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עֲצָרָה

atsara · solemn assembly

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6116 · appears 11 times in the Bible

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What it means

atsara (עֲצָרָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “solemn assembly”.

A gathering of the whole people on a festival day, when no work is done.

How to say it

a·tsa·ra

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. A gathering of the people on a feast day.
  2. A group of people gathered, though not for a feast.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • solemn assembly ×9
  • assembly ×1
  • solemn assemblies ×1

Where it appears

  • Leviticus 23:36

    Seven days you shall present a fire offering to YHWH. On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation and present a fire offering to YHWH; it is a solemn assembly; you shall do no laborious work at all.

  • Numbers 29:35

    On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly; you shall not do any laborious work.

  • Deuteronomy 16:8

    Six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a solemn assembly to YHWH your Elohim; you shall not do any work.

  • 2 Kings 10:20

    Jehu said, “Consecrate a solemn assembly for Baal.” And they proclaimed it.

  • 2 Chronicles 7:9

    On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for they had held the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.

  • Nehemiah 8:18

    And he read in the book of the law of Elohim day after day, from the first day until the last day. And they celebrated the feast seven days, and on the eighth day there was a solemn assembly, according to the rule.

  • Isaiah 1:13

    Do not keep bringing a false offering; incense is an abomination to me; new moon and Sabbath, the calling of a convocation I cannot bear wickedness with a solemn assembly.

  • Jeremiah 9:2

    Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place for travelers, that I might leave my people and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of traitors.

  • Joel 1:14

    Consecrate a fast, call a solemn assembly; gather the elders, all the inhabitants of the land, to the house of YHWH your Elohim, and cry out to YHWH.

  • Joel 2:15

    Blow the horn in Zion, consecrate a fast, call a solemn assembly.

  • Amos 5:21

    I hate, I reject your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.