5749. uwd
Lexical Summary
uwd: To bear witness, to testify, to admonish, to call to witness

Original Word: עוּד
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: `uwd
Pronunciation: ood
Phonetic Spelling: (ood)
KJV: admonish, charge, earnestly, lift up, protest, call (take) to record, relieve, rob, solemnly, stand upright, testify, give warning, (bear, call to, give, take to) witness
Word Origin: [a primitive root]

1. to duplicate or repeat
2. (by implication) to protest, testify (as by reiteration)
3. (intensively) to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
admonish, charge, earnestly, lift up, protest, call take to record, relieve, rob,

A primitive root; to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively, to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication) -- admonish, charge, earnestly, lift up, protest, call (take) to record, relieve, rob, solemnly, stand upright, testify, give warning, (bear, call to, give, take to) witness.

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[עוּד] verb probably return, go about, repeat, do again (Arabic , return, do again IV. restore, also say again, iterate, habit; Ethiopic turn about, surround, circuit, circle; Syriac Pa`el accustom, Ethpe`el, Aph`el be accustomed, usage, ceremong, festival (Brock), whence Arabic id., as loan-word, Frä276; Palmyrene עידא usage Lzb337 Cook90; Late Hebrew עֵד, and especially עֵדוּת = Biblical Hebrew, also עִיד festival, ᵑ7 עִידָא; compare probably Assyrian Shaph`el uš-id, he he solemnly affirmed DlHWB 32); — only intensive :

Pi`el surround (compare Ethiopic), Perfect3masculine singular suffix עִוְּדֻנִי Psalm 119:61 (compare סְבָבוּנִי Psalm 18:6).

Pol`el, restore, relieve (compare Arabic IV.), Imperfect3masculine singular יְעוֺדֵד, with accusative of person Psalm 146:9 ("" שָׁמַר, opposed to עִוֵּת), Psalm 147:6 (opposed to הִשְׁמִּיל).

Hithpolel be restored, Imperfect1plural וַנִּתְעוֺדָּ֑ד Psalm 20:9 ( + קוּם, opposed to נָפַל; ᵐ5 ἀνωρθώθημεν.

[עוּד] verb denominative (Gerber42f.) bear witness; —

Qal Imperfect1singular suffix אֲעוּדֵךְ Lamentations 2:13 Kt; <

Hiph`il Qr Bu.

Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular הֵעִיד 2 Kings 17:15; Malachi 2:14; הֵעִד Genesis 43:3; 2masculine singular ַ˜העִי֫דֹתָ Nehemiah 9:34; ַ˜העֵדֹ֫תָה Exodus 19:23; 1singular ַ˜העִידֹ֫תִי Deuteronomy 4:26; Jeremiah 42:19; 3masculine plural הֵעִ֫ידוּ Nehemiah 9:26, etc.; Imperfect וַיָּ֫עַד 2 Kings 17:13; Zechariah 3:6; 3feminine singular suffix וַתְּעִידֵ֫נִי Job 29:11 15t. Imperfect; Infinitive absolute הָעֵד Genesis 43:3 4t.; Imperative הָעֵד Exodus 19:21 2t. Imperative Participle מֵעִיד Deuteronomy 32:46. —

1 testify, bear witness, with suffix against one 1 Kings 21:10,13; in favour of Job 29:11; Lamentations 2:13 (Qr); with בֵּין Malachi 2:14.

2 cause to testify, take as witness, with accusative of person Isaiah 8:2; Jeremiah 32:10,25,44; call as witness, invoke, with accusative את השׁמים ואת הארץ + בְּ against Deuteronomy 4:26; Deuteronomy 30:19; Deuteronomy 31:28.

3 protest, affirm solemnly, warn: subject men, absolute Jeremiah 6:10; Nehemiah 13:15; with בְּ person Genesis 43:3 (twice in verse) (J) Exodus 19:21 (E) 1 Samuel 8:9 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 2:42; 2Chronicles 24:19; Nehemiah 9:26; Nehemiah 13:21; Jeremiah 42:19; Amos 3:13; exhort solemnly, admonish, charge, ׳י subject, with בְּ person, Exodus 19:23 (J) Deuteronomy 8:19; 2 Kings 17:13; Nehemiah 9:29,30; Jeremiah 11:7 (3 t. in verse); Zechariah 3:6; Psalm 50:7; Psalm 81:9; enjoin solemnly, with בְּ person + accusative of thing עֵדְוֺת 2 Kings 17:15; Nehemiah 9:34, דברים Deuteronomy 32:46.

Hoph`al Perfect3masculine singular וְהוּעַד consecutive Exodus 21:29 (E) impersonal and protest be entered, with בְּ person

Topical Lexicon
Central Idea: Bearing Witness and Repeated Admonition

Strong’s עוּד is consistently employed for the solemn act of testifying, warning, or causing another to bear witness. Whether spoken by the Lord, by His servants, or by leaders of Israel, the verb frames moments when hearers are placed under covenant accountability. Its distributions cluster at key historical junctures, underscoring Scripture’s unified theme that revelation brings responsibility.

Covenant Foundations in the Torah

In Deuteronomy the term appears at turning-point addresses that seal Israel’s relationship with the Lord before entry into Canaan. Moses twice “calls heaven and earth to witness” (Deuteronomy 4:26; 30:19), invoking the permanence of creation as courtroom observers to the nation’s obedience or rebellion. The same formula re-emerges when Moses gathers tribal elders at the close of his ministry: “Assemble before me… so that I may… call heaven and earth to witness against them” (Deuteronomy 31:28). Immediately afterward, Moses charges the people to “take to heart all the words I testify among you this day” (Deuteronomy 32:46). Thus the Torah employs עוּד to knit law, oath, and consequence into a single covenant fabric.

Conquest and Settlement: Shechem’s Public Testimony

At the covenant-renewal ceremony in Joshua 24, the verb transitions from divine speech to human response. Joshua challenges the tribes: “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the LORD to serve Him” (Joshua 24:22). The people’s reply, “We are witnesses,” shows עוּד functioning as self-incrimination should apostasy follow. The stone set up beneath the terebinth “has heard all the words the LORD spoke” (Joshua 24:27), extending the concept of witness from heaven and earth to a physical monument within the land.

Early Monarchy: Judicial Integrity and Prophetic Confrontation

Samuel models righteous leadership by surrendering his reputation to public scrutiny: “The LORD is witness against you, and His anointed is witness this day” (1 Samuel 12:5). David later employs the verb in a legal sense when he confronts the Amalekite who claimed to kill Saul: “Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth testified against you” (2 Samuel 1:16). These scenes display עוּד as a safeguard of justice; the spoken word binds the speaker before God and community.

Poetic and Wisdom Literature: Personal and Corporate Admonition

Psalm 50:7 places the Lord in the witness stand: “Hear, O My people, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.” Psalm 81:8 echoes the same covenant plea. Job employs the verb in lament—“Your witnesses renew themselves against me” (Job 10:17)—portraying suffering as an ever-mounting indictment that only divine vindication can answer. Together, Psalms and Job reveal that עוּד can express both righteous rebuke and the anguished sense of being wrongfully accused.

Pre-Exilic Prophets: Persistent Warnings

When idolatry hardens Israel and Judah, עוּד articulates the Lord’s longsuffering persistence. “Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah” (2 Kings 17:13). Jeremiah echoes, “I solemnly warned your fathers…and warned them again and again” (Jeremiah 11:7). The verb’s iterative force (“again and again”) shows that prophetic ministry is not a single pronouncement but a sustained call to repentance.

Post-Exilic Community: Renewed Accountability

After exile, Nehemiah recounts Israel’s history: “You warned them to turn back to Your law, but they became arrogant” (Nehemiah 9:29). The restored remnant recognizes that previous generations fell under repeated testimony; their survival depends on heeding it. Thus עוּד bridges pre- and post-exilic eras, affirming the continuity of divine claims on His people.

Theological Themes

1. Covenant Accountability: Testimony establishes legal grounds for blessings or curses, highlighting God’s justice.
2. Cosmic Witness: Heaven, earth, stones, and even enemies can serve as impartial observers, demonstrating that no act escapes the Creator’s notice.
3. Prophetic Responsibility: Those entrusted with God’s word must “warn” (Jeremiah 11:7), modeling faithful proclamation irrespective of audience response.
4. Personal Testimony: Human speech can either vindicate (1 Samuel 12:5) or condemn (2 Samuel 1:16), reflecting Jesus’ later teaching that “by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned” (Matthew 12:37).

Ministry Implications

• Preaching and Teaching: The verb encourages pastors to deliver the whole counsel of God, not merely informative lectures but covenantal warnings that aim for transformation.
• Discipleship: Believers are called to mutual admonition—“admonish one another with all wisdom” (Colossians 3:16)—a New Testament echo of עוּד’s corporate dimension.
• Evangelism: God’s servants “testify to the gospel of God’s grace” (Acts 20:24). The Old Testament pattern validates bearing witness as both privilege and solemn duty.
• Ethical Speech: Because words can stand as witnesses before God, integrity in vows, testimony, and everyday conversation is non-negotiable.

Christological Fulfillment and Forward Look

The Lord Jesus embodies the faithful and true Witness (Revelation 3:14). His life, death, and resurrection complete the pattern that עוּד sketches: perfect testimony both about God to humanity and about humanity before God. Post-Pentecost believers receive power to be His witnesses “to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8), carrying forward the ancient rhythm of gracious warning and covenant affirmation.

Summary

Wherever עוּד appears, Scripture binds revelation to responsibility. From Sinai to the Restoration, God raises witnesses, repeats admonitions, and records testimony so that every generation may choose life. The church today stands in that same line, charged to warn, to testify, and to trust that the Judge of all the earth will do right.

Forms and Transliterations
אֲעִידֵ֞ךְ אעידך הֵעִ֖יד הֵעִ֥ידוּ הֵעִ֨יד הֵעִד֩ הַעִדֹ֜תִי הַעִדֹ֤תִי הַעִידֹ֖תָ הַעִידֹ֥תִי הַעִידֹ֨תִי הַעִידֹתִי֩ הַעֵדֹ֤תָה הָעֵ֣ד הָעֵ֤ד הָעֵ֨ד העד העדתה העדתי העיד העידו העידת העידתי וְאָעִ֙ידָה֙ וְאָעִ֣ידָה וְהָעִ֖ידוּ וְהָעֵ֖ד וְהָעֵ֣ד וְהוּעַ֤ד וִיעִדֻ֣הוּ וַיְעִדֻהוּ֩ וַיָּ֙עַד֙ וַיָּ֣עַד וַיָּעִ֥ידוּ וַנִּתְעוֹדָֽד׃ וַתְּעִידֵֽנִי׃ וַתָּ֨עַד וָאָעִ֕יד וָאָעִ֣ידָה וָאָעִ֤ד וָאָעֵ֖ד ואעד ואעיד ואעידה והועד והעד והעידו ויעד ויעדהו ויעידו ונתעודד׃ ותעד ותעידני׃ יְעוֹדֵ֑ד יעודד מְעוֹדֵ֣ד מֵעִ֥יד מעודד מעיד עִוְּדֻ֑נִי עודני תָּעִיד֙ תעיד ‘iw·wə·ḏu·nî ‘iwwəḏunî ’ă‘îḏêḵ ’ă·‘î·ḏêḵ aiDech hā‘êḏ ha‘êḏōṯāh ha‘îḏōṯā ha‘iḏōṯî ha‘îḏōṯî ha·‘ê·ḏō·ṯāh hā·‘êḏ ha·‘î·ḏō·ṯā ha·‘i·ḏō·ṯî ha·‘î·ḏō·ṯî haEd haeDotah haiDota haidoTi hê‘iḏ hê‘îḏ hê‘îḏū hê·‘î·ḏū hê·‘iḏ hê·‘îḏ heId heIdu ivveDuni mê‘îḏ mə‘ōwḏêḏ mê·‘îḏ mə·‘ō·w·ḏêḏ meId meoDed tā‘îḏ tā·‘îḏ taId vaaEd vaaId vaaIdah vaiYaad vaiyaIdu vannitoDad vatTaad vatteiDeni vayiduHu veaIdah vehaEd vehaIdu vehuAd viiDuhu wā’ā‘êḏ wā’ā‘iḏ wā’ā‘îḏ wā’ā‘îḏāh wā·’ā·‘êḏ wā·’ā·‘î·ḏāh wā·’ā·‘iḏ wā·’ā·‘îḏ wan·niṯ·‘ō·w·ḏāḏ wanniṯ‘ōwḏāḏ wat·tā·‘aḏ wat·tə·‘î·ḏê·nî wattā‘aḏ wattə‘îḏênî way‘iḏuhū way·‘i·ḏu·hū way·yā·‘aḏ way·yā·‘î·ḏū wayyā‘aḏ wayyā‘îḏū wə’ā‘îḏāh wə·’ā·‘î·ḏāh wə·hā·‘êḏ wə·hā·‘î·ḏū wə·hū·‘aḏ wəhā‘êḏ wəhā‘îḏū wəhū‘aḏ wî‘iḏuhū wî·‘i·ḏu·hū yə‘ōwḏêḏ yə·‘ō·w·ḏêḏ yeoDed
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Genesis 43:3
HEB: יְהוּדָ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר הָעֵ֣ד הֵעִד֩ בָּ֨נוּ
NAS: The man solemnly warned
KJV: The man did solemnly protest
INT: Judah saying solemnly warned the man

Genesis 43:3
HEB: לֵאמֹ֑ר הָעֵ֣ד הֵעִד֩ בָּ֨נוּ הָאִ֤ישׁ
NAS: solemnly warned us, 'You shall not see
KJV: did solemnly protest unto us, saying,
INT: saying solemnly warned the man saying

Exodus 19:21
HEB: מֹשֶׁ֔ה רֵ֖ד הָעֵ֣ד בָּעָ֑ם פֶּן־
NAS: Go down, warn the people,
KJV: Go down, charge the people,
INT: Moses Go warn the people so

Exodus 19:23
HEB: כִּֽי־ אַתָּ֞ה הַעֵדֹ֤תָה בָּ֙נוּ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר
NAS: Sinai, for You warned us, saying,
KJV: Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying,
INT: for You warned saying Set

Exodus 21:29
HEB: מִתְּמֹ֣ל שִׁלְשֹׁ֗ם וְהוּעַ֤ד בִּבְעָלָיו֙ וְלֹ֣א
NAS: and its owner has been warned, yet he does not confine
KJV: in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner,
INT: before before that time has been warned owner does not

Deuteronomy 4:26
HEB: הַעִידֹתִי֩ בָכֶ֨ם הַיּ֜וֹם
NAS: I call heaven and earth
KJV: and earth to witness against you this day,
INT: call today heaven

Deuteronomy 8:19
HEB: וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִ֣יתָ לָהֶ֑ם הַעִדֹ֤תִי בָכֶם֙ הַיּ֔וֹם
NAS: them and worship them, I testify against you today
KJV: them, and worship them, I testify against you this day
INT: and serve and worship testify today that

Deuteronomy 30:19
HEB: הַעִידֹ֨תִי בָכֶ֣ם הַיּוֹם֮
NAS: I call heaven and earth
KJV: and earth to record this day
INT: call today heaven

Deuteronomy 31:28
HEB: הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה וְאָעִ֣ידָה בָּ֔ם אֶת־
NAS: in their hearing and call the heavens
KJV: and earth to record against them.
INT: words these and call the heavens and the earth

Deuteronomy 32:46
HEB: אֲשֶׁ֧ר אָנֹכִ֛י מֵעִ֥יד בָּכֶ֖ם הַיּ֑וֹם
NAS: with which I am warning you today,
KJV: unto all the words which I testify among you this day,
INT: which I am warning today which

1 Samuel 8:9
HEB: אַ֗ךְ כִּֽי־ הָעֵ֤ד תָּעִיד֙ בָּהֶ֔ם
NAS: however, you shall solemnly warn
KJV: howbeit yet protest solemnly
INT: however for shall solemnly warn and tell

1 Samuel 8:9
HEB: כִּֽי־ הָעֵ֤ד תָּעִיד֙ בָּהֶ֔ם וְהִגַּדְתָּ֣
NAS: you shall solemnly warn them and tell
KJV: yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew
INT: for shall solemnly warn and tell of the procedure

1 Kings 2:42
HEB: הִשְׁבַּעְתִּ֣יךָ בַֽיהוָ֗ה וָאָעִ֤ד בְּךָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר
NAS: by the LORD and solemnly warn you, saying,
KJV: by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying,
INT: swear the LORD and solemnly saying the day

1 Kings 21:10
HEB: בְלִיַּעַל֮ נֶגְדּוֹ֒ וִיעִדֻ֣הוּ לֵאמֹ֔ר בֵּרַ֥כְתָּ
NAS: before him, and let them testify against him, saying,
KJV: of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying,
INT: worthless before testify saying cursed

1 Kings 21:13
HEB: וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ נֶגְדּוֹ֒ וַיְעִדֻהוּ֩ אַנְשֵׁ֨י הַבְּלִיַּ֜עַל
NAS: men testified against him, even against Naboth,
KJV: of Belial witnessed against him, [even] against Naboth,
INT: and sat before testified men and the worthless

2 Kings 17:13
HEB: וַיָּ֣עַד יְהוָ֡ה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל
NAS: Yet the LORD warned Israel and Judah
KJV: Yet the LORD testified against Israel,
INT: warned the LORD Israel

2 Kings 17:15
HEB: עֵֽדְוֹתָ֔יו אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֵעִ֖יד בָּ֑ם וַיֵּ֨לְכוּ֜
NAS: with which He warned them. And they followed
KJV: and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed
INT: and his warnings which warned along and after

2 Chronicles 24:19
HEB: אֶל־ יְהוָ֑ה וַיָּעִ֥ידוּ בָ֖ם וְלֹ֥א
NAS: to the LORD; though they testified against them, they would not listen.
KJV: unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
INT: to the LORD testified not listen

Nehemiah 9:26
HEB: הָרָ֔גוּ אֲשֶׁר־ הֵעִ֥ידוּ בָ֖ם לַהֲשִׁיבָ֣ם
NAS: who had admonished them So that they might return
KJV: thy prophets which testified against them to turn
INT: and killed who had admonished return to you

Nehemiah 9:29
HEB: וַתָּ֨עַד בָּהֶ֜ם לַהֲשִׁיבָ֣ם
NAS: And admonished them in order to turn them back
KJV: And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again
INT: and admonished to turn to

Nehemiah 9:30
HEB: שָׁנִ֣ים רַבּ֔וֹת וַתָּ֨עַד בָּ֧ם בְּרוּחֲךָ֛
NAS: years, And admonished them by Your Spirit
KJV: didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit
INT: years many and admonished your Spirit through

Nehemiah 9:34
HEB: וּלְעֵ֣דְוֹתֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הַעִידֹ֖תָ בָּהֶֽם׃
NAS: with which You have admonished them.
KJV: and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.
INT: and your admonitions which have admonished

Nehemiah 13:15
HEB: בְּי֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת וָאָעִ֕יד בְּי֖וֹם מִכְרָ֥ם
NAS: day. So I admonished [them] on the day
KJV: day: and I testified [against them] in the day
INT: day the sabbath admonished the day sold

Nehemiah 13:21
HEB: וָאָעִ֣ידָה בָהֶ֗ם וָאֹמְרָ֤ה
NAS: Then I warned them and said
KJV: Then I testified against them, and said
INT: warned and said to

Job 29:11
HEB: וְעַ֥יִן רָ֝אֲתָ֗ה וַתְּעִידֵֽנִי׃
NAS: saw, it gave witness of me,
KJV: saw [me], it gave witness to me:
INT: the eye saw gave

44 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5749
44 Occurrences


’ă·‘î·ḏêḵ — 1 Occ.
hā·‘êḏ — 4 Occ.
ha·‘ê·ḏō·ṯāh — 1 Occ.
ha·‘î·ḏō·ṯā — 1 Occ.
ha·‘î·ḏō·ṯî — 5 Occ.
hê·‘iḏ — 3 Occ.
hê·‘î·ḏū — 1 Occ.
‘iw·wə·ḏu·nî — 1 Occ.
mê·‘îḏ — 1 Occ.
mə·‘ō·w·ḏêḏ — 1 Occ.
tā·‘îḏ — 1 Occ.
wā·’ā·‘êḏ — 1 Occ.
wā·’ā·‘iḏ — 2 Occ.
wā·’ā·‘î·ḏāh — 1 Occ.
way·yā·‘aḏ — 2 Occ.
way·yā·‘î·ḏū — 1 Occ.
wan·niṯ·‘ō·w·ḏāḏ — 1 Occ.
wat·tā·‘aḏ — 2 Occ.
wat·tə·‘î·ḏê·nî — 1 Occ.
way·‘i·ḏu·hū — 1 Occ.
wə·’ā·‘î·ḏāh — 5 Occ.
wə·hā·‘êḏ — 3 Occ.
wə·hā·‘î·ḏū — 1 Occ.
wə·hū·‘aḏ — 1 Occ.
wî·‘i·ḏu·hū — 1 Occ.
yə·‘ō·w·ḏêḏ — 1 Occ.

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