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Judges 20:38
“Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מוֹעֵדmôwʻêd · mo-ade'
H4150 · Hebrew
H4150 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally ayear; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand)
- Derivation
- or מֹעֵד; or (feminine) מוֹעָדָה; (2 Chronicles 8:13), from H3259 (יָעַד);
- KJV renderings
- appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn(-ity), synogogue, (set) time (appointed).
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הַ — particle (definite article)
- מּוֹעֵ֗ד — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 223 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:14Genesis 17:21Genesis 18:14Genesis 21:2Exodus 9:5
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מוֹעֵד here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.