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עֵד

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witness

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Strong’s H5707Noun, masculine70 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

witnesses15

a witness14

a witness of14

is a witness8

are witnesses6

testimony of2

was a witness2

witness2

In the text

Genesis 31:44לְעֵד
Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.”
Deuteronomy 17:6עֵדִים
On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness.
Joshua 24:22עֵדִים
Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.
Proverbs 6:19עֵד
a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
Isaiah 8:2עֵדִים
And I will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnesses—Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”
Jeremiah 29:23וָעֵד
For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares the LORD.”

Brown-Driver-Briggs

עֵד 69 n.m. witness (prob. fr. reiterating, hence emphatically affirming)

1. witness, testimony, evidence, of things

2. witness, a person

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.