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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(collected together). Biblically, the
Hebrew
nationality (
Num. 15:15
15
One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord. (Numbers 15:15)
). Generally, collected
Jewry
(
Ex. 12:19
19
Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. (Exodus 12:19)
). A popular
assembly
(
Acts 19:32,39,41
32
Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together. (Acts 19:32)
39
But if ye inquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly. (Acts 19:39)
41
And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly. (Acts 19:41)
). A
religious
assembly, or
church
(
Acts 7:38
38
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us: (Acts 7:38)
).
“Congregation” From
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
The
term is constantly applied in the
Old
Testament
to the community of
Israel
, and
also
to the actual assembling together of the people according to the unity of the congregation. Every descendant of
the
twelve
tribes formed a part of that community. Those of
other
nations were received into the congregation on becoming PROSELYTES. The
Ammonite
and the Moabite were forbidden
ever
to
come
into the congregation of
Jehovah
, and
there
were a few other restrictions (
Deut. 23:1-4
1
He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord.
2
A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord.
3
An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the Lord for ever:
4
Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. (Deuteronomy 23:1‑4)
).
For
various offenses an
Israelite
was
cut off
from the congregation (
Exod. 12:19
19
Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. (Exodus 12:19)
;
Num. 9:13
13
But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the Lord in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin. (Numbers 9:13)
). See
EXCOMMUNICATION
.
“Assembly” From
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Besides the use of this word for any collecting together, “as the assembly of the wicked,” it has a special reference in the
Old
Testament
to the
children
of
Israel
as “the assembly,” whether they were collected together or not. Several
Hebrew
words are used, some implying “an appointed meeting,” others a “
calling
together.” “The whole assembly of the
congregation
” were to eat
the passover
(
Ex. 12:6
6
And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. (Exodus 12:6)
), though each family ate it in its own
house
. They accused
Moses
of having brought them into the
wilderness
to kill the “whole assembly with hunger,” (
Ex. 16:3
3
And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. (Exodus 16:3)
); so in many places. When they were especially called together to the
feasts
it is often called a SOLEMN ASSEMBLY, as in
Leviticus 23:36
36
Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein. (Leviticus 23:36)
;
Numbers 29:35
35
On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein: (Numbers 29:35)
;
Deuteronomy 16:8
8
Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work therein. (Deuteronomy 16:8)
;
2 Kings 10:20
20
And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it. (2 Kings 10:20)
;
2 Chronicles 7:9
9
And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days. (2 Chronicles 7:9)
;
Nehemiah 8:18
18
Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner. (Nehemiah 8:18)
.
In the
New
Testament
the word
is also used for any gathering of people, as at the tumult in Ephesus (
Acts 19:32,39,41
32
Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together. (Acts 19:32)
39
But if ye inquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly. (Acts 19:39)
41
And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly. (Acts 19:41)
). In James 2:2 The word “assembly” is really the
synagogue
, or place of meeting. In
Hebrews 12:23
23
To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, (Hebrews 12:23)
the words “GENERAL ASSEMBLY” should be joined to
Hebrews 12:22
22
But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, (Hebrews 12:22)
, reading “and to the innumerable company of
angels
, the general assembly:” the word “and” dividing the subjects. The
Greek
word used in
Acts 19:32
32
Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together. (Acts 19:32)
is ἑκκλησἰα, and this often occurs in the New Testament where it is translated “
church
.” It signifies “called out,” and the church is a people called out by
God
to Himself from the mass of mankind. The church may more accurately be designated by the word “assembly.” See CHURCH.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
6951
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
qahal
Phonic:
kaw-hawl’
Meaning:
from
6950
; assemblage (usually concretely)
KJV Usage:
assembly, company, congregation, multitude
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