עֵדʻêd

witness, (probably from reiterating, hence emphatically affirming)

Pronunciation: ayd · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5707

Meanings

1. witness, testimony, evidence, of things (Genesis 31:44; Genesis 31:48; Genesis 31:52)

2. witness, a person

c. witnesses (Jeremiah 32:10; Jeremiah 32:12; Jeremiah 32:25)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 70 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 31:44 So come, let’s make a covenant, you and I, and it will be a witness to our commitment.”
  • Genesis 31:48 Then Laban declared, “This pile of stones will stand as a witness to remind us of the covenant we have made today.” This explains why it was called Galeed—“Witness Pile.”
  • Genesis 31:50 If you mistreat my daughters or if you marry other wives, God will see it even if no one else does. He is a witness to this covenant between us.
  • Genesis 31:52 They stand between us as witnesses of our vows. I will never pass this pile of stones to harm you, and you must never pass these stones or this monument to harm me.
  • Exodus 20:16 “You must not testify falsely against your neighbor.
  • Exodus 22:13 If it was torn to pieces by a wild animal, the remains of the carcass must be shown as evidence, and no compensation will be required.
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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).