Hebrew word · Strong's H4150

מוֹעֵד

môwʻêd · mo-ade' · noun · “appointed time, feast”

In a sentence

Moed means appointed time or place — God’s set festivals, his fixed times for meeting his people, and his appointed time for redemption.

Moed names an appointed time or meeting. Leviticus 23 calls Israel’s annual festivals the moedim of the LORD — fixed appointments when God meets with his people.

God’s timetable is not random. He has moed for everything — for judgment, for salvation, for his Messiah. Habakkuk reassures the impatient: “the vision is for the moed; though it tarry, wait for it.”

Strong's reference

Definition: properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally ayear; 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)

KJV usage: appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn(-ity), synogogue, (set) time (appointed).

Reference gloss from Strong's Concordance (1890, public domain).

Key verses BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

Leviticus 23:2 ““Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.” Habakkuk 2:3 “For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.” Genesis 17:21 “But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.””

Original BibleDawn word study. Original-language data and the public-domain Strong's (1890) gloss are referenced; see sources.