Bible Encyclopedias
Convent

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kon -vent ´: Found in the King James Version margin of Jeremiah 49:19 : "Who will convent me in judgment?" and in Jeremiah 50:44 : "Who will convent me to plead?" The Hebrew term which is rendered convent is ya‛adh , and it means to summon to a court, to call on to plead. Convent is obsolete, but it was formerly used, and meant to summon, or to call before a judge. Shakespeare used it several times. In King Henry VIII , Act V, he said, "The lords of the council hath commanded that the archbishop be convented to the council board.»