Strong's Hebrew · H5713
H5713 ʻêdâh
עֵדָה
ay-daw'
testimony, witness. Compare H5712 (עֵדָה).
ʻêdâh appears 26 times in Scripture, including Genesis 21:30 and Deuteronomy 4:45. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
testimony
Derivation
feminine of H5707 (עֵד) in its techn. sense;
Appears 26 times in Scripture
“This mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm me.”
“All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.”
“These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,”
“But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.”
“He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.””
“He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.”
“In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?””
“And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.””
“You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
