Word Forms
These forms come from “congregation” and change to fit the sentence.
- congregationbase form
- congregationsplural
congregation
WEB 127 appearances
KJV 367 appearances
Congregation means a group of people gathered together. In the Bible, it usually means the whole group of God's people.
Biblical Usage
This word is often used when God's people come together to pray, listen to leaders, or obey God's commands. Leaders like Moses spoke to the congregation to give them God's rules.
WEB Representative Scriptures
When they blow them, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the door of the Tent of Meeting.Numbers 10:3 (WEB)
They brought what Moses commanded before the Tent of Meeting. All the congregation came near and stood before the LORD.Leviticus 9:5 (WEB)
The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the Tent of Meeting there. The land was subdued before them.Joshua 18:1 (WEB)
KJV Representative Scriptures
¶ Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:Exodus 12:3 (KJV)
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.Psalms 1:5 (KJV)
Praise ye the LORD . Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.Psalms 149:1 (KJV)