moed · appointed time, meeting

What it means

moed (מוֹעֵד) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “appointed time, meeting”.

Time fixed in advance: an appointed date, a season of the year, a feast. Also the meeting held at that time and the place for it; hence "tent of meeting".

How to say it

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 date fixed beforehand.
2. Literally "meeting time": days YHWH set for his people to meet him.
3. An appointment with God: the tent where he meets his people.
4. An agreed signal.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

Appointed time: a date fixed in advance, a feast; and the meeting held at it. BDB defines it as an appointment: a fixed time, a festival, a convened assembly and the place of meeting.

• The appointed times marked by the sun and moon Genesis 1:14
• The date fixed by God Genesis 17:21Genesis 18:14
• The feasts: “the appointed times of YHWH” Leviticus 23:2
• “The tent of meeting” Exodus 27:21
• An appointment between persons 1 Samuel 20:35
• “The mount of meeting” Isaiah 14:13

How we translate it

“Meeting” 151 times, “appointed time” 31, “appointed times” 24, “appointed feast” 7. This edition sets “appointed time” and “tent of meeting” (אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד). The feasts of Leviticus 23 are also called “appointed times”, so that it can be seen to be the same word as in Genesis 1:14.

How it is translated

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

• meeting ×151
• appointed time ×31
• appointed times ×24
• appointed feast ×7
• appointed ×5
• time ×2
• Now the agreed signal ×1
• festivals ×1
• times ×1

Where it appears

• Genesis×4
• Exodus×38
• Leviticus×49
• Numbers×65
• Deuteronomy×4
• Joshua×3
• Judges×1
• 1 Samuel×5
• 2 Samuel×2
• 1 Kings×1
• 2 Kings×2
• 1 Chronicles×4
• 2 Chronicles×8
• Ezra×1
• Nehemiah×1
• Job×1
• Psalms×5
• Isaiah×3
• Jeremiah×2
• Lamentations×6
• Ezekiel×5
• Daniel×6
• Hosea×4
• Habakkuk×1
• Zephaniah×1
• Zechariah×1

• Genesis 1:14

  And Elohim said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for appointed times and for days and years;

• Genesis 17:21

  But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this appointed time next year.”

• Genesis 18:14

  Is anything too hard for YHWH? At the appointed time I will return to you, at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”

• Genesis 21:2

  Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time of which Elohim had spoken to him.

• Exodus 9:5

  And YHWH set a time, saying, “Tomorrow YHWH will do this thing in the land.”

• Exodus 13:10

  You shall keep this statute at its appointed time from year to year.

• Exodus 23:15

  The feast of Unleavened Bread you shall keep: seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time of the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. And none shall appear before me empty-handed.

• Exodus 27:21

  In the tent of meeting, outside the veil that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall set it in order from evening to morning before YHWH. It is a statute forever throughout their generations on the part of the sons of Israel.

• Exodus 28:43

  They shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near to the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they do not bear iniquity and die. It is a statute forever for him and for his offspring after him.

• Exodus 29:4

  Aaron and his sons you shall bring near to the entrance of the tent of meeting, and wash them with water.

• Exodus 29:10

  You shall bring near the bull before the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull.

• Exodus 29:11

  You shall slaughter the bull before YHWH at the entrance of the tent of meeting,

• Exodus 29:30

  Seven days the priest who succeeds him from among his sons shall wear them, the one who goes into the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place.

• Exodus 29:32

  Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread that is in the basket at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

• Exodus 29:42

  It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before YHWH, where I will meet with you to speak to you there.

• Exodus 29:44

  I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar; and Aaron and his sons I will consecrate to serve as priests for me.

• Exodus 30:16

  You shall take the silver of expiation from the sons of Israel and give it for the service of the tent of meeting; and it shall be for the sons of Israel a memorial before YHWH, to make expiation for your lives.”

• Exodus 30:18

  “You shall make a basin of bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing, and put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.

• Exodus 30:20

  When they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water so that they will not die; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to offer up in smoke a fire offering to YHWH,

• Exodus 30:26

  With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,

• Exodus 30:36

  You shall grind some of it very fine and put some of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you; most holy it shall be to you.

• Exodus 31:7

  the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the cover of expiation that is on it, and all the utensils of the tent;

• Exodus 33:7

  And Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought YHWH would go out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp.

• Exodus 34:18

  The Feast of Unleavened Bread you shall keep: seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time of the month of Abib, for in the month of Abib you came out from Egypt.

• Exodus 35:21

  And they came, every man whose heart stirred him, and everyone whose spirit moved him, and they brought the contribution of YHWH for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments.

• Exodus 38:8

  And he made the basin of bronze and its stand of bronze, from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

• Exodus 38:30

  And with it he made the bases of the entrance of the tent of meeting, and the altar of bronze, and the grating of bronze that belonged to it, and all the utensils of the altar,

• Exodus 39:32

  So all the labor of the dwelling, the tent of meeting, was finished; and the sons of Israel did according to all that YHWH had commanded Moses; so they did.

• Exodus 39:40

  the hangings of the courtyard, its pillars and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the courtyard, its cords and its pegs, and all the utensils for the service of the dwelling, for the tent of meeting;

• Exodus 40:2

  “On the day of the first month, on the first day of the month, you shall set up the dwelling, the tent of meeting.

• Exodus 40:6

  And you shall put the altar of burnt offering before the entrance of the dwelling, the tent of meeting.

• Exodus 40:7

  And you shall put the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.

• Exodus 40:12

  And you shall bring Aaron and his sons near to the entrance of the tent of meeting, and wash them with water.

• Exodus 40:22

  And he put the table in the tent of meeting, on the side of the dwelling northward, outside the veil,

• Exodus 40:24

  And he put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the side of the dwelling southward,

• Exodus 40:26

  And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil,

• Exodus 40:29

  And the altar of burnt offering he put at the entrance of the dwelling, the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

• Exodus 40:30

  And he put the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water there for washing.

• Exodus 40:32

  When they went into the tent of meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they would wash, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

• Exodus 40:34

  Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of YHWH filled the dwelling.

And 183 more times.