KJV dictionary & concordance
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.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Exodus 12:3
Complete exact-word concordance
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
Gather the people: sanctifie the congregation: assemble the elders: gather the children, and those that sucke the breasts: let the bridegroome goe forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
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Historical English dictionary sources
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.
