Quick Definition
to gather
Strong's Definition
to convoke
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: assemble (selves) (together), gather (selves) (together).
TWOT Reference: 1991
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
קָהַל (qa.hal) — to gather. 1) to assemble, gather 1a) (Niphal) to assemble 1a1) for religious reasons 1a2) for political reasons 1b) (Hiphil) to summon an assembly 1b1) for war, judgment 1b2) for religious purposes Also means: qa.lah (קָלַהּ "to gather" H7035)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מַקְהֵל · קָהָל · קְהִלָּה · קֹהֶלֶת · מַקְהֵלֹת
Gather | verb nif
to gather together, to assemble = action by which humans gather together around a person or in a place, ► usually with a common goal
EXO 32:1 · LEV 8:4 · NUM 16:3 · NUM 17:7 · NUM 20:2 · JOS 18:1 · JOS 22:12 · JDG 20:1 · 2SA 20:14 · 1KI 8:2 · 2CH 5:3 · 2CH 20:26 · EST 8:11 · EST 9:2 · EST 9:15 · EST 9:16 · EST 9:18 · JER 26:9 · EZK 38:7
Gather | verb hif
to gather, to assemble = causative action by which humans in authority bring other humans together around a person or in a place, ► usually with a common goal
EXO 35:1 · LEV 8:3 · NUM 1:18 · NUM 8:9 · NUM 10:7 · NUM 16:19 · NUM 20:8 · NUM 20:10 · DEU 4:10 · DEU 31:12 · DEU 31:28 · 1KI 8:1 · 1KI 12:21 · 1CH 13:5 · 1CH 15:3 · 1CH 28:1 · 2CH 5:2 · 2CH 11:1 · JOB 11:10 · EZK 38:13
1 2SA 20:14 MT-K ויקלהו | MT-Q וַיִּקָּהְַלוּ
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[קָהַל] vb. denom. assemble as a קָהָל Niph. assemble as a קָהָל
Hiph. summon an assembly
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