מוֹעֵד
appointed time
also: appointed place, meeting fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
4 verses where H4150 appears in the Absolute state in the Book of Daniel. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Daniel
- Daniel 11:27 לַ/מּוֹעֵֽד prep det + n c ms As for both these kings, their hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table: but it shall not prosper; for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
- Daniel 11:29 לַ/מּוֹעֵ֥ד prep det + n c ms At the time appointed he shall return, and come into the south; but it shall not be in the latter time as it was in the former.
- Daniel 11:35 לַ/מּוֹעֵֽד prep det + n c ms Some of those who are wise shall fall, to refine them, and to purify, and to make them white, even to the time of the end; because it is yet for the time appointed.
- Daniel 12:7 לְ/מוֹעֵ֨ד מֽוֹעֲדִ֜ים prep + n c ms n c mp I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by him who lives forever that it shall be for a time, times, and a half; and when they have made an end of breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“appointed time” is the headline sense of the Hebrew noun מועד (môwʻêd). The King James Version usually renders it “congregation,” while modern versions prefer “meeting” (Berean Standard Bible) — see the renderings breakdown. With 213 verses in 26 books, it is a common word in the Hebrew Bible. It concentrates in Numbers, which alone accounts for 30% of its uses. Not a single-sense word: its full sense range also takes in “appointed place” and “meeting”. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H4150 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 213
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 213 distinct verses.
- 26 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 26 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #212
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 212 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 213 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 213 distinct verses.
- Torah (Pentateuch) 152 verses · 71%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 31 verses · 15%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 30 verses · 14%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Congregation 149×, Time appointed 6×, Solemn feasts 5×
- American Standard Version: Meeting 144×, Set feasts 8×, Appointed season 5×
- Berean Standard Bible: Meeting 146×, Appointed feasts 18×, Appointed time 13×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Meeting 147×, Appointed time 20×, Appointed times 10×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H4150 across 223 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 33 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H4150 across 225 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 32 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H4150 across 223 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 24 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H4150 across 228 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 16 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
9 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 9 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. appointed time:
- a. in general with prefix לְ, at an or the appointed time Gn 18:14; Ex 13:10 (J), Ex 23:15; 34:18; Jos 8:14 (all JE), Gn 17:21; 21:2 (P), 1 S 9:24; 13:8 (after אשׁר insert either אָמַר 𝔊 𝔗 or שָׂם Dr), v 11 2 K 4:16, 17; Hb 2:3; Dn 8:19; 11:27, 29, 35; למ׳ דוד at the time appointed with David 1 S 20:35 (Thes SS place appointed); c. prefix בְּ Ho 2:11 Lv 23:4 Nu 9:2, 3, 7, 13; 28:2 (P); c. מִן 2 S 20:5; עַד עֵת מ׳ 24:15 unto the time appointed (but dub., v. Dr); c. vbs. בא מ׳ ψ 102:14; לקח מ׳ 75:3; שׂים מ׳ Ex 9:5 (J); העביר המ׳ Je 46:17; the stork ידעה מ׳ Je 8:7 knows her appointed time; מ׳ צאתך Dt 16:6 time of thy going forth (from Egypt). e.g. Genesis 18:14
- b. in particular (cf. Ex 13:10; 23:15; 34:18), sacred season, RV usually set feast or appointed season (wider than חַג, which was only a feast celebrated by a pilgrimage), מ׳ (ימי) יוֹם day(s) of appointed season (i.e. festivals) Ho 9:5; 12:10; La 2:7, 22; sg. indef. 1:4; of the feast of booths Dt 31:10; ‖ חג חדשׁ שׁבת Ho 2:13; ‖ שׁבת La 2:6; usually pl. מ׳ יהוה Lv 23:2, 4, 37, 44 (P), 2 Ch 2:3 Ezr 3:5; with sfs. referring to י׳ Lv 23:2 (P); בּמ׳ Nu 15:3; 29:39 (P), Ez 36:38; 46:9; קרית מ׳ city of our solemnities (sacred seasons) Is 33:20; למ׳ טובים Zc 8:19; ‖ שׁבתות Ez 44:24; ‖ חדשׁים Is 1:14; 1 Ch 23:31; 2 Ch 8:13; 31:3 Ne 10:34; ‖ חגים Ez 46:11; חגים חדשׁים Ez 45:17; ‖ ראשׁי חָדְשֵׁכֶם Nu 10:10 (P).—Notes. It is most probable that in Gn 1:14 (P), where מ׳ ‖ אֹתֹת, the reference is to the sacred seasons as fixed by the moon’s appearance; and so also עשׂה ירח למ׳ he made the moon for sacred seasons ψ 104:19, although many Lexx. & Comm. refer these to the seasons of the year.—למועד מועדים וחצי Dn 12:7 for a set time, times, and a half = 3 1/2 appointed times = half the prophetic week of years, cf. BrMP 453 f.—ויאכלו את המ׳ they ate throughout the sacred season (of Maṣṣoth) 2 Ch 30:22 AV RV, but Thes SS Be Ke Öt they ate the offerings of the sacred season; 𝔊 וַיְכַלּוּ. e.g. Exodus 13:10
- 2. appointed meeting: בֵּית מ׳ לְכָל־חַי Jb 30:23 house of meeting for every living (of She’ol); קְרִאֵי מ׳ Nu 16:2 (P) called to the assembly = קְרִאֵי הָעֵדָה; קרא עלי מ׳ La 1:15 called a festal meeting against me; בקרב מ׳ ψ 74:4 in the midst of thine assembly; הַר מוֹעֵד Is 14:13 mount of meeting or assembly (of the gods; the mountain of the gods in the extreme north, the oriental Olympus, Persian Alborg, Hindu Meru, Babylon. Arallû, cf. LenOrigines ii, ch. ix). e.g. Job 30:23
- 3. appointed place:
- a. the temple, ‖ שֻׂכּוֹ La 2:6, נוּגֵי ממ׳ afflicted (and driven) from the place of assembly Zp 3:18 (cf. BrMP 225). e.g. Lamentations 2:6
- b. synagogues, כָּל־מוֹעֲדֵי־אֵל בָּאָרֶץ all the appointed places of Ēl in the land ψ 74:8 = בֵּית וַעַד Sota 9:15. e.g. Psalms 74:8
- 4. appointed sign, signal, Ju 20:38. e.g. Judges 20:38
- 5. אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד tent of meeting (of God with his people: see יָעַד Niph. 1); the sacred tent of the Exodus (see אֹהֶל 3) Ex 33:7(×2) Nu 12:4; Dt 31:14(×2) (E), Nu 11:16 (J); often in P, as Ex 27:21; 29:4; Lv 1:1, 3; Jos 18:1; 19:51, etc. (131 times); elsewhere only 1 S 2:22b (om. 𝔊), 1 K 8:4 = 2 Ch 5:5, 1 Ch 6:17; 9:21; 23:32; 2 Ch 1:3, 6, 13. e.g. Exodus 33:7
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.m. ψ 102:14 appointed time, place, meeting; מ׳ Ex 9:5 + 183 times; מֹעֵד Dt 31:10; מוֹעֲדוֹ Nu 9:2 + 2 times; מֹעֲדוֹ La 2:6 + 3 times + 5 times sfs.; pl. מוֹעְדִים Dn 12:7 + 6 times; מֹעֲדִים Zc 8:19 1 Ch 23:31; מוֹעֲדוֹת 2 Ch 8:13; cstr. מוֹעֲדֵי Lv 23:2 + 6 times; מֹעֲדֵי Lv 23:44; sfs. מוֹעֲדַי Ez 44:24; מֹעֲדֵיכֶם Nu 15:3 + 6 times sfs;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from יעד (yâʻad) (H3259) — to appoint.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
מוּעָד
- (עוּד) forewarned, esp. (law) Muʿad (v. Ex. XXI, 29), an animal whose owner stands forewarned on account of three successive injuries; liable to full indemnity, contrad. to תָּם. B. Kam. I, 4 שור המ׳ an ox that has done damage three times. Ib. השן מ׳ לאכול וכ׳ the tooth of an animal is considered a muʿad with reference to eating such things as are fit to be eaten by it, i.e. damages for eating must be paid in full without previous forewarning. Ib. הרגל מ׳ לשבר וכ׳ the foot is a muʿad &c., i.e. what an animal treads upon on its way must be paid for in full without forewarning. Ib. הנחש מ׳ לעולם the serpent is always a muʿad (even when tamed). Ib. מ׳ משלם נזק שלם וכ׳ the muʿad pays full damage, collectible from the owner’s best property. Ib. II, 4 מ׳ כל שהעידו וכ׳ a muʿad is an animal against which three warnings on three days have been given; (another opin.) מ׳ שהעידו … פעמים against which three warnings have been given (even in one day). Ib. 5 אדם מ׳ לעולם damage done by a human being must under all circumstances be restored in full. Ib. 17ᵇ (הידוס) הרי זה מ׳ damage done by chickens must be restored in full; אינו מ׳ must not &c.; a. v. fr.—Trnsf. מ׳ לעבירה a muʿad for sin, i.e. likely to sin again. Num. R. s. 9 כיון שנשתלש בחטא נעשה מ׳ לע׳ having sinned three times, he has become a muʿad for sin.—Pl. מוּעָדִים, מוּעָדִין. B. Kam. I, 4; Tosef. ib. I, 4 חמשה מ׳ there are five kinds of muʿads. B. Kam. 16ᵃ; a. fr. e.g. Exodus 21:29
מוֹעֵד
- 1. appointed time, appointment. Pes. I, 3 (10ᵇ) בתוך המ׳ within the time appointed for the removal of leavened matter (up to the sixth hour of the day); אחר המ׳ after the time (until nightfall), Rashi; (oth. interpret., v. infra).—Pl. מוֹעֲדִים. Erub. 54ᵇ עשה מ׳ לתורה have fixed times for the study of the Law, v. מוֹדִיעַ.
- 2. festive season, festival, esp. = חוֹל הַמּ׳, the week-days intervening between the first and the last days of Passover and of Succoth. M. Kat. I, 1; a. fr.—Pes. l. c. בתוך המ׳ during the festive week of Passover; לאחר המ׳ after Passover, Tosaf.; (oth. interpret., v. supra).—Pl. מוֹעֲדִים, מוֹעֲדוֹת. Pes. X, 6 מ׳ ורגלים אחרים other seasons and festivals. Sabb. 145ᵇ מ׳ שבבל שמחים the festivals in Babylonia are joyously celebrated; a. fr.—מ׳ קטן Moʿed Katon, (half-festival) name of a treatise of the Mishnah, Tosefta, Talmud Babli and Y’rushalmi, of the Order of Moʿed.—סדר מ׳ the Order of Moʿed, name of the second order of the Mishnah, Tosefta and Talmud Babli and Y’rushalmi.
מוֹעֵד ²
- Targ. I Sam. I, 3; 4.—M. Kat. 18ᵇ חולא דמ׳ = חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד, v. preced. Y. Ab. Zar. I, 39ᵇ bot. בריה דמ׳ the day or days after a (gentile) festival.—Pl. מוֹעֲדִין, מוֹעֲדַיָּא. Targ. Lev. XXIII, 2. Targ. Hos. II, 13; a. fr.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 68 distinct written forms H4150 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 8 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H4150, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Proper names from this root
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Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 7 — not the complete family. 3 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 202 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 213 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 1:14
- Exodus 9:5
- Leviticus 1:1
- Numbers 1:1
- Deuteronomy 16:6
- Joshua 8:14
- Judges 20:38
- 1 Samuel 2:22
- 2 Samuel 20:5
- 1 Kings 8:4
- 2 Kings 4:16
- 1 Chronicles 6:32
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
