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Hebrew verb · H6950

קָהַל

qahal'kaw-hal'

to gather

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

Concordance spelling: qâhal

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6950is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 14 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 32
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H6950

to convoke

The King James renders it: assemble (selves) (together), gather (selves) (together).

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

qahal is rendered "to gather". It stands 39 times in the Hebrew text, across fourteen books.

  • Nine of the uses stand in Numbers, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 32:1Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-two different ways.

The first use

Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”

Exodus 32:1וַיִּקָּהֵ֨ל

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

Where the word stands

The word stands in fourteen of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 25 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

  • and they assembled8
  • and he called together5
  • assemble4
  • they assembled4
  • and it assembled3
  • and he assembled2
  • he called together2
  • and assemble1
  • and it was assembled1
  • and they made assemble1
  • and when summon1
  • and you will assemble1

and 6 more, 39 uses in all

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.

The words it stands beside

All 39, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

32 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

  • וַיִּקָּ֨הֲל֜וּ3
  • וַיַּקְהֵ֣ל2
  • וַיַּקְהֵל֩2
  • וַיִּֽקָּהֲל֞וּ2
  • וַיִּקָּ֣הֲל֔וּ2
  • נִקְהֲלוּ֙2
  • בְּהִקָּהֵ֤ל1
  • הַנִּקְהָלִ֣ים1
  • הִקְהִ֗ילוּ1
  • הַקְהִ֧ילוּ1
  • הַקְהֵ֑ל1
  • הַקְהֵ֣ל1

and 20 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • Hc/VNw3mp8Hc/VNw3mp
  • Hc/Vhw3ms7Hc/Vhw3ms
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural4HVNp3cp
  • verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular3HVhv2ms
  • Hc/VNw3fs2Hc/VNw3fs
  • Hc/VNw3ms2Hc/VNw3ms
  • preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)2HR/VNcc
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)1HC/R/Vhcc
  • Hc/Vhq2ms1Hc/Vhq2ms
  • HC/Vhu3ms1HC/Vhu3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular1HC/Vhv2ms
  • Hc/Vhw3mp1Hc/Vhw3mp

Exodus

two uses
  • Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”

    Exodus 32:1

    • וַיִּקָּהֵ֨לvaiyikahelHc/VNw3mstagged: and it assembled
  • Then Moses assembled the whole congregation of Israel and said to them, “These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do:

    Exodus 35:1

    • וַיַּקְהֵ֣לvaiyakhelHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he assembled

Leviticus

two uses
  • and assemble the whole congregation at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.”

    Leviticus 8:3

    • הַקְהֵ֑לhakhelverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: assemble
  • So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him, and the assembly gathered at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

    Leviticus 8:4

    • וַתִּקָּהֵל֙vatikahelHc/VNw3fstagged: and it assembled

Numbers

nine uses
  • and on the first day of the second month they assembled the whole congregation and recorded their ancestry by clans and families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years of age or older,

    Numbers 1:18

    • הִקְהִ֗ילוּhikhiluverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they summoned
  • Bring the Levites before the Tent of Meeting and assemble the whole congregation of Israel.

    Numbers 8:9

    • וְהִ֨קְהַלְתָּ֔vehikhaltaHc/Vhq2mstagged: and you will assemble
  • To convene the assembly, you are to sound long blasts, not short ones.

    Numbers 10:7

    • וּבְהַקְהִ֖ילuvehakhilconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and when summon
  • They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have taken too much upon yourselves! For everyone in the entire congregation is holy, and the LORD is in their midst. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?”

    Numbers 16:3

    • וַיִּֽקָּהֲל֞וּvaiyikahaluHc/VNw3mptagged: and they assembled
  • When Korah had gathered his whole assembly against them at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the glory of the LORD appeared to the whole congregation.

    Numbers 16:19

    • וַיַּקְהֵ֨לvaiyakhelHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he called together
  • But when the congregation gathered against them, Moses and Aaron turned toward the Tent of Meeting, and suddenly the cloud covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared.

    Numbers 16:42

    • בְּהִקָּהֵ֤לbehikahelpreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when assembled
  • Now there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against Moses and Aaron.

    Numbers 20:2

    • וַיִּקָּ֣הֲל֔וּvaiyikahaluHc/VNw3mptagged: and they assembled
  • “Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.”

    Numbers 20:8

    • וְהַקְהֵ֤לvehakhelconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and assemble
  • Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”

    Numbers 20:10

    • וַיַּקְהִ֜לוּvaiyakhiluHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they made assemble

Deuteronomy

three uses
  • The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”

    Deuteronomy 4:10

    • הַקְהֶל־hakhel-verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: assemble
  • Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law.

    Deuteronomy 31:12

    • הַקְהֵ֣לhakhelverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: assemble
  • Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.

    Deuteronomy 31:28

    • הַקְהִ֧ילוּhakhiluverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: assemble

Joshua

two uses
  • Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,

    Joshua 18:1

    • וַיִּקָּ֨הֲל֜וּvaiyikahaluHc/VNw3mptagged: and they assembled
  • And when they heard this, the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh to go to war against them.

    Joshua 22:12

    • וַיִּקָּ֨הֲל֜וּvaiyikahaluHc/VNw3mptagged: and they assembled

Judges

one use
  • Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.

    Judges 20:1

    • וַתִּקָּהֵ֨לvatikahelHc/VNw3fstagged: and it was assembled

2 Samuel

one use
  • Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel-beth-maacah and through the entire region of the Berites, who gathered together and followed him.

    2 Samuel 20:14

    • וַיִּקָּ֣הֲל֔וּvaiyiklehuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they assembled

1 Kings

three uses
  • At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.

    1 Kings 8:1

    • יַקְהֵ֣לyakhelverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he called together
  • And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.

    1 Kings 8:2

    • וַיִּקָּ֨הֲל֜וּvaiyikahaluHc/VNw3mptagged: and they assembled
  • And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

    1 Kings 12:21

    • וַיַּקְהֵל֩vaiyakhelHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he called together

1 Chronicles

three uses
  • So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

    1 Chronicles 13:5

    • וַיַּקְהֵ֤לvaiyakhelHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he called together
  • And David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.

    1 Chronicles 15:3

    • וַיַּקְהֵ֥לvaiyakhelHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he assembled
  • Now David summoned all the leaders of Israel to Jerusalem: the leaders of the tribes, the leaders of the divisions in the king’s service, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all the property and cattle of the king and his sons, along with the court officials and mighty men—every mighty man of valor.

    1 Chronicles 28:1

    • וַיַּקְהֵ֣לvaiyakhelHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he called together

2 Chronicles

four uses
  • At that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.

    2 Chronicles 5:2

    • יַקְהֵ֨ילyakheilverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he called together
  • So all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month.

    2 Chronicles 5:3

    • וַיִּקָּהֲל֧וּvaiyikahaluHc/VNw3mptagged: and they assembled
  • When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the house of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.

    2 Chronicles 11:1

    • וַיַּקְהֵל֩vaiyakhelHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he called together
  • On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, where they blessed the LORD. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Beracah to this day.

    2 Chronicles 20:26

    • נִקְהֲלוּ֙nikhaluverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they assembled

Esther

five uses
  • By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.

    Esther 8:11

    • לְהִקָּהֵל֮lehikahelpreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to assemble
  • In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.

    Esther 9:2

    • נִקְהֲל֨וּnikhaluverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they assembled
  • On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.

    Esther 9:15

    • וַיִּֽקָּהֲל֞וּvaiyikahaluHc/VNw3mptagged: and they assembled
  • The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.

    Esther 9:16

    • נִקְהֲל֣וּ׀nikhaluverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they assembled
  • The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy.

    Esther 9:18

    • נִקְהֲלוּ֙nikhaluverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they assembled

Job

one use
  • If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?

    Job 11:10

    • וְ֝יַקְהִ֗ילveyakhilHC/Vhu3mstagged: so he may summon an assembly

Jeremiah

one use
  • How dare you prophesy in the name of the LORD that this house will become like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted!” And all the people assembled against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.

    Jeremiah 26:9

    • וַיִּקָּהֵ֧לvaiyikahelHc/VNw3mstagged: and it assembled

Ezekiel

two uses
  • Get ready; prepare yourself, you and all your company gathered around you; you will be their guard.

    Ezekiel 38:7

    • הַנִּקְהָלִ֣יםhanikhalimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: that have assembled
  • Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will ask, ‘Have you come to capture the plunder? Have you assembled your hordes to carry away loot, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and goods, to seize great spoil?’

    Ezekiel 38:13

    • הִקְהַ֣לְתָּhikhaltaverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: have you assembled

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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