Definition
a primitive root; to convoke
Traditional renderings: assemble (selves) (together), gather (selves) (together).
Traditional renderings: assemble (selves) (together), gather (selves) (together).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders קָהַל:
- συνάγωsunagō“to assemble”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
38 total
- Exodus 32:1וַיִּקָּהֵ֨ל · gatheredNow when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”
- Exodus 35:1וַיַּקְהֵ֣ל · assembledThen Moses assembled the whole congregation of Israel and said to them, “These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do:
- Leviticus 8:3הַקְהֵ֑ל · and assemble…and assemble the whole congregation at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.”
- Leviticus 8:4וַתִּקָּהֵל֙ · gatheredSo Moses did as the LORD had commanded him, and the assembly gathered at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 1:18הִקְהִ֗ילוּ · they assembled…and on the first day of the second month they assembled the whole congregation and recorded their ancestry by clans and families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years of age or older,
- Numbers 8:9וְהִ֨קְהַלְתָּ֔ · and assembleBring the Levites before the Tent of Meeting and assemble the whole congregation of Israel.
- Numbers 10:7וּבְהַקְהִ֖יל · To conveneTo convene the assembly, you are to sound long blasts, not short ones.
- Numbers 16:3וַיִּֽקָּהֲל֞וּ · They came togetherThey came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have taken too much upon yourselves! For everyone in the entire congregation is holy, and the LORD is in their midst. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?”
- Numbers 16:19וַיַּקְהֵ֨ל · had gatheredWhen Korah had gathered his whole assembly against them at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the glory of the LORD appeared to the whole congregation.
- Numbers 16:42בְּהִקָּהֵ֤ל · gatheredBut when the congregation gathered against them, Moses and Aaron turned toward the Tent of Meeting, and suddenly the cloud covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared.
- Numbers 20:2וַיִּקָּ֣הֲל֔וּ · so they gatheredNow there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against Moses and Aaron.
- Numbers 20:8וְהַקְהֵ֤ל · and assemble“Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.”
- Numbers 20:10וַיַּקְהִ֜לוּ · gatheredThen Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”
- Deuteronomy 4:10הַקְהֶל־ · GatherThe day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”
- Deuteronomy 31:12הַקְהֵ֣ל · AssembleAssemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law.
- Deuteronomy 31:28הַקְהִ֧ילוּ · AssembleAssemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
- Joshua 18:1וַיִּקָּ֨הֲל֜וּ · assembledThen the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,
- Joshua 22:12וַיִּקָּ֨הֲל֜וּ · assembledAnd when they heard this, the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh to go to war against them.
- Judges 20:1וַתִּקָּהֵ֨ל · assembledThen all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
- 1 Kings 8:1יַקְהֵ֣ל · assembledAt that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.
- 1 Kings 8:2וַיִּקָּ֨הֲל֜וּ · came togetherAnd all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.
- 1 Kings 12:21וַיַּקְהֵל֩ · he mobilizedAnd when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.
- 1 Chronicles 13:5וַיַּקְהֵ֤ל · assembledSo David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
- 1 Chronicles 15:3וַיַּקְהֵ֥ל · assembledAnd David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.
- 1 Chronicles 28:1וַיַּקְהֵ֣ל · summonedNow David summoned all the leaders of Israel to Jerusalem: the leaders of the tribes, the leaders of the divisions in the king’s service, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all the property and cattle of the king and his sons, along with the court officials and mighty men—every mighty man of valor.
- 2 Chronicles 5:2יַקְהֵ֨יל · assembledAt that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.
- 2 Chronicles 5:3וַיִּקָּהֲל֧וּ · came togetherSo all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month.
- 2 Chronicles 11:1וַיַּקְהֵל֩ · he mobilizedWhen Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the house of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
- 2 Chronicles 20:26נִקְהֲלוּ֙ · they assembledOn the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, where they blessed the LORD. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Beracah to this day.
- Esther 8:11לְהִקָּהֵל֮ · the right to assembleBy these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.
- Esther 9:2נִקְהֲל֨וּ · assembledIn each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.
- Esther 9:15וַיִּֽקָּהֲל֞וּ · came togetherOn the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
- Esther 9:16נִקְהֲל֣וּ׀ · also assembledThe rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
- Esther 9:18נִקְהֲלוּ֙ · had assembledThe Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy.
- Job 11:10וְ֝יַקְהִ֗יל · or convenes a courtIf He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?
- Jeremiah 26:9וַיִּקָּהֵ֧ל · assembledHow dare you prophesy in the name of the LORD that this house will become like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted!” And all the people assembled against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
- Ezekiel 38:7הַנִּקְהָלִ֣ים · gatheredGet ready; prepare yourself, you and all your company gathered around you; you will be their guard.
- Ezekiel 38:13הִקְהַ֣לְתָּ · Have you assembledSheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will ask, ‘Have you come to capture the plunder? Have you assembled your hordes to carry away loot, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and goods, to seize great spoil?’