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Lexicon :: Strong's H4709 - miṣpâ

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מִצְפָּה
Transliteration
miṣpâ
Pronunciation
mits-paw'
Part of Speech
proper feminine locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From מִצְפֶּה (H4708)
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; ἡ ὅρασις).
†2. probably south of Jabbok, Judges 10:17 (ἡ σκοπιά), Judges 11:11, 34 (Μασσηφα; so 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

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