עֵד
ed
“witness”
Definition
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
contracted from H5749 (עוּד);
- witness 1a) witness, testimony, evidence (of things) 1b) witness (of people)
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
עֵד appears 58 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Samuel said to them, “The LORD is a witness against you, and His anointed is a witness today, that you have not found anything in my hand.”“He is a witness,” they replied.
“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
Behold, I have made him a witness to the nations,a leader and commander of the peoples.
Rather, let it be a witness between us and you and the generations to come, that we will worship the LORD in His presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings.’ Then in the future, your descendants cannot say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD!’
A truthful witness saves lives,but one who utters lies is deceitful.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.