · 3%
- to the congregation2 · 2%
- unto all the congregation2 · 2%
- a company2 · 2%
- of all the congregation2 · 2%
- but when the congregation1 · 1%
- and for all the congregation1 · 1%
- then the congregation1 · 1%
- this whole assembly1 · 1%
- assembly1 · 1%
- unto their assembly1 · 1%
- for the congregation1 · 1%
- of thee a multitude1 · 1%
- and a company1 · 1%
- thee, that thou mayest be a multitude1 · 1%
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.