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Lexicon :: Strong's H5707 - ʿēḏ

Aa
עֵד
Transliteration
ʿēḏ
Pronunciation
ayd
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Contracted from עוּד (H5749)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1576b

Strong’s Definitions

עֵד ʻêd, ayd; contracted from H5749; concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince:—witness.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 69x

The KJV translates Strong's H5707 in the following manner: witness (69x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 69x
The KJV translates Strong's H5707 in the following manner: witness (69x).
  1. witness

    1. witness, testimony, evidence (of things)

    2. witness (of people)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֵד ʻêd, ayd; contracted from H5749; concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince:—witness.
STRONGS H5707: Abbreviations
עֵד 69 noun masculineDeuteronomy 17:6 witness (probably from reiterating, hence emphatically affirming); — ע׳ absolute Genesis 31:48 +, construct Exodus 20:16 +; suffix עֵדִי Job 16:19; plural עֵדִים Numbers 35:30 +, construct עֵדֵי Psalm 27:12; Psalm 35:11; suffix עֵדַי Isaiah 43:10, 12, etc.; —
† 1. witness, testimony, evidence, of things: heap of stones Genesis 31:44, 48, 52 (JE), torn animal Exodus 22:12 (E), song of Moses Deuteronomy 31:19, 21 (J), law-book Deuteronomy 31:26 (D), witness of י׳ against Israel; altar east of Jordan, with בֵּין, Joshua 22:27, 28, 34 (P), compare Isaiah 19:20; Job's evil condition Job 16:8; the moon Psalm 89:38.
2. witness, a person:
† a. God, in heaven for Job Job 16:19; on earth, for Samuel 1 Samuel 12:5 (twice in verse) + 1 Samuel 12:6 Greek Version of the LXX Th and most, Jeremiah Jeremiah 42:5; see also 1 Samuel 20:12 (insert עֵד before י׳ Syriac Version Dr Bu Kit Löhr HPS); against persons Jeremiah 29:23; Malachi 3:5, nations Micah 1:2; between (בֵּין persons Genesis 31:50 (E).
b. Davidic dyn., to nations Isaiah 55:4.
c. witnesses, of transfer of property Jeremiah 32:10, 12, 25, 44, betrothal Ruth 4:9, 10, 11; usually of testimony in court, and in civil and social relations, with בְּ against, Numbers 5:13; Joshua 24:22; 1 Samuel 12:5 +, with קום rise up against Psalm 27:12; Psalm 35:11; † עָנָה עֵד שֶׁקֶר בְּ answer (in court) as a false witness against Exodus 20:16 = עֵד שָׁוְא Deuteronomy 5:17; Proverbs 25:18; † לְפִי עֵדִים Numbers 35:30 (P); † עֵדִ(ים) עַל־פִּי Deuteronomy 17:6 (twice in verse) at the mouth of witnesses, so Deuteronomy 19:15 (twice in verse). — False witness is שֶׁקֶר ע׳ Exodus 20:16; Deuteronomy 19:18 (twice in verse); Psalm 27:12; Proverbs 6:19; Proverbs 14:5; שְׁקָרִים ע׳ Proverbs 12:17; Proverbs 19:5, 9; כְּזָבִים ע׳ Proverbs 21:28; חִנָּם ע׳ Proverbs 24:28; בְּלִיַּעַל ע׳ Proverbs 19:28; חָמָס ע׳ witness of (i.e. supporting) violence Exodus 23:1 (E) Deuteronomy 19:16; Psalm 35:11. Faithful witness is אֱמוּנִים ע׳ Proverbs 14:5; אֱמֶת ע׳ Jeremiah 42:5; Proverbs 14:25.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7717.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:44; 31:48; 31:48; 31:50; 31:52

Exodus

20:16; 20:16; 20:16; 22:12; 23:1

Numbers

5:13; 35:30; 35:30

Deuteronomy

5:17; 17:6; 17:6; 19:15; 19:16; 19:18; 31:19; 31:21; 31:26

Joshua

22:27; 22:28; 22:34; 24:22

Ruth

4:9; 4:10; 4:11

1 Samuel

12:5; 12:5; 12:6; 20:12

Job

16:8; 16:19; 16:19

Psalms

27:12; 27:12; 27:12; 35:11; 35:11; 35:11; 89:38

Proverbs

6:19; 12:17; 14:5; 14:5; 14:25; 19:5; 19:9; 19:28; 21:28; 24:28; 25:18

Isaiah

19:20; 43:10; 43:12; 55:4

Jeremiah

29:23; 32:10; 32:12; 32:25; 32:44; 42:5; 42:5

Micah

1:2

Malachi

3:5

H5707

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Strong's Number H5707 matches the Hebrew עֵד (ʿēḏ),
which occurs 70 times in 60 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 31:44–Isa 44:8)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:44 - “So now H6258 come H1980, let’s make H3772 a covenant H1285, [fn]you and I, and it shall be a witness H5707 between H996 [fn]you and me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:48 - Laban H3837 said H559, “This H2088 heap H1530 is a witness H5707 between H996 [fn]you and me this day H3117.” Therefore H5921 H3651 it was named H7121 H8034 Galeed H1567,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:50 - “If H518 you mistreat H6031 my daughters H1323, or if H518 you take H3947 wives H802 besides H5921 my daughters H1323, although no H369 one H376 is with us, see H7200, God H430 is witness H5707 between H996 [fn]you and me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:52 - “This H2088 heap H1530 is a witness H5707, and the memorial H4676 stone H4676 is a witness H5713, that I will not pass H5674 by H5674 this H2088 heap H1530 to you for harm, and you will not pass H5674 by H5674 this H2088 heap H1530 and this H2088 memorial H4676 stone H4676 to me, for harm H7451.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:16 -

“You shall not [fn]give H6030 false H8267 testimony H5707 against your neighbor H7453.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:13 - “If H518 it is all torn H2963 to H2963 pieces H2963, have him bring H935 it as evidence H5707; he shall not be compelled to make H7999 restitution H7999 for what has been torn H2966 to pieces.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1 -

“You shall not give H5375 a false H7723 report H8088; do not join H7896 your hand H3027 with a wicked H7563 person H7563 to be a malicious H2555 witness H5707.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:1 -

‘Now if H3588 a person H5315 sins H2398 after he hears H8085 a [fn]public H6963 order H423 to testify when he is a witness H5707, whether H176 he has seen H7200 or H176 otherwise known H3045, if H518 he does not tell H5046 it, then he will bear H5375 his punishment H5771.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:13 - and a man H376 has H7901 sexual H2233 H7901 relations H2233 H7902 with her and it is hidden H5956 from the eyes H5869 of her husband H376 and she remains H5641 undiscovered H5641, although she has defiled H2930 herself H1931, and there H369 is H369 no H369 witness H5707 against her and she has not been caught H8610 in the act,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:30 -

If anyone H3605 kills H5221 a person H5315, the murderer H7523 shall be put H7523 to H7523 death H7523 on the [fn]testimony H6310 of witnesses H5707, but no H3808 person H5315 shall be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191 on H6030 the H6030 testimony H6030 of only one H259 witness H5707.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:20 -

‘You shall not give H6030 false H7723 testimony H5707 against your neighbor H7453.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:6 - “On the [fn]testimony H6310 of two H8147 witnesses H5707 or H176 three H7969 witnesses H5707, the [fn]condemned H4191 shall be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191; he shall not be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191 on the [fn]testimony H6310 of only one H259 witness H5707.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:7 - “The hands H3027 of the witnesses H5707 shall be first H7223 against him to put H4191 him to H4191 death H4191, and afterward H314 the hands H3027 of all H3605 the people H5971. So you shall eliminate H1197 the evil H7451 from your midst H7130.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:15 -

“A single H259 witness H5707 shall not rise H6965 up H6965 against a person H376 regarding any H3605 wrongdoing H5771 or any H3605 sin H2399 [fn]that he commits H2398; on the [fn]testimony H6310 of two H8147 or H176 three H7969 witnesses H5707 a matter H1697 shall be confirmed H6965.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:16 - “If H3588 a malicious H2555 witness H5707 rises H6965 up H6965 against a person H376 to testify H6030 against him of wrongdoing H5627,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:18 - “And the judges H8199 shall investigate H1875 thoroughly H3190, and if H2009 the witness H5707 is a false H8267 witness H5707 and he has testified H6030 against his brother H251 falsely H8267,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:19 -

“Now H6258 then, write H3789 this H2088 song H7892 for yourselves, and teach H3925 it to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478; put H7760 it [fn]on their lips H6310, so H4616 that H4616 this H2088 song H7892 may be a witness H5707 for Me against the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:21 - “Then it will come H1961 about H1961, when H3588 many H7227 evils H7451 and troubles H6869 find H4672 them, that this H2088 song H7892 will testify H6030 before H6440 them as a witness H5707 (for it shall not be forgotten H7911 from the mouth H6310 of their [fn]descendants H2233); for I know H3045 their inclination H3336 which H834 they are [fn]developing H6213 today H3117, before H2962 I bring H935 them into the land H776 which H834 I swore H7650.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:26 - “Take H3947 this H2088 Book H5612 of the Law H8451 and place H7760 it beside H4480 H6654 the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 your God H430, so that it may [fn]remain H1961 there H8033 as a witness H5707 against you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:27 - rather H3588, it shall be a witness H5707 between H996 us and you and between H996 our generations H1755 after H310 us, that we are to perform H5647 the service H5656 of the LORD H3068 before H6440 Him with our burnt H5930 offerings H5930, our sacrifices H2077, and with our peace H8002 offerings H8002, so that your sons H1121 will not say H559 to our sons H1121 in time H4279 to come H4279, “You have H369 no H369 portion H2506 in the LORD H3068.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:28 - “Therefore we said H559, ‘It shall also come H1961 about H1961 if H3588 they say H559 this to us or to our generations H1755 in time H4279 to come H4279, then we shall say H559, “See H7200 the copy H8403 of the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 which H834 our fathers H1 made H6213, not for burnt H5930 offering H5930 or for sacrifice H2077; rather H3588, it is a witness H5707 between H996 us and you.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:34 - And the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and the sons H1121 of Gad H1410 called H7121 the altar H4196 Witness; “For,” they said, “it is a witness H5707 between H996 us that the LORD H3068 is God H430.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:22 - So Joshua H3091 said H559 to the people H5971, “You are witnesses H5707 against yourselves that you have chosen H977 for yourselves the LORD H3068, to serve H5647 Him.” And they said H559, “We are witnesses H5707.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:9 - Then Boaz H1162 said H559 to the elders H2205 and all H3605 the people H5971, “You are witnesses H5707 today H3117 that I have bought H7069 from the hand H3027 of Naomi H5281 all H3605 that belonged to Elimelech H458 and all H3605 that belonged to Chilion H3630 and Mahlon H4248.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:10 - “Furthermore H1571, I have acquired H7069 Ruth H7327 the Moabitess H4125, the widow H802 of Mahlon H4248, to be my wife H802 in order to raise H6965 up H6965 the name H8034 of the deceased H4191 on his inheritance H5159, so that the name H8034 of the deceased H4191 will not be eliminated H3772 from his brothers H251 or from the [fn]court H8179 of his birth place H4725; you are witnesses H5707 today H3117.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11 - And all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were [fn]in the court H8179, and the elders H2205, said H559, “We are witnesses H5707. May the LORD H3068 make H5414 the woman H802 who is coming H935 into your home H1004 like Rachel H7354 and Leah H3812, both H8147 of whom H834 built H1129 the house H1004 of Israel H3478; and may you achieve H6213 [fn]wealth H2428 in Ephrathah H672 and [fn]become H7121 famous H7121 H8034 in Bethlehem H1035.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:5 - So he said H559 to them, “The LORD H3068 is witness H5707 against you, and His anointed H4899 is witness H5707 this H2088 day H3117 that you have found H4672 nothing H3808 H3972 in my hand H3027.” And they said H559, “He is witness H5707.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:17 -

‘You renew H2318 Your witnesses H5707 against H5048 me

And increase H7235 Your anger H3708 toward H5973 me;

[fn]Hardship H2487 after hardship H6635 is with me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:8 -

“And You have shriveled H7059 me up,

[fn]It has become H1961 a witness H5707;

And my infirmity H3585 rises H6965 up H6965 against me,

It testifies H6030 to my face H6440.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:19 -

“Even H1571 now H6258, behold H2009, my witness H5707 is in heaven H8064,

And my [fn]advocate H7717 is on high H4791.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:12 -

Do not turn H5414 me over H5414 to the [fn]desire H5315 of my enemies H6862,

For false H8267 witnesses H5707 have risen H6965 against me,

And the violent H2555 witness H3307.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:11 -

Malicious H2555 witnesses H5707 rise H6965 up H6965;

They ask H7592 me things that I do not know H3045.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:37 -

“It shall be established H3559 forever H5769 like the moon H3394,

And a witness H5707 in the sky H7834 is faithful H539.” Selah H5542

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:19 -

A false H8267 witness H5707 who declares H6315 lies H3577,

And one who [fn]spreads H7971 strife H4090 among H996 brothers H251.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:17 -

One who declares H6315 truth H530 tells H5046 what H6664 is H6664 right H6664,

But a false H8267 witness H5707, deceit H4820.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:5 -

A trustworthy H529 witness H5707 will not lie H3576,

But a false H8267 witness H5707 declares H6315 lies H3577.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:25 -

A truthful H571 witness H5707 saves H5337 lives H5315,

But one who declares H6315 lies H3577 is [fn]deceitful H4820.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:5 -

A false H8267 witness H5707 will not go H5352 unpunished H5352,

And one who declares H6315 lies H3577 will not escape H4422.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:9 -

A false H8267 witness H5707 will not go H5352 unpunished H5352,

And one who declares H6315 lies H3577 will perish H6.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:28 -

A worthless H1100 witness H5707 makes H3887 a H3887 mockery H3887 of justice H4941,

And the mouth H6310 of the wicked H7563 [fn]swallows H1104 wrongdoing H205.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:28 -

A false H3577 witness H5707 will perish H6,

But a person H376 who listens H8085 will speak H1696 forever H5331.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:28 -

Do not be a witness H5707 against your neighbor H7453 for H2600 no H2600 reason H2600,

And do not deceive H6601 with your lips H8193.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:18 -

Like a club H4661, a sword H2719, and a sharp H8150 arrow H2671

Is a person H376 who gives H6030 false H8267 testimony H5707 against his neighbor H7453.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:2 - “And [fn]I will take H5749 to Myself faithful H539 witnesses H5707 for H5749 testimony H5749, Uriah H223 the priest H3548 and Zechariah H2148 the son H1121 of Jeberechiah H3000.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:20 - And it will become H1961 a sign H226 and a witness H5707 to the LORD H3068 of armies H6635 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714; for they will cry H6817 out H6817 to the LORD H3068 because H4480 H6440 of oppressors H3905, and He will send H7971 them a Savior H3467 and a Champion H7378, and He will save H5337 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:8 -

Now H6258 go H935, write H3789 it on a tablet H3871 in their presence H854

And inscribe H2710 it on a scroll H5612,

That it may [fn]serve H1961 in the time H3117 to come H314

[fn]As a witness forever H5704 H5769.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:9 -

All H3605 the nations H1471 have gathered H6908 together H3162

So that the peoples H3816 may be assembled H622.

Who H4310 among them can declare H5046 this H2088

And proclaim H8085 to us the former H7223 things H7223?

Let them present H5414 their witnesses H5707 so that they may be justified H6663,

Or let them hear H8085 and say H559, “It is true H571.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:10 -

“You are My witnesses H5707,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068,

“And My servant H5650 whom H834 I have chosen H977,

So that you may know H3045 and believe H539 Me

And understand H995 that I am He.

Before H6440 Me there was no H3808 God H410 formed H3335,

And there will be none H3808 after H310 Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:12 -

“It is I who have declared H5046 and saved H3467 and proclaimed H8085,

And there H369 was H369 no H369 strange H2114 god among you;

So you are My witnesses H5707,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068,

“And I am God H410.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:8 -

‘Do not tremble H6342 and do not be H7297 afraid H7297;

Have I not long H227 since H227 announced H8085 it to you and declared H5046 it?

And you are My witnesses H5707.

Is H3426 there H3426 any H3426 God H433 besides H4480 H1107 Me,

Or is there any other Rock H6697?

I know H3045 of none H1077.’”


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