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Hebrew noun (feminine) · H5715

עֵדוּת

eduthay-dooth'

testimony

59 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: ʻêdûwth

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5715is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

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  • 34
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The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H5715

testimony

The King James renders it: testimony, witness.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

eduth is rendered "testimony". It stands 59 times in the Hebrew text, across eleven books.

  • Twenty-one of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 16:34And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-four different ways.

The first use

And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Exodus 16:34הָעֵדֻ֖ת

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Twenty-one of the word's fifty-nine uses are in Exodus.

The other 28 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • the testimony38
  • testimonies your7
  • a testimony3
  • and testimonies his2
  • testimonies his2
  • testimony of2
  • and in testimonies his1
  • and to testimonies your1
  • from testimonies your1
  • of the testimony1
  • to testimonies your1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

All 59, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

34 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • הָעֵדֻ֑ת6
  • הָעֵדֻֽת׃5
  • הָעֵד֑וּת4
  • הָעֵדֻ֔ת4
  • הָעֵדֻ֖ת3
  • הָעֵד֔וּת2
  • הָ֣עֵד֔וּת2
  • הָעֵדֽוּת׃2
  • הָ֣עֵדֻ֔ת2
  • הָעֵדֻת֙2
  • הָעֵדֻ֜ת2
  • עֵד֥וּת2

and 22 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular38HTd/Ncfsa
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular7HNcfpc/Sp2ms
  • noun · feminine singular3HNcfsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HC/Ncfpc/Sp3ms
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HNcfpc/Sp3ms
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HNcfsc
  • preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2HR/Ncfpc/Sp2ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HC/R/Ncfpc/Sp2ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/R/Ncfpc/Sp3ms
  • preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1HRd/Ncfsa

Exodus

twenty-one uses
  • And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

    Exodus 16:34

    • הָעֵדֻ֖תhaedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.

    Exodus 25:16

    • הָעֵדֻ֔תhaedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • Set the mercy seat atop the ark, and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.

    Exodus 25:21

    • הָ֣עֵדֻ֔תhaedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.

    Exodus 25:22

    • הָעֵדֻ֑תhaedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.

    Exodus 26:33

    • הָעֵד֑וּתhaedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • Put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place.

    Exodus 26:34

    • הָעֵדֻ֑תhaedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come.

    Exodus 27:21

    • הָעֵדֻ֗תhaedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • Place the altar in front of the veil that is before the ark of the Testimony—before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony—where I will meet with you.

    Exodus 30:6

    • הָעֵדֻ֑תhaedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
    • הָ֣עֵדֻ֔תhaedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • Use this oil to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony,

    Exodus 30:26

    • הָעֵדֻֽת׃haedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • Grind some of it into fine powder and place it in front of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.

    Exodus 30:36

    • הָעֵדֻת֙haedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony and the mercy seat upon it, and all the other furnishings of the tent—

    Exodus 31:7

    • לָֽעֵדֻ֔תlaedutpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: of the testimony
  • When the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.

    Exodus 31:18

    • הָעֵדֻ֑תhaedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back.

    Exodus 32:15

    • הָעֵדֻ֖תhaedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • And when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was unaware that his face had become radiant from speaking with the LORD.

    Exodus 34:29

    • הָֽעֵדֻת֙haedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • This is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, as recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

    Exodus 38:21

    • הָעֵדֻ֔תhaedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • the ark of the Testimony with its poles and the mercy seat;

    Exodus 39:35

    • הָעֵדֻ֖תhaedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil.

    Exodus 40:3

    • הָעֵד֑וּתhaedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the Testimony, and hang the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.

    Exodus 40:5

    • הָעֵדֻ֑תhaedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.

    Exodus 40:20

    • הָעֵדֻת֙haedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the ark of the Testimony, just as the LORD had commanded him.

    Exodus 40:21

    • הָעֵד֑וּתhaedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony

Leviticus

two uses
  • He is to put the incense on the fire before the LORD, and the cloud of incense will cover the mercy seat above the Testimony, so that he will not die.

    Leviticus 16:13

    • הָעֵד֖וּתhaedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • Outside the veil of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps continually before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come.

    Leviticus 24:3

    • הָעֵדֻ֜תhaeidutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony

Numbers

twelve uses
  • Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it.

    Numbers 1:50

    • הָעֵדֻ֜תhaedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the tabernacle of the Testimony.”

    Numbers 1:53

    • הָעֵדֻ֔תhaedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
    • הָעֵדֽוּת׃haedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • Whenever the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the veil of the curtain, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it.

    Numbers 4:5

    • הָעֵדֻֽת׃haedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • When Moses entered the Tent of Meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony. Thus the LORD spoke to him.

    Numbers 7:89

    • הָעֵדֻ֔תhaedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.

    Numbers 9:15

    • הָעֵדֻ֑תhaedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony,

    Numbers 10:11

    • הָעֵדֻֽת׃haedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • Place the staffs in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Testimony, where I meet with you.

    Numbers 17:4

    • הָֽעֵד֔וּתhaedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • Then Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony.

    Numbers 17:7

    • הָעֵדֻֽת׃haedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron’s staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted, put forth buds, blossomed, and produced almonds.

    Numbers 17:8

    • הָעֵד֔וּתhaedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.”

    Numbers 17:10

    • הָעֵד֔וּתhaedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • But bring with you also your brothers from the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you and assist you and your sons before the Tent of the Testimony.

    Numbers 18:2

    • הָעֵדֻֽת׃haedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony

Joshua

one use
  • “Command the priests who carry the ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan.”

    Joshua 4:16

    • הָעֵד֑וּתhaedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony

1 Kings

one use
  • And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as is written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,

    1 Kings 2:3

    • וְעֵדְוֹתָ֔יוveedevotavconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and testimonies his

2 Kings

three uses
  • Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and declared, “Long live the king!”

    2 Kings 11:12

    • הָ֣עֵד֔וּתhaedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and themselves became worthless, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.

    2 Kings 17:15

    • עֵֽדְוֹתָ֔יוʾedevotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: testimonies his
  • So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.

    2 Kings 23:3

    • עֵדְוֹתָ֤יוʾedevotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: testimonies his

1 Chronicles

one use
  • And give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision.”

    1 Chronicles 29:19

    • עֵדְוֹתֶ֖יךָʾedevoteikhanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: testimonies your

2 Chronicles

three uses
  • Then Jehoiada and his sons brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him and shouted, “Long live the king!”

    2 Chronicles 23:11

    • הָ֣עֵד֔וּתhaedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?”

    2 Chronicles 24:6

    • הָעֵדֽוּת׃haedutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the testimony
  • So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book.

    2 Chronicles 34:31

    • וְעֵֽדְוֹתָ֣יוveedevotavconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and testimonies his

Nehemiah

one use
  • Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers did not obey Your law or listen to Your commandments and warnings that You gave them.

    Nehemiah 9:34

    • וּלְעֵ֣דְוֹתֶ֔יךָuleedevoteikhaconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and to testimonies your

Psalms

thirteen uses
  • The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.

    Psalms 19:7

    • עֵד֥וּתʾedutnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: testimony of
  • For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,

    Psalms 78:5

    • עֵד֨וּת׀ʾedutnoun · feminine singulartagged: a testimony
  • He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:

    Psalms 81:5

    • עֵ֤דוּת׀ʾedutnoun · feminine singulartagged: a testimony
  • I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches.

    Psalms 119:14

    • עֵדְוֹתֶ֥יךָʾedevoteikhanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: testimonies your
  • I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame.

    Psalms 119:31

    • בְעֵֽדְוֹתֶ֑יךָveedevoteikhapreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: to testimonies your
  • Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.

    Psalms 119:36

    • עֵדְוֹתֶ֗יךָʾedevoteikhanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: testimonies your
  • Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.

    Psalms 119:88

    • עֵד֥וּתʾedutnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: testimony of
  • I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.

    Psalms 119:99

    • עֵ֝דְוֹתֶ֗יךָʾedevoteikhanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: testimonies your
  • Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

    Psalms 119:111

    • עֵדְוֹתֶ֣יךָʾedevoteikhanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: testimonies your
  • Wonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them.

    Psalms 119:129

    • עֵדְוֹתֶ֑יךָʾedevoteikhanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: testimonies your
  • Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.

    Psalms 119:144

    • עֵדְוֹתֶ֥יךָʾedevoteikhanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: testimonies your
  • Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.

    Psalms 119:157

    • מֵ֝עֵדְוֹתֶ֗יךָmeedevoteikhapreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: from testimonies your
  • where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

    Psalms 122:4

    • עֵד֣וּתʾedutnoun · feminine singulartagged: a testimony

Jeremiah

one use
  • Because you burned incense and sinned against the LORD, and did not obey the voice of the LORD or walk in His instruction, His statutes, and His testimonies, this disaster has befallen you, as you see today.”

    Jeremiah 44:23

    • וּבְעֵדְוֹתָ֖יוuveedevotavconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and in testimonies his

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