What does "Congregation" mean in the Bible?
Congregation, an assembly; a gathering of people for either political or religious purposes. Congregation appears in 94 verses across 9 books of the Bible.
What does the Bible say about Congregation?
CONGREGA'TION, an assembly; a gathering of people for either political or religious purposes. In the O.T. (kabal) it denotes the Hebrew people in its collective capacity, under its peculiar aspect as a holy community, held together by religious rather than political bonds. Deut 31:30; Josh 8:35; 1 Chr 29:1, etc. "Sometimes it is used in a broad sense, as inclusive of foreign settlers, Ex 12:19, but more properly as exclusively appropriate to the Hebrew element of the population. Num 15:15." The congregation was governed by the chief of the tribes and families, but from these was selected a council of 70 elders. Num 16:2; Num 11:16. This was a permanent institution, for these representatives of the people -who at first met at the door of the tabernacle at the call of one silver trumpet, while the congregation came at sound of the two, Num 10:3-4, 1 Kgs 15:7- became in postexilic days the Sanhedrin. Doubtless these meetings of the elders are often meant when the term "congregation" is used. Thus they meet to elect a king. 1 Sam 10:17. Their decisions bound the nation. Josh 9:15, 1 Sam 30:18. In the N.T. it means the Christian Church at large or a local congregation, but in King James's Version the corresponding Greek word (ecelesia), when used of a religious assembly, is always rendered "church," even in Acts 7:38, where it means the Jewish congregation in the wilderness. King James expressly commanded the revisers to do this, in opposition to the Geneva Version, which uses the more literal rendering "congregation." In Acts 19:32, Acts 19:39-40 it means simply a popular assembly. See Church.
Definition text: Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible · 1898. Public domain.
Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
What is the Hebrew word for Congregation?
Where does Congregation appear in the Bible?
Congregation is referenced in 94 verses across 9 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- 1 Kings 8:5
- 2 Chronicles 5:6
- Exodus 12:3
- Exodus 12:6
- Exodus 12:19
- Exodus 12:47
- Exodus 16:9
- Exodus 16:10
- Exodus 16:22
- Exodus 17:1
- Exodus 34:31
- Exodus 35:1
- Exodus 35:4
- Exodus 35:20
- Exodus 38:25
- Judges 21:10
- Judges 21:13
- Judges 21:16
- Jeremiah 30:20
- Joshua 9:15
- Joshua 9:18
- Joshua 9:21
- Joshua 9:27
- Joshua 18:1
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Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Congregation?
Congregation appears in 94 verses across 9 books, most often in Numbers, which accounts for 56 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Congregation?
Numbers, Exodus, Joshua, Leviticus, Judges, 1 Kings, 2 Chronicles, Jeremiah, and 1 more.
Where can I read every verse about Congregation?
This page lists 24 of them. Protos carries all 94, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
