Definition

a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)

Etymology

feminine of H5707 (עֵד) in the original sense of fixture;

Where the KJV renders it

• assembly
• company
• congregation
• multitude
• people
• swarm. Compare H5713 (עֵדָה)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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