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# עֵדוּת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5715

**testimony** — used 83 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

testimony [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5715/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֵדוּת: n.f. testimony [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5715/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** and עֵדֻת27 n.f. testimony;—ע׳ abs. Ex 16:34 +, cstr. ψ 19:8 +; pl. sf. עֵדְוֹתֶיךָ 119:14 +, עֵדְוֹתָיו Je 44:23 + 4 times;— testimony of the Ten Words on the tablets as a solemn divine charge, לֻחֹת הע׳ Ex 31:18; 32:15; 34:29 (P), הע׳ 25:16, 21; 40:20 (P); ark as containing tables, אֲרוֹן הע׳ 25:22; 26:33, 34; 30:6, 26; 39:35; 40:3, 5, 21 Nu 4:5; 7:89 (all P), Jos 4:16 (JE; Kue הברית \[ag. him Di\], so Benn Steuernag), הארן לע׳ Ex 31:7 (P); abbrev. לִפְנֵי הע׳ 16:34; 30:36 Nu 17:19, 25 (P); עַל הע׳ Ex 27:21 (= הע׳ Lv 24:3), 30:6 Lv 16:13 (P); tabernacle as containing ark of testimony, משׁכן הע׳ tabernacle of the testimony Ex 38:21 Nu 1:50, 53(×2); 10:11 (P); so אֹהֶל הע׳ 9:15; 17:22, 23; 18:2 (P) 2 Ch 24:6. the code of law in gen. (late), as a testimony of God: ψ 19:8 119:88; 122:4; ‖ תּוֹרָה 78:5; ‖ חֹק 81:6. In titles, עַל־ שׁוּשַׁן ע׳ ψ 60:1, אֶל־שֹׁשַׁנּ֑ים ע׳ 80:1 = melody whose first line cp. law as testimony to a choice flower. Special laws of the code are denoted by pl.; + חֻקּוֹת etc. 1 K 2:3 2 K 23:3 = 2 Ch 34:31 (+ חקים etc.), Je 44:23; חֻקִּים etc. 1 Ch 29:19; מִצְוֹת Ne 9:34; pl. of contents of covenant 2 K 17:15; pl. elsewhere ψ 119:14, 31, 36, 99, 111, 129, 144, 157. Vid. also iii. \[עֵדָה\].—For הָעֵדוּת 2 K 11:12 = 2 Ch 23:11 read prob. הַצְּעָדוֹת (cf. 2 S 1:10 We al.).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 59 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: testimonies (36); the testimony (28); testimony (13).

## In the verses

[Psalms 119:138](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.138/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.138/#tree)

צִ֭וִּיתָ צֶ֣דֶק עֵדֹתֶ֑יךָ וֶֽאֱמוּנָ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃

*Word for word:* you.commanded righteousness testimonies your and faithfulness much

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast commanded Thy testimonies in righteousness and exceeding faithfulness.

[Psalms 119:24](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.24/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.24/#tree)

גַּֽם־עֵ֭דֹתֶיךָ שַׁעֲשֻׁעָ֗י אַנְשֵׁ֥י עֲצָתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* also testimonies your delight(s) \[are\].my the.people my.counsel my

*JPS 1917:* Yea, Thy testimonies are my delight, they are my counsellors.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5715.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5715/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).