תְּעוּדָהtᵉʻûwdâh

testimony, attestation

Pronunciation: teh-oo-daw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8584

Meanings

1. testimony, prophetic injunction (Isaiah 8:16; Isaiah 8:20)

2. attestation (Ruth 4:7)

Same root

עוּדʻûwd · H5749to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively, to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication)

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

Ruth 4:7 Now in those days it was the custom in Israel for anyone transferring a right of purchase to remove his sandal and hand it to the other party. This publicly validated the transaction.
Isaiah 8:16 Preserve the teaching of God; entrust his instructions to those who follow me.
Isaiah 8:20 Look to God’s instructions and teachings! People who contradict his word are completely in the dark.

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).