H4150 — מוֹעֵד (mo'ed)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: H4150
Original: מוֹעֵד
Transliteration: mo'ed
Pronunciation: mo-ade'
Part of Speech: Masculine noun
Root: H3259 יָעַד (ya'ad) — to fix upon, appoint, meet at a stated time
Occurrences: 229 in OT
First Occurrence: Gen 1:14 — "let them be for signs, and for seasons (mo'adim)"
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

An appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically a festival; conventionally a year; by implication an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand). Feminine form מוֹעָדָה (mo'adah) in 2 Chr 8:13.

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation Group	Count	%
congregation (in "tabernacle of the congregation")	150	65.5%
feast / solemn feast / solemn day	31	13.5%
appointed time / set time / time appointed	25	10.9%
season	9	3.9%
assembly / synagogue	4	1.7%
Other (signal, place, etc.)	10	4.4%

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Numbers	65	5.0
Leviticus	49	5.7
Exodus	38	3.1
2 Chronicles	8	1.0
Daniel	6	1.7
1 Samuel	6	0.7
Lamentations	6	3.9
Genesis	5	0.3
Psalms	5	0.2
Ezekiel	5	0.4
Hosea	4	2.0
2 Kings	4	0.6
Deuteronomy	4	0.4
1 Chronicles	4	0.4
Joshua	3	0.5
Isaiah	3	0.2
Judges	2	0.3
2 Samuel	2	0.3
Jeremiah	2	0.1
Zechariah	2	0.9
1 Kings	1	0.1
Job	1	0.1
Ezra	1	0.4
Nehemiah	1	0.2
Habakkuk	1	1.8
Zephaniah	1	1.9

Heavily concentrated in the Pentateuch (152/229 = 66%), especially the ritual/legal sections of Numbers and Leviticus. The Daniel cluster (6x) is notable for its prophetic/apocalyptic "appointed time" usage. Lamentations uses it for feasts that have ceased.

Semantic Categories¶

1. Place of Meeting — "Tabernacle of the Congregation" (ohel mo'ed)¶

The dominant usage (150x). Mo'ed in this phrase denotes the tent as the appointed place where God meets Israel. - Exo 27:21 — "In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail... Aaron and his sons shall order it" - Exo 33:7 — "Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp... and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation" - Lev 1:1 — "the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation" - Jos 18:1 — "the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation"

2. Appointed Festivals / Sacred Feasts¶

Mo'ed as the divinely appointed feasts and holy days. - Lev 23:2 — "the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts" - Lev 23:4 — "These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons" - Lev 23:44 — "Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD" - Num 29:39 — "These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts"

3. Appointed / Fixed Time¶

A divinely determined point in time, especially in promises and prophecy. - Gen 17:21 — "my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year" - Gen 18:14 — "At the time appointed I will return unto thee... and Sarah shall have a son" - Dan 8:19 — "at the time appointed the end shall be" - Dan 11:27 — "the end shall be at the time appointed" - Dan 11:35 — "to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed" - Hab 2:3 — "the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie"

4. Seasons / Natural Cycles¶

The appointed rhythms of nature. - Gen 1:14 — "let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years" - Psa 104:19 — "He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down" - Jer 8:7 — "the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times"

5. Assembly / Congregation (non-tabernacle)¶

A gathering convened at an appointed place. - Psa 74:4 — "Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations" - Psa 74:8 — "they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land" - Isa 14:13 — "I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north"

6. Feasts Destroyed / Ceased (Lament)¶

Mo'ed in contexts of judgment and loss, where appointed meetings have been cut off. - Lam 1:4 — "The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts" - Lam 2:6 — "the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion" - Lam 2:22 — "Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about" - Hos 2:11 — "I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts"

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
אֹהֶל (ohel)	H168	142x	"tent of meeting" (ohel mo'ed)
פֶּתַח (pethach)	H6607	47x	"door of the tabernacle of the congregation"
בּוֹא (bo)	H935	51x	coming to the appointed place
עֲבֹדָה (avodah)	H5656	28x	"service" of the tabernacle
כֹּהֵן (kohen)	H3548	26x	priestly ministry at the tent
קֹדֶשׁ (qodesh)	H6944	22x	"holy" — the sacred character of the meeting
מִזְבֵּחַ (mizbeach)	H4196	22x	altar at the tent of meeting
קָרַב (qarab)	H7126	20x	"draw near" — approaching the meeting place
עֹלָה (olah)	H5930	18x	burnt offerings at the tent
מִשְׁכָּן (mishkan)	H4908	17x	"tabernacle/dwelling" — parallel term

Word Family / Cognates¶

H3259 יָעַד (ya'ad) — root verb: to fix upon, appoint, meet (29x)
H4151 מוֹעָד (mo'ad) — variant form: appointed place (1x, Mic 6:9 per some MSS)
H4152 מוּעָדָה (mu'adah) — feminine variant: appointed (1x)
H5712 עֵדָה (edah) — related root: congregation, assembly (149x)

Synonyms¶

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Antonyms¶

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Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
עֵדָה (edah)	H5712	"congregation" (124x)	edah = the people assembled; mo'ed = the appointed meeting/place
קָהָל (qahal)	H6951	"congregation" (86x)	qahal = a called assembly of people; mo'ed = the appointment itself
חַג (chag)	H2282	"feast" (58x)	chag = pilgrimage festival, joyous celebration; mo'ed = appointed season (broader)
מִשְׁתֶּה (mishteh)	H4960	"feast" (31x)	mishteh = banquet/drinking feast (secular); mo'ed = divinely appointed time

LXX Mapping¶

Greek Equivalent	Count	Notes
μαρτύριον (martyrion) G3142	138x	"testimony" — LXX reinterprets "meeting" as "testimony" in ohel mo'ed
σκηνή (skēnē) G4633	138x	"tent" — co-occurs with μαρτύριον in the same phrase
θύρα (thyra) G2374	51x	"door" — from "door of the tent of meeting"
ἑορτή (heortē) G1859	34x	"feast/festival" — when mo'ed means appointed feast
καιρός (kairos) G2540	29x	"season/opportune time" — when mo'ed means appointed time
συναγωγή (synagōgē) G4864	16x	"assembly/synagogue" — when mo'ed means congregation

The LXX notably reinterprets the dominant "ohel mo'ed" phrase: where Hebrew says "tent of meeting/appointment," the LXX renders "tent of testimony" (σκηνή τοῦ μαρτυρίου), shifting from the concept of divine appointment to divine witness.

Semantic Domains¶

UBS / Relationship Domains¶

[002003002013] Gather — places mo'ed in an assembly/ingathering field with neighbors such as H103 אגר, H614 אָסִיף, H622 אסף, H625 אֹסֶף, H626 אֲסֵפָה, and H627 אֲסֻפָּה.
[001002007004] Groups — aligns the term with corporate gathering vocabulary, including H1 אָב, H102 אֲגַף, H168/H169 אֹהֶל, H336 אִי, and H337 אִי.
[002002001017] Space — reflects mo'ed as an appointed place, alongside A638 אַף, H637/H639 אַף, A870 אֲתַר, H935 בוא, and A997 בַּיִן.
[001002009009] Tents — captures the tabernacle-side usage, with neighbors such as H168/H169 אֹהֶל, H643 אַפֶּדֶן, H1755/H1756 דֹּור, and H2053 וָו.
[002002002010] Time — reflects mo'ed as an appointed season, with neighbors such as H268 אָחֹור, A521/H520/H522 אַמָּה, H570 אֶמֶשׁ, and H605 אנשׁ.
[002002002011] Festivals — indexes the feast-calendar sense with neighbors such as H1974 הִלּוּלִים, H2282 חַג, H2287 חגג, H2320/H2321 חֹדֶשׁ, and A3735 כרה.