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
And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.
And the King turned his face and blessed the whole Congregation of Israel, (and all the Congregation of Israel stood)
¶ And he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
¶ And he stood before the Altar of the LORD, in the presence of all the Congregation of Israel, and spread foorth his hands:
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,
(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.
¶ 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.
¶ 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.
¶ And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court,
¶ And Iehoshaphat stood in the Congregation of Iudah and Ierusalem, in the house of the LORD before the new Court,
¶ Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the Lord in the midst of the congregation;
¶ Then vpon Iahaziel the sonne of Zechariah, the sonne of Benaiah, the sonne of Iehiel, the sonne of Mattaniah, a Leuite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the Congregation:
And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king’s son shall reign, as the Lord hath said of the sons of David.
And all the Congregation made a couenant with the king in the house of God: and he said vnto them, Beholde, the kings sonne shall reigne, as the LORD hath said of the sonnes of Dauid.
1611 marginal note2.Sam. 11.12. 1.Kings 2.4. and 9.5. 2.chr.6.16. and 7.18.
And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the Lord, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?
And the king called for Iehoiada the chiefe, and saide vnto him, Why hast thou not required of the Leuites to bring in out of Iudah and out of Ierusalem, the collection, according to the commandement of Moses the seruant of the LORD, and of the Congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of Witnesse?
1611 marginal noteExod. 30.12,13,14.
So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation.
So the armed men left the captiues, and the spoile before the Princes, and all the congregation.
And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:
And they brought foorth the hee goats for the sinne offering, before the king and the congregation, and laide their hands vpon them:
1611 marginal noteHeb. neere.
1611 marginal noteLeuit. 4.15.
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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.
