עֲצָרָהʻătsârâh
assembly
Pronunciation: ats-aw-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6116
Meanings
1. sacred assembly (Isaiah 1:13; Amos 5:21; 2 Kings 10:20)
2. assemblage, company, (in general) (Jeremiah 9:1)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 23:36 For seven days you must present special gifts to the Lord. The eighth day is another holy day on which you present your special gifts to the Lord. This will be a solemn occasion, and no ordinary work may be done that day.
- Numbers 29:35 “On the eighth day of the festival, proclaim another holy day. You must do no ordinary work on that day.
- Deuteronomy 16:8 For the next six days you may not eat any bread made with yeast. On the seventh day proclaim another holy day in honor of the Lord your God, and no work may be done on that day.
- 2 Kings 10:20 Then Jehu ordered, “Prepare a solemn assembly to worship Baal!” So they did.
- 2 Chronicles 7:9 On the eighth day they had a closing ceremony, for they had celebrated the dedication of the altar for seven days and the Festival of Shelters for seven days.
- Nehemiah 8:18 Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God on each of the seven days of the festival. Then on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, as was required by law.
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).