1) witness 1a) witness, testimony, evidence (of things) 1b) witness (of people)
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H5707 — עֵד
ed · witness · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 31:44 · לְעֵ֖דCome now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.”Genesis 31:48 · עֵ֛דThen Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.Genesis 31:50 · עֵ֖דIf you mistreat my daughters or take other wives, although no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.”Genesis 31:52 · עֵ֚דThis mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm me.Exodus 20:16 · עֵ֥דYou shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.Exodus 22:13 · עֵ֑דIf the animal was torn to pieces, he shall bring it as evidence; he need not make restitution for the torn carcass.Exodus 23:1 · עֵ֥ד“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.Leviticus 5:1 · עֵ֔ד“If someone sins by failing to testify when he hears a public charge about something he has witnessed, whether he has seen it or learned of it, he shall bear the iniquity.Numbers 5:13 · וְעֵד֙by sleeping with another man, and it is concealed from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she was not caught in the act),Numbers 35:30 · עֵדִ֔ים · וְעֵ֣דIf anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.Deuteronomy 5:20 · עֵ֥דYou shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.Deuteronomy 17:6 · עֵדִ֗ים · עֵדִ֖ים · עֵ֥דOn the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness.Deuteronomy 17:7 · הָעֵדִ֞יםThe hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you.Deuteronomy 19:15 · עֵ֨ד · עֵדִ֗ים · עֵדִ֖יםA lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.Deuteronomy 19:16 · עֵד־If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,Deuteronomy 19:18 · עֵֽד־ · הָעֵ֔דThe judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother,Deuteronomy 31:19 · לְעֵ֖דNow therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.Deuteronomy 31:21 · לְעֵ֔דAnd when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”Deuteronomy 31:26 · לְעֵֽד׃“Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you.Joshua 22:27 · עֵ֨דRather, let it be a witness between us and you and the generations to come, that we will worship the LORD in His presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings.’ Then in the future, your descendants cannot say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD!’Joshua 22:28 · עֵ֣דTherefore we said, ‘If they ever say this to us or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the altar of the LORD that our fathers made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’Joshua 22:34 · עֵ֥דSo the Reubenites and Gadites named the altar Witness, for they said, “It is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”Joshua 24:22 · עֵדִ֤ים · עֵדִֽים׃Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.Ruth 4:9 · עֵדִ֤יםAt this, Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon.Ruth 4:10 · עֵדִ֥יםMoreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”Ruth 4:11 · עֵדִ֑ים“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.1 Samuel 12:5 · עֵ֧ד · וְעֵ֤ד · עֵֽד׃ פSamuel said to them, “The LORD is a witness against you, and His anointed is a witness today, that you have not found anything in my hand.” “He is a witness,” they replied.Job 10:17 · עֵדֶ֨יךָ׀You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me in wave after wave.Job 16:8 · לְעֵ֣דYou have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.Job 16:19 · עֵדִ֑יEven now my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.Psalm 27:12 · עֵֽדֵי־Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.Psalm 35:11 · עֵדֵ֣יHostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.Psalm 89:37 · וְעֵ֥דlike the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” SelahProverbs 6:19 · עֵ֣דa false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.Proverbs 12:17 · וְעֵ֖דHe who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.Proverbs 14:5 · עֵ֣ד · עֵ֣דAn honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.Proverbs 14:25 · עֵ֣דA truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is deceitful.Proverbs 19:5 · עֵ֣דA false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.Proverbs 19:9 · עֵ֣דA false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.Proverbs 19:28 · עֵ֣דA corrupt witness mocks justice, and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity.Proverbs 21:28 · עֵד־A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.Proverbs 24:28 · עֵד־Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.Proverbs 25:18 · עֵ֣דLike a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.Isaiah 8:2 · עֵדִ֖יםAnd I will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnesses—Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”Isaiah 19:20 · וּלְעֵ֛דIt will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, He will send them a savior and defender to rescue them.Isaiah 43:9 · עֵֽדֵיהֶם֙All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and proclaim to us the former things? Let them present their witnesses to vindicate them, so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”Isaiah 43:10 · עֵדַי֙“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.Isaiah 43:12 · עֵדַ֛יI alone decreed and saved and proclaimed—I, and not some foreign god among you. So you are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “that I am God.Isaiah 44:8 · עֵדָ֑יDo not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”Isaiah 44:9 · וְעֵדֵיהֶ֣םAll makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.Isaiah 55:4 · עֵ֥דBehold, I have made him a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the peoples.Jeremiah 29:23 · וָעֵ֖דFor they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares the LORD.”Jeremiah 32:10 · עֵדִ֑יםI signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.Jeremiah 32:12 · הָֽעֵדִ֔יםand I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who were signing the purchase agreement and all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard.Jeremiah 32:25 · עֵדִ֑יםYet You, O Lord GOD, have said to me, ‘Buy for yourself the field with silver and call in witnesses, even though the city has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans!’”Jeremiah 32:44 · עֵדִים֒Fields will be purchased with silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah—the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev—because I will restore them from captivity, declares the LORD.”Jeremiah 42:5 · לְעֵ֖דThen they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act upon every word that the LORD your God sends you to tell us.Micah 1:2 · לְעֵ֔דHear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.Zephaniah 3:8 · לְעַ֑דTherefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.Malachi 3:5 · עֵ֣ד“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.