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Lexicon :: Strong's H4709 - miṣpâ

Aa
מִצְפָּה
Transliteration
miṣpâ
Pronunciation
mits-paw'
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Part of Speech
proper feminine locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

מִצְפָּה Mitspâh, mits-paw'; feminine of H4708; Mitspah, the name of two places in Palestine:—Mitspah. (This seems rather to be only an orthographic variation of H4708 when 'in pause'.)

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's H4709 in the following manner: Mizpah (18x), Mizpeh (14x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's H4709 in the following manner: Mizpah (18x), Mizpeh (14x).

  1. Mizpah = "watchtower"

    1. a place in Gilead north of Jabbok and location of Laban's cairn

    2. a place in Gilead south of Jabbok; site unknown

    3. a place near Mount Hermon

    4. an old sacred place in Benjamin

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִצְפָּה Mitspâh, mits-paw'; feminine of H4708; Mitspah, the name of two places in Palestine:—Mitspah. (This seems rather to be only an orthographic variation of H4708 when 'in pause'.)
STRONGS H4709: Abbreviations
מִצְפָּה 38 proper name, of a location (properly outlook-point or with article (except Hosea 5:1)); —
†1. in Gilead, explanation as name given to Laban's cairn, north of Jabbok Genesis 31:49 (on text see Ball Holz; Greek Version of the LXX ἡ ὅρασις).
†2. probably south of Jabbok, Judges 10:17 (ἡ σκοπιά), Judges 11:11, 34 (Μασσηφα; so LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Judges 10:17), Hosea 5:1 (ἡ σκοπιά); apparently = H4708 II. מִצְפֶּה 3, BuhlGeogr. 262 (־פֶּה, ־פָּה, seem to interchange); site unknown; see conjectures in Buhll.c., compare GASmGeogr. 586.
†3. near Hermon, הַמּ׳ אֶרֶץ Joshua 11:3, Μασευμαν, Μασσηφα(θ), = בִּקְעַת־מִצְפֶה H4708 Joshua 11:8, Μασσωχ, Μασσηφα; see BuhlGeogr. 240.
4. old sacred place in Benjamin, Μασσηφα, etc.; — הַמּ׳ Judges 20:1 +, הַמּצְפָּ֫תָה H4708 1 Samuel 7:5 +; — Judges 20:1, 3; Judges 21:1, 5, 8; H4708 1 Samuel 7:5; 7 times 1 Samuel 7; 1 Samuel 10; 1 Kings 15:22; 2 Chronicles 16:6; 2 Kings 25:23, 25; Jeremiah 40:10; 12 times Jeremiah 40, Jeremiah 41; Nehemiah 3:7, 15, 19; = הַמִּצְפֶּה H4708 Joshua 18:26; — modern Nabî Samwîl, 5 miles northwest of Jerusalem, see BuhlGeogr. 167 f..
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:49

Joshua

11:3

Judges

10:17; 10:17; 11:11; 11:34; 20:1; 20:1; 20:3; 21:1; 21:5; 21:8

1 Kings

15:22

2 Kings

25:23; 25:25

2 Chronicles

16:6

Nehemiah

3:7; 3:15; 3:19

Jeremiah

40:10

Hosea

5:1; 5:1

H4709

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4709 matches the Hebrew מִצְפָּה (miṣpâ),
which occurs 36 times in 33 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:49 - And Mizpah; H4709 for H834 he said, H559 The LORD H3068 watch H6822 between me H996 and thee, H996 when H3588 we are absent H5641 one H376 from another. H7453

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:17 - Then H6817➔ the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 were gathered together, ➔H6817 and encamped H2583 in Gilead. H1568 And H622➔ the children H1121 of Israel H3478 assembled themselves together, ➔H622 and encamped H2583 in Mizpeh. H4709

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:11 - Then H3212➔ Jephthah H3316 went ➔H3212 with H5973 the elders H2205 of Gilead, H1568 and H7760➔ the people H5971 made ➔H7760 him H853 head H7218 and captain H7101 over them: H5921 and H1696➔ Jephthah H3316 uttered ➔H1696 all H3605 his words H1697 before H6440 the LORD H3068 in Mizpeh. H4709

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:34 - And H935➔ Jephthah H3316 came ➔H935 to Mizpeh H4709 unto H413 his house, H1004 and, behold, H2009 his daughter H1323 came out H3318 to meet him H7125 with timbrels H8596 and with dances: H4246 and H7535➔ she H1931 was his only ➔H7535 child; H3173 beside her H4480 he had neither H369 son H1121 nor H176 daughter. H1323

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:1 - Then H3318➔ all H3605 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 went out, ➔H3318 and H6950➔ the congregation H5712 was gathered together ➔H6950 as H376➔ one H259 man, ➔H376 from Dan H1835 even to H5704 Beersheba, H884 H884 with H776➔ the H1568➔ land ➔H776 of Gilead, ➔H1568 unto H413 the LORD H3068 in Mizpeh. H4709

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:3 - (Now H8085➔ the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 heard ➔H8085 that H3588 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 were gone up H5927 to Mizpeh.) H4709 Then said H559 the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 Tell H1696 us, how H349 was H1961 this H2063 wickedness? H7451

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:1 - Now the men H376 of Israel H3478 had sworn H7650 in Mizpeh, H4709 saying, H559 There shall H5414➔ not H3808 any H376 of us H4480 give ➔H5414 his daughter H1323 unto Benjamin H1144 to wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:5 - And H559➔ the children H1121 of Israel H3478 said, ➔H559 Who H4310 is there among all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 that H834 came H5927➔ not H3808 up ➔H5927 with the congregation H6951 unto H413 the LORD? H3068 For H3588 they had made H1961 a H7621➔ great H1419 oath ➔H7621 concerning him that H834 came H5927➔ not H3808 up ➔H5927 to H413 the LORD H3068 to Mizpeh, H4709 saying, H559 He shall H4191➔ surely H4191 be put to death. ➔H4191

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:8 - And they said, H559 What H4310 one H259 is there of the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 that H834 came H5927➔ not H3808 up ➔H5927 to Mizpeh H4709 to H413 the LORD? H3068 And, behold, H2009 there came H935 none H3808 to H413 the camp H4264 from Jabeshgilead H3003 H1568 to H413 the assembly. H6951

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:5 - And H559➔ Samuel H8050 said, ➔H559 Gather H6908 all H3605 Israel H3478 to Mizpeh, H4709 and I will pray H6419 for you H1157 unto H413 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:6 - And they gathered together H6908 to Mizpeh, H4709 and drew H7579 water, H4325 and poured it out H8210 before H6440 the LORD, H3068 and fasted H6684 on H3117➔ that H1931 day, ➔H3117 and said H559 there, H8033 We have sinned H2398 against the LORD. H3068 And H8199➔ Samuel H8050 judged ➔H8199 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 in Mizpeh. H4709

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:7 - And when H8085➔ the Philistines H6430 heard ➔H8085 that H3588 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 were gathered together H6908 to Mizpeh, H4709 the lords H5633 of the Philistines H6430 went up H5927 against H413 Israel. H3478 And when H8085➔ the children H1121 of Israel H3478 heard ➔H8085 it, they were afraid H3372 of H6440 the Philistines. H6430

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:11 - And H3318➔ the men H376 of Israel H3478 went out ➔H3318 of H4480 Mizpeh, H4709 and pursued H7291 the Philistines, H6430 and smote them, H5221 until H5704 they came under H8478 Bethcar. H1033

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:12 - Then H3947➔ Samuel H8050 took ➔H3947 a H259 stone, H68 and set H7760 it between H996 Mizpeh H4709 and H996 Shen, H8129 and called H7121 the name of it H8034 H72 Ebenezer, H72 saying, H559 Hitherto H5704 H2008 hath H5826➔ the LORD H3068 helped us. ➔H5826

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:16 - And he went H1980 from H1767 year H8141 to year H8141 in circuit H5437 to Bethel, H1008 H1008 and Gilgal, H1537 and Mizpeh, H4709 and judged H8199 Israel H3478 in H4725➔ all H3605 those H428 places. ➔H4725

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:17 - And H6817➔ Samuel H8050 called ➔H6817➔ the people H5971 together ➔H6817 unto H413 the LORD H3068 to Mizpeh; H4709

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:22 - Then king H4428 Asa H609 made a proclamation H8085 throughout H853 all H3605 Judah; H3063 none H369 was exempted: H5355 and they took away H5375 the stones H68 of Ramah, H7414 and H853 the timber thereof, H6086 wherewith H834 Baasha H1201 had builded; H1129 and H1129➔ king H4428 Asa H609 built ➔H1129 with them Geba H1387 of Benjamin, H1144 and H853 Mizpah. H4709

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:23 - And when H8085➔ all H3605 the captains H8269 of the armies, H2428 they H1992 and their men, H376 heard ➔H8085 that H3588 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had made H6485➔ Gedaliah H1436 governor, ➔H6485 there came H935 to H413 Gedaliah H1436 to Mizpah, H4709 even Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah, H5418 and Johanan H3110 the son H1121 of Careah, H7143 and Seraiah H8304 the son H1121 of Tanhumeth H8576 the Netophathite, H5200 and Jaazaniah H2970 the son H1121 of a Maachathite, H4602 they H1992 and their men. H376

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:25 - But it came to pass H1961 in H2320➔ the seventh H7637 month, ➔H2320 that H935➔ Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah, H5418 the son H1121 of Elishama, H476 of H2233➔ the H4410➔ seed ➔H2233 royal, ➔H4410 came, ➔H935 and ten H6235 men H376 with him, H854 and smote H5221 Gedaliah, H1436 that he died, H4191 and H853 the Jews H3064 and H853 the Chaldees H3778 that H834 were H1961 with him H854 at Mizpah. H4709

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:6 - Then Asa H609 the king H4428 took H3947 all H3605 Judah; H3063 and they carried away H5375 the H7414➔ stones H68 of Ramah, ➔H7414 and H853 the timber thereof, H6086 wherewith H834 Baasha H1201 was building; H1129 and he built H1129 therewith Geba H1387 and H853 Mizpah. H4709

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:7 - And next H5921 unto them H3027 repaired H2388 Melatiah H4424 the Gibeonite, H1393 and Jadon H3036 the Meronothite, H4824 the men H376 of Gibeon, H1391 and of Mizpah, H4709 unto the throne H3678 of the governor H6346 on this side H5676 the river. H5104

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:15 - But H853 the gate H8179 of the fountain H5869 repaired H2388 Shallun H7968 the son H1121 of Colhozeh, H3626 H3626 the ruler H8269 of part H6418 of Mizpah; H4709 he H1931 built it, H1129 and covered it, H2926 and set up H5975 the doors thereof, H1817 the locks thereof, H4514 and the bars thereof, H1280 and H853 the wall H2346 of the pool H1295 of Siloah H7975 by H1588➔ the king's H4428 garden, ➔H1588 and unto H5704 the stairs H4609 that go down H3381 from the city H5892 of David. H1732

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:19 - And H2388➔ next H5921 to him H3027 repaired ➔H2388 Ezer H5829 the son H1121 of Jeshua, H3442 the ruler H8269 of Mizpah, H4709 another H8145 piece H4060 over against H5048 the going up H5927 to the armoury H5402 at the turning H4740 of the wall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:10 - As for me, H589 behold, I H2005 will dwell H3427 at Mizpah H4709 to serve H5975 the Chaldeans, H3778 which H834 will come H935 unto us: H413 but ye, H859 gather ye H622 wine, H3196 and summer fruits, H7019 and oil, H8081 and put H7760 them in your vessels, H3627 and dwell H3427 in your cities H5892 that H834 ye have taken. H8610

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:15 - Then Johanan H3110 the son H1121 of Kareah H7143 spake H559 to H413 Gedaliah H1436 in Mizpah H4709 secretly, H5643 saying, H559 Let me go, H3212 I pray thee, H4994 and I will slay H5221 Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah, H5418 and H376➔ no H3808 man ➔H376 shall know H3045 it: wherefore H4100 should he slay H5221 thee, H5315 that H6327➔ all H3605 the Jews H3063 which are gathered H6908 unto thee H413 should be scattered, ➔H6327 and H6➔ the remnant H7611 in Judah H3063 perish? ➔H6

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:1 - Now it came to pass H1961 in H2320➔ the seventh H7637 month, ➔H2320 that Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418 the son H1121 of Elishama, H476 of H2233➔ the H4410➔ seed ➔H2233 royal, ➔H4410 and the princes H7227 of the king, H4428 even ten H6235 men H376 with him, H854 came H935 unto H413 Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296 to Mizpah; H4709 and H398➔ there H8033 they did eat ➔H398 bread H3899 together H3162 in Mizpah. H4709

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:3 - Ishmael H3458 also H853 slew H5221 all H3605 the Jews H3064 that H834 were H1961 with him, H854 even with H854 Gedaliah, H1436 at Mizpah, H4709 and H853 the Chaldeans H3778 that H834 were found H4672 there, H8033 and the men H376 of war. H4421

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:6 - And H3318➔ Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418 went forth ➔H3318 from H4480 Mizpah H4709 to meet them, H7125 weeping H1058 all along H1980 as he went: H1980 and it came to pass, H1961 as he met H6298 them, H853 he said H559 unto them, H413 Come H935 to H413 Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam. H296

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:10 - Then H7617➔ Ishmael H3458 carried away captive ➔H7617 all H3605 the residue H7611 of the people H5971 that H834 were in Mizpah, H4709 even the king's H4428 daughters, H1323 and H853 all H3605 the people H5971 that remained H7604 in Mizpah, H4709 whom H834 Nebuzaradan H5018 the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 had committed H6485 to Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam: H296 and H7617➔ Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418 carried them away captive, ➔H7617 and departed H3212 to go over H5674 to H413 the Ammonites. H1121 H5983

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:14 - So H5437➔ all H3605 the people H5971 that H834 Ishmael H3458 had carried away captive H7617 from H4480 Mizpah H4709 cast about ➔H5437 and returned, H7725 and went H3212 unto H413 Johanan H3110 the son H1121 of Kareah. H7143

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:16 - Then took H3947 Johanan H3110 the son H1121 of Kareah, H7143 and all H3605 the captains H8269 of the forces H2428 that H834 were with him, H854 all H3605 the remnant H7611 of the people H5971 whom H834 he had recovered H7725 from H854 Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah, H5418 from H4480 Mizpah, H4709 after H310 that he had slain H5221 Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam, H296 even mighty H1397 men H376 of war, H4421 and the women, H802 and the children, H2945 and the eunuchs, H5631 whom H834 he had brought again H7725 from Gibeon: H1391

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:1 - Hear ye H8085 this, H2063 O priests; H3548 and hearken, ye H7181 house H1004 of Israel; H3478 and H1004➔ give ye ear, H238 O house ➔H1004 of the king; H4428 for H3588 judgment H4941 is toward you, because H3588 ye have been H1961 a snare H6341 on Mizpah, H4709 and a net H7568 spread H6566 upon H5921 Tabor. H8396
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