מוֹעֵדmôwʻêd

appointed time, place, meeting

Pronunciation: mo-ade' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4150

Meanings

1. appointed time (Genesis 1:14; Psalms 104:19; Daniel 12:7)

a. at an, the appointed time (Genesis 18:14; Exodus 13:10; Exodus 23:15)

b. sacred season, set feast (Exodus 13:10; Exodus 23:15; Exodus 34:18)

2. appointed meeting (Job 30:23; Numbers 16:2; Lamentations 1:15)

3. appointed place

a. afflicted, from the place of assembly (Lamentations 2:6; Zephaniah 3:18)

b. all, the appointed places of El in the land (Psalms 74:8; Psalms 9:15)

4. appointed sign, signal (Judges 20:38)

5. the sacred tent of the Exodus, אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד tent of meeting (Exodus 33:7; Numbers 12:4; Deuteronomy 31:14)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 223 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 1:14 Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years.
  • Genesis 17:21 But my covenant will be confirmed with Isaac, who will be born to you and Sarah about this time next year.”
  • Genesis 18:14 Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”
  • Genesis 21:2 She became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. This happened at just the time God had said it would.
  • Exodus 9:5 The Lord has already set the time for the plague to begin. He has declared that he will strike the land tomorrow.’”
  • Exodus 13:10 So observe the decree of this festival at the appointed time each year.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).