Tent of Meeting

מוֹעֵד223 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;— †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). 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. 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). 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). b. synagogues, כָּל־מוֹעֲדֵי־אֵל בָּאָרֶץ all the appointed places of Ēl in the land ψ 74:8 = בֵּית וַעַד Sota 9:15. 4. appointed sign, signal, Ju 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.

ἀπάντ-ησις, εως, ἡ, = {ἀπάντημα}, Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰς -σίν τινι ἐξελθεῖνLXX+NT; escort, Refs 2nd c.BC+ __II meeting in argument, reply, πρός τιRefs 4th c.BC+; ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι to reply, Refs 2nd c.BC+; προσφιλὴς κατ᾽ ἀ. in conversation, Refs 1st c.BC+ __III steadfastness in face of opposition, Refs 5th c.BC+

ὑπάντ-ησις, εως, ἡ, coming to meet, ἐξῆλθον εἰς ὑπάντησιν αὐτῷ NT+1st c.AD+ __2 Astrology texts, encounter of a heavenly body, in ἄφεσις, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II metaphorically, retort, answer, Refs 2nd c.AD+; πρός τιRefs 2nd c.AD+ __II.2 counter-treatment, Refs 2nd c.AD+

† מִפְקָד n.[m.] muster, appointment, appointed place;—abs. מ׳ only in שַׁעַר הַמּ׳ Ne 3:31, v. i. שַׁ֫עַר" dir="rtl" >שַׁעַר; cstr. מִפְקַד: 1. muster of people 2 S 24:9 = 1 Ch 21:5. 2. appointment of (by) Hezekiah 2 Ch 31:13. 3. appointed place of (in) temple Ez 43:21 (Krae watch, guard-house; Köii 1, 93 conj. מוֹקֵד).