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1. assembly specially convoked:
\ \ a. for evil counsel, || סוד 1 Mos 49,6 (poem); מרעים ׳ק Sl 26,5 for civil affairs Ord 5,14 (see Toy), Ord 26,26; Job 30,28 (Di publice).
\ \ b. for war or invasion, 4 Mos 22,4 (E), Dom 20,2; Dom 21,5; Dom 21,8; 1 Sam 17,47; Ezk 16,40; Ezk 38,7 (plural only here), + 8 t. Ezekiel; גדול ׳ק (|| חיל רב) Ezk 38,15 רב ׳ק (|| חיל גדול) Ezk 17,17; Ezk 38,4 גוים ׳ק Jer 50,9 עמים ׳ק Ezk 23,24; Ezk 32,3.
\ \ c. company of returning exiles, Jer 31,8; Ezr 2,64 = Neh 7,66.
\ \ d. for religious purposes, to hear words of ׳י at Horeb 5 Mos 5,19, ׳ביום הק 5 Mos 9,10; 5 Mos 10,4 (gloss, not in ᵐ5), 5 Mos 18,16 word of Jeremiah Jer 26,17; Jer 44,15 for feasts, fasts and worship 2 Kron 20,5; 2 Kron 30,25 (twice in verse); Neh 5,13; Joel 2,16; Sl 107,32 רב ׳ק Sl 22,26 + 4 t.; לרב מְאֹד ׳וַיֵּאָֽסְפו ק֗֗֗ 2 Kron 30,13 גדול ׳ק 1 Kong 8,65 = 2 Kron 7,8 ׳בתוך (ה)ק 2 Kron 20,14; Sl 22,23.

2. congregation, as organized body:
\ \ a. of Israel: יהוה ׳ק Mik 2,5; 4 Mos 16,3; 4 Mos 20,4 (P), 1 Kron 28,8 (׳י) ׳באבק 5 Mos 23,2; 5 Mos 23,3 (twice in verse); 5 Mos 23,4 (twice in verse); 5 Mos 23,9; Neh 13,1; Klg 1,10 ישׂראל ׳כל ק 5 Mos 31,30; Jos 8,35 (D)3 Mos 16,17 (P) 1 Kong 8,14 (twice in verse); 1 Kong 8,22; 1 Kong 8,55 = 2 Kron 6,3 (twice in verse); 2 Kron 6,12; 2 Kron 6,13, 1 Kong 12,3; 1 Kron 13,2 עדת ישׂראל ׳כל ק 2 Mos 12,6 (ᵐ5 reads בני before ׳יִשׂ), 4 Mos 14,5 (P; ᵐ5 συναγωγή; ᵑ0 probably conflation); ׳כל עם הק 3 Mos 16,33 ׳כל הק 2 Mos 16,3 (P) 1 Kron 13,4 + 12 t. Chronicles; ׳הק 3 Mos 4,13; 3 Mos 4,14; 3 Mos 4,21 + 8 t. Numbers (P) 8 t. 2 Chronicles
\ \ b. restored community in Jerusalem Ezr 10,12; Ezr 10,14; Neh 8,2; Neh 8,17 הֵגּוֺלָה ׳ק Ezr 10,8 later the better part of it, חסידים ׳ק Sl 149,1.
\ \ c. of angels, קדשׁים ׳ק Sl 89,6.
\ \ d. more general: company, assembled multitude, גוים ׳ק 1 Mos 35,11 (P), עמים ׳ק 1 Mos 28,3; 1 Mos 48,4 (P), רפאים ׳ק Ord 21,16.