KJV dictionary & concordance

assembly

Meaning of “assembly”

A company or congregation gathered together; the act, occasion, or appointed meeting of gathering, whether common, civil, military, or solemn.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

49 occurrences49 verses20 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 49:6

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Lamentations 1:15

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The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Lamentations 1:15 · retained source text

The LORD hath troden vnder foot all my mightie men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against mee, to crush my yong men. The LORD hath troden the virgine, the daughter of Iudah, as in a wine presse.

1611 marginal noteOr, the winepresse of the virgine, &c.

Lamentations 2:6

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And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.

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1611 witness · Lamentations 2:6 · retained source text

And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden, hee hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemne feasts and Sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the King and the Priest.

1611 marginal noteOr, hedge.

1611 marginal notePsal.80.13. and 89.41. and isa. 5.5.

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Genesis 49:6 Leviticus 8:3-4 Leviticus 23:36 Deuteronomy 10:4 Acts 19:32,40-41 Acts 19:32 Acts 19:40 Acts 19:41 Leviticus 8:3 Leviticus 8:4 Numbers 10:2 Deuteronomy 5:22 1 Samuel 17:47 Psalms 22:16 Jeremiah 15:17 Joel 1:14 James 2:2

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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A company or collection of individuals, in the same place; usually for the same purpose. […] In some of the United States, the legislature, consisting of different houses or branches, whether in session or not.

volume 1, leaf 209, column 2 (entry starts at OCR line 108)