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congregation

Meaning of “congregation”

1. A gathered assembly, company, or community of people, or the people considered together as a body. 2. In the fixed expressions "tabernacle of the congregation" and "tent of the congregation," part of the name of the appointed meeting place.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
364 occurrences331 verses22 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 12:3

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2 Chronicles 1:3
So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 1:3 · retained source text

So Solomon and all the Congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon, for there was the Tabernacle of the Congregation of God, which Moses the seruant of the LORD had made in the wildernesse.

1611 marginal note1.King. 3.4. 1.Chro. 16.39. and 21.29.

2 Chronicles 1:5
Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the Lord: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 1:5 · retained source text

Moreouer the brasen Altar that Bezaleel the sonne of Uri, the sonne of Hur, had made, hee put before the Tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the Congregation sought vnto it.

1611 marginal noteOr, was there.

1611 marginal noteExod. 38.1.

2 Chronicles 1:6
And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the Lord, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 1:6 · retained source text

And Solomon went vp thither to the brasen Altar before the LORD, which was at the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings vpon it.

2 Chronicles 1:13
¶ Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 1:13 · retained source text

¶ Then Solomon came from his iourney to the high place that was at Gibeon, to Ierusalem, from before the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and reigned ouer Israel.

2 Chronicles 5:5
And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 5:5 · retained source text

And they brought vp the Arke, and the tabernacle of the Congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the Priests and the Leuites bring vp.

2 Chronicles 5:6
Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 5:6 · retained source text

Also king Solomon and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled vnto him before the Arke, sacrificed sheepe and oxen, which could not be told nor numbred for multitude.

2 Chronicles 6:3
And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 6:3 · retained source text

And the King turned his face and blessed the whole Congregation of Israel, (and all the Congregation of Israel stood)

2 Chronicles 6:12
¶ And he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 6:12 · retained source text

¶ And he stood before the Altar of the LORD, in the presence of all the Congregation of Israel, and spread foorth his hands:

2 Chronicles 6:13
For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 6:13 · retained source text

(For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of fiue cubites long, and fiue cubites broad, and three cubites high, and had set it in the midst of the Court, and vpon it hee stood, and kneeled downe vpon his knees before all the Congregation of Israel, and spread foorth his hands towards heauen.)

1611 marginal noteHebr. the length thereof, &c.

2 Chronicles 7:8
¶ Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 7:8 · retained source text

¶ Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seuen dayes, and all Israel with him, a very great Congregation, from the entring in of Hamath, vnto the Riuer of Egypt.

1611 marginal noteIosh. 13.3.

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The act of bringing together or assembling; a collection or assembly, especially an assembly of persons and, appropriately, persons met for the worship of God and religious instruction.

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