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Strong's H6950 קָהַל (qahal)

Qahal means “convoke” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H6950
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 38
Books 13

Strong's H6950 Quick Answer

Strong's H6950 קָהַל (qahal) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. qahal ('kaw-hal') v. 1. to convoke [a primitive root] It has 38 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include together, gathered, and gather. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
qahal ('kaw-hal') v. 1. to convoke [a primitive root]
Usage
38 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
together, gathered, and gather

Meaning and Definition

qahal ('kaw-hal') v. 1. to convoke [a primitive root] KJV: assemble (selves) (together), gather (selves) (together).

Original Word
קָהַל
Transliteration
qahal
Derivation
Root: קהל
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H6950. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to gather

Usage: 1) to assemble, gather 1a) (Niphal) to assemble 1a1) for religious reasons 1a2) for political reasons 1b) (Hiphil) to summon an assembly 1b1) for war, judgment 1b2) for religious purposes Also means: qa.lah (קָלַהּ "to gather" H7035)

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How Strong's H6950 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render qahal, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

together Exodus 32:1 24× gathered Numbers 16:19 Gather Deuteronomy 31:28

How Strong's H6950 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 38 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H6950 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H6950 in the Old Testament

38 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 32:1 KJV

And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

Exodus 35:1 KJV

And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them.

Leviticus 8:3 KJV

And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Usage Excerpts

First 38 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6950.

Exodus 32:1 Old Testament, KJV
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
Exodus 35:1 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them.
Leviticus 8:3 Old Testament, KJV
And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Leviticus 8:4 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Numbers 1:18 Old Testament, KJV
And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
Numbers 8:9 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together:
Numbers 10:7 Old Testament, KJV
But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.
Numbers 16:3 Old Testament, KJV
And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?
Numbers 16:19 Old Testament, KJV
And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation.
Numbers 16:42 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.
Numbers 20:2 Old Testament, KJV
And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
Numbers 20:8 Old Testament, KJV
Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.
Numbers 20:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?
Deuteronomy 4:10 Old Testament, KJV
Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
Deuteronomy 31:12 Old Testament, KJV
Gather the people together, men and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:
Deuteronomy 31:28 Old Testament, KJV
Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.
Joshua 18:1 Old Testament, KJV
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
Joshua 22:12 Old Testament, KJV
And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.
Judges 20:1 Old Testament, KJV
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
1 Kings 8:1 Old Testament, KJV
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
1 Kings 8:2 Old Testament, KJV
And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
1 Kings 12:21 Old Testament, KJV
And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
1 Chronicles 13:5 Old Testament, KJV
So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.
1 Chronicles 15:3 Old Testament, KJV
And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.
1 Chronicles 28:1 Old Testament, KJV
And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 5:2 Old Testament, KJV
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
2 Chronicles 5:3 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month.
2 Chronicles 11:1 Old Testament, KJV
And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
2 Chronicles 20:26 Old Testament, KJV
And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.
Esther 8:11 Old Testament, KJV
Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,
Esther 9:2 Old Testament, KJV
The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.
Esther 9:15 Old Testament, KJV
For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
Esther 9:16 Old Testament, KJV
But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,
Esther 9:18 Old Testament, KJV
But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
Job 11:10 Old Testament, KJV
If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
Jeremiah 26:9 Old Testament, KJV
Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
Ezekiel 38:7 Old Testament, KJV
Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
Ezekiel 38:13 Old Testament, KJV
Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6950, grouped by book.

Exodus 2 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 2 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 9 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 4 usages, Old Testament
Esther 5 usages, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H6950 FAQ

What does qahal (קָהַל) mean?

Qahal (Strong's H6950) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "convoke". qahal ('kaw-hal') v. 1. to convoke [a primitive root]

How many times is qahal (קָהַל) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 38 linked usages for Strong's H6950 across 13 books.

Where can I study qahal (קָהַל) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6950 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate qahal (קָהַל)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as together, gathered, and gather. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.