6951. qahal
Strong's Lexicon
qahal: Assembly, congregation, gathering

Original Word: קָהָל
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: qahal
Pronunciation: kah-HAHL
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-hawl')
Definition: Assembly, congregation, gathering
Meaning: assemblage

Word Origin: Derived from the root verb קהל (qahal), meaning "to assemble" or "to gather."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - 1577 (ekklesia): Often translated as "church" or "assembly," this Greek term is used in the New Testament to describe the gathering of believers, reflecting the continuity of the concept of God's people as a gathered community.

Usage: The term "qahal" refers to a gathering or assembly of people, often for religious or communal purposes. It is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe the congregation of Israel, whether gathered for worship, instruction, or decision-making. The word emphasizes the collective nature of the group, highlighting unity and shared purpose.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, the concept of "qahal" was central to the community's identity. The assembly was not merely a social gathering but a sacred congregation called together by God. It was a place where the covenant community came together to hear God's law, offer sacrifices, and celebrate religious festivals. The "qahal" was integral to maintaining the spiritual and social fabric of Israelite society.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
assembly, convocation, congregation
NASB Translation
army* (1), assembly (95), companies (1), company (15), congregation (8), crowd (1), horde (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
קָהָל123 noun masculineEzekiel 38:15 assembly, convocation, congregation; — absolute ׳ק Jeremiah 31:8 +; construct קְהַל Exodus 12:6 +; suffix קְהָלָ֑ךָ Ezekiel 38:13, etc.; plural suffix קְהָלֶיךָ Ezekiel 38:7; —

1 assembly specially convoked:

a. for evil counsel, "" סוד Genesis 49:6 (poem); מרעים ׳ק Psalm 26:5; for civil affairs Proverbs 5:14 (see Toy), Proverbs 26:26; Job 30:28 (Di publice).

b. for war or invasion, Numbers 22:4 (E), Judges 20:2; Judges 21:5,8; 1 Samuel 17:47; Ezekiel 16:40; Ezekiel 38:7 (plural only here), + 8 t. Ezekiel; גדול ׳ק ("" חיל רב) Ezekiel 38:15; רב ׳ק ("" חיל גדול) Ezekiel 17:17; Ezekiel 38:4; גוים ׳ק Jeremiah 50:9; עמים ׳ק Ezekiel 23:24; Ezekiel 32:3.

c. company of returning exiles, Jeremiah 31:8; Ezra 2:64 = Nehemiah 7:66.

d. for religious purposes, to hear words of ׳י at Horeb Deuteronomy 5:19, ׳ביום הק Deuteronomy 9:10; Deuteronomy 10:4 (gloss, not in ᵐ5), Deuteronomy 18:16; word of Jeremiah Jeremiah 26:17; Jeremiah 44:15; for feasts, fasts and worship 2Chronicles 20:5; 30:25 (twice in verse); Nehemiah 5:13; Joel 2:16; Psalm 107:32; רב ׳ק Psalm 22:26 4t.; לרב מְאֹד ׳וַיֵּאָֽסְפו ק֗֗֗2Chronicles 30:13; גדול ׳ק 1 Kings 8:65 2Chronicles 7:8; ׳בתוך (ה)ק2Chronicles 20:14; Psalm 22:23.

2 congregation, as organized body:

a. of Israel: יהוה ׳ק Micah 2:5; Numbers 16:3; Numbers 20:4 (P), 1 Chronicles 28:8; (׳י) ׳באבק Deuteronomy 23:2; Deuteronomy 23:3 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 23:4 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 23:9; Nehemiah 13:1; Lamentations 1:10; ישׂראל ׳כל ק Deuteronomy 31:30; Joshua 8:35 (D)Leviticus 16:17 (P) 1 Kings 8:14 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 8:22,55 2Chronicles 6:3 (twice in verse); 2Chronicles 6:12,13, 1 Kings 12:3; 1 Chronicles 13:2; עדת ישׂראל ׳כל ק Exodus 12:6 (ᵐ5 reads בני before ׳יִשׂ), Numbers 14:5 (P; ᵐ5 συναγωγή; ᵑ0 probably conflation); ׳כל עם הק Leviticus 16:33; ׳כל הק Exodus 16:3 (P) 1 Chronicles 13:4 12t. Chronicles; ׳הק Leviticus 4:13,14,21 8t. Numbers (P) 8 t. 2 Chronicles

b. restored community in Jerusalem Ezra 10:12,14; Nehemiah 8:2,17; הֵגּוֺלָה ׳ק Ezra 10:8; later the better part of it, חסידים ׳ק Psalm 149:1.

c. of angels, קדשׁים ׳ק Psalm 89:6.

d. more General: company, assembled multitude, גוים ׳ק Genesis 35:11 (P), עמים ׳ק Genesis 28:3; Genesis 48:4 (P), רפאים ׳ק Proverbs 21:16.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
assembly, company, congregation, multitude

From qahal; assemblage (usually concretely) -- assembly, company, congregation, multitude.

see HEBREW qahal

Forms and Transliterations
בְּקָ֘הָ֤ל בְּקָהָ֣ל בְּקָהָ֥ל בְקָהָֽל׃ בִּקְהַ֖ל בִּקְהַ֣ל בִּקְהַ֥ל בִּקְהַ֧ל בִּקְהַל־ בִּקְהָלָ֖ם בַּקָּהָ֖ל בַקָּהָ֖ל בַקָּהָ֛ל בַקָּהָ֣ל בקהל בקהל־ בקהל׃ בקהלם הַ֠קָּהָל הַקָּהָ֑ל הַקָּהָ֔ל הַקָּהָ֕ל הַקָּהָ֖ל הַקָּהָ֗ל הַקָּהָ֛ל הַקָּהָ֜ל הַקָּהָ֞ל הַקָּהָ֣ל הַקָּהָ֥ל הַקָּהָֽל׃ הַקָּהָל֒ הַקָּהָל֙ הקהל הקהל׃ וְהַקָּהָ֑ל וְהַקָּהָ֖ל וְהַקָּהָֽל׃ וְקָהָ֥ל וּבְקָהָ֣ל וּבִקְהַ֣ל וּקְהַ֥ל ובקהל והקהל והקהל׃ וקהל לְקָהָ֥ל לִקְהַ֣ל לִקְהַ֥ל לַקָּהָ֜ל לַקָּהָל֙ לקהל מִקְּהַ֥ל מקהל קְהַ֣ל קְהַ֤ל קְהַ֥ל קְהַלְכֶ֜ם קְהַל־ קְהָלֵ֖ךְ קְהָלֵךְ֙ קְהָלֶ֑ךָ קְהָלֶ֖ךָ קְהָלָ֔הּ קָהָ֑ל קָהָ֔ל קָהָ֖ל קָהָ֣ל קָהָ֥ל קָהָ֨ל קָהָל֙ קהל קהל־ קהלה קהלך קהלכם bakkaHal baq·qā·hāl ḇaq·qā·hāl baqqāhāl ḇaqqāhāl bə·qā·hāl ḇə·qā·hāl bekaHal bəqāhāl ḇəqāhāl bikHal bikhaLam biq·hā·lām biq·hal biq·hal- biqhal biqhal- biqhālām hakkaHal Hakkahol haq·qā·hāl haqqāhāl kaHal keHal kehaLah kehalChem kehaleCh kehaLecha lakkaHal laq·qā·hāl laqqāhāl lə·qā·hāl lekaHal ləqāhāl likHal liq·hal liqhal mikkeHal miq·qə·hal miqqəhal qā·hāl qāhāl qə·hā·lāh qə·hā·le·ḵā qə·hā·lêḵ qə·hal qə·hal- qə·hal·ḵem qəhal qəhal- qəhālāh qəhālêḵ qəhāleḵā qəhalḵem ū·ḇə·qā·hāl ū·ḇiq·hal ū·qə·hal ūḇəqāhāl ūḇiqhal ukeHal ūqəhal uvekaHal uvikHal vakkaHal vehakkaHal vekaHal wə·haq·qā·hāl wə·qā·hāl wəhaqqāhāl wəqāhāl
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Genesis 28:3
HEB: וְיַרְבֶּ֑ךָ וְהָיִ֖יתָ לִקְהַ֥ל עַמִּֽים׃
NAS: you, that you may become a company of peoples.
KJV: and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
INT: and multiply you may become A company of peoples

Genesis 35:11
HEB: וּרְבֵ֔ה גּ֛וֹי וּקְהַ֥ל גּוֹיִ֖ם יִהְיֶ֣ה
NAS: A nation and a company of nations
KJV: a nation and a company of nations
INT: and multiply A nation company of nations shall come

Genesis 48:4
HEB: וְהִרְבִּיתִ֔ךָ וּנְתַתִּ֖יךָ לִקְהַ֣ל עַמִּ֑ים וְנָ֨תַתִּ֜י
NAS: and I will make you a company of peoples,
KJV: thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people;
INT: and numerous will make A company of peoples and will give

Genesis 49:6
HEB: תָּבֹ֣א נַפְשִׁ֔י בִּקְהָלָ֖ם אַל־ תֵּחַ֣ד
NAS: be united with their assembly; Because
KJV: not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour,
INT: enter my soul their assembly nay be united

Exodus 12:6
HEB: אֹת֗וֹ כֹּ֛ל קְהַ֥ל עֲדַֽת־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
NAS: then the whole assembly of the congregation
KJV: and the whole assembly of the congregation
INT: kill the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel

Exodus 16:3
HEB: אֶת־ כָּל־ הַקָּהָ֥ל הַזֶּ֖ה בָּרָעָֽב׃
NAS: this whole assembly with hunger.
KJV: to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
INT: to kill whole assembly this hunger

Leviticus 4:13
HEB: דָּבָ֔ר מֵעֵינֵ֖י הַקָּהָ֑ל וְ֠עָשׂוּ אַחַ֨ת
NAS: the notice of the assembly, and they commit
KJV: from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done
INT: and the matter the notice of the assembly commit any

Leviticus 4:14
HEB: עָלֶ֑יהָ וְהִקְרִ֨יבוּ הַקָּהָ֜ל פַּ֤ר בֶּן־
NAS: becomes known, then the assembly shall offer
KJV: against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer
INT: and shall offer the assembly A bull afflicted

Leviticus 4:21
HEB: הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן חַטַּ֥את הַקָּהָ֖ל הֽוּא׃ פ
NAS: it is the sin offering for the assembly.
KJV: it [is] a sin offering for the congregation.
INT: the first is the sin the assembly he

Leviticus 16:17
HEB: וּבְעַ֖ד כָּל־ קְהַ֥ל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
NAS: and for all the assembly of Israel.
KJV: for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.
INT: about and for all the assembly of Israel

Leviticus 16:33
HEB: כָּל־ עַ֥ם הַקָּהָ֖ל יְכַפֵּֽר׃
NAS: the people of the assembly.
KJV: and for all the people of the congregation.
INT: and for all the people of the assembly shall make

Numbers 10:7
HEB: וּבְהַקְהִ֖יל אֶת־ הַקָּהָ֑ל תִּתְקְע֖וּ וְלֹ֥א
NAS: When convening the assembly, however, you shall blow
KJV: But when the congregation is to be gathered together,
INT: convening the assembly shall blow without

Numbers 14:5
HEB: לִפְנֵ֕י כָּל־ קְהַ֥ל עֲדַ֖ת בְּנֵ֥י
NAS: of all the assembly of the congregation
KJV: before all the assembly of the congregation
INT: the presence of all the assembly of the congregation of the sons

Numbers 15:15
HEB: הַקָּהָ֕ל חֻקָּ֥ה אַחַ֛ת
NAS: [As for] the assembly, there shall be one
KJV: ordinance [shall be both] for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger
INT: the assembly statute shall be one

Numbers 16:3
HEB: תִּֽתְנַשְּׂא֖וּ עַל־ קְהַ֥ל יְהוָֽה׃
NAS: yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?
KJV: them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?
INT: exalt above the assembly and the LORD

Numbers 16:33
HEB: וַיֹּאבְד֖וּ מִתּ֥וֹךְ הַקָּהָֽל׃
NAS: from the midst of the assembly.
KJV: from among the congregation.
INT: perished the midst of the assembly

Numbers 16:47
HEB: אֶל־ תּ֣וֹך הַקָּהָ֔ל וְהִנֵּ֛ה הֵחֵ֥ל
NAS: into the midst of the assembly, for behold,
KJV: into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague
INT: into the midst of the assembly behold had begun

Numbers 19:20
HEB: הַהִ֖וא מִתּ֣וֹךְ הַקָּהָ֑ל כִּי֩ אֶת־
NAS: from the midst of the assembly, because
KJV: from among the congregation, because he hath defiled
INT: he the midst of the assembly because the sanctuary

Numbers 20:4
HEB: הֲבֵאתֶם֙ אֶת־ קְהַ֣ל יְהוָ֔ה אֶל־
NAS: the LORD'S assembly into this
KJV: And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD
INT: Why brought assembly the LORD'S about

Numbers 20:6
HEB: וְאַהֲרֹ֜ן מִפְּנֵ֣י הַקָּהָ֗ל אֶל־ פֶּ֙תַח֙
NAS: in from the presence of the assembly to the doorway
KJV: from the presence of the assembly unto the door
INT: and Aaron the presence of the assembly to the doorway

Numbers 20:10
HEB: וְאַהֲרֹ֛ן אֶת־ הַקָּהָ֖ל אֶל־ פְּנֵ֣י
NAS: gathered the assembly before
KJV: gathered the congregation together before
INT: and Moses and Aaron the assembly together before

Numbers 20:12
HEB: תָבִ֙יאוּ֙ אֶת־ הַקָּהָ֣ל הַזֶּ֔ה אֶל־
NAS: this assembly into the land
KJV: therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land
INT: shall not bring assembly this into

Numbers 22:4
HEB: עַתָּ֞ה יְלַחֲכ֤וּ הַקָּהָל֙ אֶת־ כָּל־
NAS: Now this horde will lick
KJV: of Midian, Now shall this company lick up
INT: Now will lick horde all is around

Deuteronomy 5:22
HEB: אֶל־ כָּל־ קְהַלְכֶ֜ם בָּהָ֗ר מִתּ֤וֹךְ
NAS: to all your assembly at the mountain
KJV: spake unto all your assembly in the mount
INT: to all your assembly the mountain the midst

Deuteronomy 9:10
HEB: הָאֵ֖שׁ בְּי֥וֹם הַקָּהָֽל׃
NAS: on the day of the assembly.
KJV: in the day of the assembly.
INT: of the fire the day of the assembly

123 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6951
123 Occurrences


baq·qā·hāl — 1 Occ.
bə·qā·hāl — 3 Occ.
biq·hal — 15 Occ.
biq·hā·lām — 1 Occ.
haq·qā·hāl — 41 Occ.
haq·qā·hāl — 1 Occ.
qā·hāl — 15 Occ.
qə·hal — 22 Occ.
qə·hā·lāh — 2 Occ.
qə·hal·ḵem — 1 Occ.
qə·hā·lêḵ — 2 Occ.
qə·hā·le·ḵā — 2 Occ.
laq·qā·hāl — 2 Occ.
lə·qā·hāl — 1 Occ.
liq·hal — 2 Occ.
miq·qə·hal — 1 Occ.
ū·qə·hal — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·qā·hāl — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇiq·hal — 1 Occ.
ḇaq·qā·hāl — 3 Occ.
wə·haq·qā·hāl — 3 Occ.
ḇə·qā·hāl — 2 Occ.
















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