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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 [fn]Mizpah H4709, for he said H559, “May the LORD H3068 keep H6822 watch H6822 between H996 [fn]you and me when H3588 we are [fn]absent H5641 one H376 from the other H7453.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:3 - to the Canaanite H3669 on the east H4217 and on the west H3220, and the Amorite H567, the Hittite H2850, the Perizzite H6522, and the Jebusite H2983 in the hill H2022 country H2022, and the Hivite H2340 [fn]at H8478 the H8478 foot H8478 of H8478 Hermon H2768 in the land H776 of Mizpeh H4709.

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Then the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 were summoned H6817, and they camped H2583 in Gilead H1568. And the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 gathered H622 together and camped H2583 in Mizpah H4709.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:11 - Then Jephthah H3316 went H1980 with the elders H2205 of Gilead H1568, and the people H5971 made H7760 him head H7218 and leader H7101 over H5921 them; and Jephthah H3316 spoke H1696 all H3605 his words H1697 before H6440 the LORD H3068 at Mizpah H4709.

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But Jephthah H3316 came H935 to his house H1004 at Mizpah H4709, and behold H2009, his daughter H1323 was coming H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 him with tambourines H8596 and with dancing H4246. And she was his one H7534 and only H3173 child H3173; besides H4480 her he had H369 no H369 son H1121 or H176 daughter H1323.

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Then all H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 from Dan H1835 to Beersheba H884, including the land H776 of Gilead H1568, came H3318 out H3318, and the congregation H5712 assembled H6950 as one H259 person H376 to the LORD H3068 at Mizpah H4709.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:3 - (Now the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 heard H8085 that the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 had gone H5927 up H5927 to Mizpah H4709.) And the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 said H559, “Tell H1696 us, how H351 did this H2088 wickedness H7451 take H1961 place H1961?”

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Now the men H376 of Israel H3478 had sworn H7650 in Mizpah H4709, saying H559, “None H376 H3808 of us shall give H5414 his daughter H1323 to Benjamin H1144 [fn]in marriage H802.”

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Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 said H559, “Who H4310 is there among H4480 all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 who H834 did not go H5927 up H5927 to the LORD H3068 in the assembly H6951?” For [fn]they had taken H1961 a solemn H1419 oath H7621 concerning anyone who H834 did not go H5927 up H5927 to the LORD H3068 at Mizpah H4709, saying H559, “He shall certainly H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.”

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And they said H559, “What H4310 one H259 is there of the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 that did not go H5927 up H5927 to the LORD H3068 at Mizpah H4709?” And behold H2009, no H3808 one H376 had come H935 to the camp H4264 from Jabesh-gilead H3003 H1568 to the assembly H6951.

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Then Samuel H8050 said H559, “Gather H6908 all H3605 Israel H3478 to Mizpah H4708 and I will pray H6419 to the LORD H3068 for you.”

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

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Now when the Philistines H6430 heard H8085 that the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 had gathered H6908 at Mizpah H4709, the governors H5633 of the Philistines H6430 went H5927 up H5927 against H413 Israel H3478. And when the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 heard H8085 about it, they were H3372 afraid H3372 of the Philistines H6430.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:11 - And the men H376 of Israel H3478 came H3318 out H3318 of Mizpah H4709 and pursued H7291 the Philistines H6430, and killed H5221 them as far H5704 as below H4480 H8478 Beth-car H1033.

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Then Samuel H8050 took H3947 a stone H68 and placed H7760 it between H996 Mizpah H4709 and Shen H8129, and named H7121 H8034 it [fn]Ebenezer H72, saying H559, “[fn]So H2008 far H5704 the LORD H3068 has helped H5826 us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:16 - And he used to go H1980 annually H1767 H8141 on H5437 a H5437 circuit H5437 to Bethel H1008, Gilgal H1537, and Mizpah H4709, and he judged H8199 Israel H3478 in all H3605 these H428 places H4725.

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Now Samuel H8050 called H6817 the people H5971 together H6817 to the LORD H3068 at Mizpah H4709;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:22 - Then King H4428 Asa H609 made H8085 a H8085 proclamation H8085 to all H3605 Judah H3063—no H369 one H369 was exempt H5355—and they carried H5375 away the stones H68 of Ramah H7414 and its timber H6086 with which H834 Baasha H1201 had built H1129 fortifications. And King H4428 Asa H609 built H1129 with them Geba H1387 of Benjamin H1144 and Mizpah H4709.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:23 - When all H3605 the captains H8269 of the forces H2428, they and their men H376, heard H8085 that the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had appointed H6485 Gedaliah H1436 governor, they came H935 to Gedaliah H1436 at Mizpah H4709, namely, Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418, Johanan H3076 the son H1121 of Kareah H7143, Seraiah H8304 the son H1121 of Tanhumeth H8576 the Netophathite H5200, and Jaazaniah H2970 the son H1121 of the Maacathite H4602, they and their men H376.

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But it happened H1961 in the seventh H7637 month H2320, that Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418, the son H1121 of Elishama H476, of the royal H4410 [fn]family H2233, came H935 [fn]with ten H6235 men H376 and struck H5221 Gedaliah H1436 down so that he died H4191 along with the Jews H3064 and the Chaldeans H3778 who H834 were with him at Mizpah H4709.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:6 - Then King H4428 Asa H609 brought H3947 all H3605 Judah H3063, and they carried H5375 away the stones H68 of Ramah H7414 and its timber H6086 with which H834 Baasha H1201 had been building H1129, and with it he [fn]fortified H1129 Geba H1387 and Mizpah H4709.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:7 - Next H5921 H3027 to them Melatiah H4424 the Gibeonite H1393 and Jadon H3036 the Meronothite H4824, the men H376 of Gibeon H1391 and of Mizpah H4709, [fn]also made H2388 repairs H2388 for the official H3678 seat H3678 of the governor H6346 of the province beyond H5676 the Euphrates River H5104.

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Shallum H7968 the son H1121 of Col-hozeh H3626, the official H8269 of the district H6418 of Mizpah H4709, repaired H2388 the Fountain H5869 Gate H8179. He built H1129 it, made H2926 a H2926 roof H2926 for it, and installed H5975 its doors H1817 with its bolts H4514 and its bars H1280, and the wall H2346 of the Pool H1295 of Shelah H7975 at the king’s H4428 garden H1588 as far H5704 as the steps H4609 that descend H3381 from the city H5892 of David H1732.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:19 - And next H5921 to him Ezer H5829 the son H1121 of Jeshua H3091, the official H8269 of Mizpah H4709, repaired H2388 [fn]another H8145 section H4060 in front H5048 of the ascent H5927 of the armory H5402 at the Angle H4740.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:10 - “Now as for me, behold H2009, I am going to stay H3427 in Mizpah H4709 to stand H5975 for you before H6440 the Chaldeans H3778 who H834 come H935 to us; but as for you, gather H622 wine H3196, summer H7019 fruit H7019, and oil H8081, and put H7760 them in your storage vessels H3627, and live H3427 in your cities H5892 that you have taken H8610 over H8610.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:15 - Then Johanan H3076 the son H1121 of Kareah H7143 spoke H559 secretly H5643 to Gedaliah H1436 in Mizpah H4709, saying H559, “Let me go H1980 and kill H5221 Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418, and no H3808 one H376 will know H3045! Why H4100 should he take H5221 your life H5315, so that all H3605 the Jews H3063 who are gathered H6908 to you would be scattered H6327 and the remnant H7611 of Judah H3063 would perish H6?”

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Now in the seventh H7637 month H2320 Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418, the son H1121 of Elishama H476, of the royal H4410 [fn]family H2233 and one of the chief H7227 officers H7227 of the king H4428, along with ten H6235 men H376, came H935 to Mizpah H4709 to Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296. While they were eating H398 bread H3899 together H3162 there H8033 in Mizpah H4709,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:3 - Ishmael H3458 also struck H5221 and H5221 killed H5221 all H3605 the Jews H3064 who H834 were with him, that is with Gedaliah H1436 in Mizpah H4709, and the Chaldeans H3778 who H834 were found H4672 there H8033, the men H376 of war H4421.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:6 - Then Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418 left H3318 H4480 Mizpah H4709 to meet H7122 them, weeping H1058 as he went H1980; and as he met H6298 them, he said H559 to them, “Come H935 to Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:10 - Then Ishmael H3458 took H7617 captive H7617 all H3605 the remnant H7611 of the people H5971 who H834 were in Mizpah H4709, the king’s H4428 daughters H1323 and all H3605 the people H5971 who were left H7604 in Mizpah H4709, whom H834 Nebuzaradan H5018 the captain H7227 of the bodyguard H2876 had put H6485 in H6485 the custody H6485 of Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296. Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418 took H7617 them captive H7617 and proceeded H1980 to cross H5674 over H5674 to the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:14 - So all H3605 the people H5971 whom H834 Ishmael H3458 had taken H7617 captive H7617 from Mizpah H4709 turned H5437 around H5437 and came H7725 back H7725, and went H1980 to Johanan H3076 the son H1121 of Kareah H7143.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:16 - Then Johanan H3076 the son H1121 of Kareah H7143 and all H3605 the commanders H8269 of the forces H2428 that were with him took H3947 from Mizpah H4709 all H3605 the remnant H7611 of the people H5971 whom H834 he had [fn]recovered H7725 from Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418, after H310 he had struck H5221 and H5221 killed H5221 Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296, that is, the men H1397 who were [fn]soldiers H582 H4421, the women H802, the [fn]children H2945, and the high H5631 officials H5631, whom H834 he had brought H7725 back H7725 from Gibeon H1391.

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Hear H8085 this H2088, you priests H3548!

Pay H7181 attention H7181, house H1004 of Israel H3478!

Listen H238, you of the house H1004 of the king H4428!

For the judgment H4941 applies to you,

Because H3588 you have been H1961 a trap H6341 at Mizpah H4709,

And a net H7568 spread H6566 out H6566 on Tabor H8396.

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