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Lexicon :: Strong's H4709 - miṣpâ

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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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:49 - And the vision of which he said—Let God look to it between me and thee, because we are about to depart from each other,—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:3 - and to the Chananites on the coast eastward, and to the Amorites on the coast, and the Chettites, and the Pherezites, and the Jebusites in the mountain, and the Evites, and those dwelling under mount Aermon in the land Massyma.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:17 - And the children of Ammon went up, and encamped in Galaad; and the children of Israel were gathered together and encamped [fn]on the hill.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:11 - And Jephthae went with the elders of Galaad, and the people made him head and ruler over them: and Jephthae spoke all his words before the Lord in Massepha.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:34 - And Jephthae came to Massepha to his house; and behold, his daughter came forth to meet him with timbrels and dances; and she was his only child, he had not another son or daughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:1 - And all the children of Israel went out, and all the congregation was gathered as one man, from Dan even to Bersabee, and in the land of Galaad, to the Lord at Massepha.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:3 - And the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Massepha: and the children of Israel came and said, Tell us, where did this wickedness take place?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:1 - Now the children of Israel swore in Massephath, saying, No man of us shall give his daughter to Benjamin for a wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:5 - And the children of Israel said, Who of all the tribes of Israel, went not up in the congregation to the Lord? for there was a great oath concerning those who went not up to the Lord to Massephath, saying, He shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:8 - And they said, What one man is there of the tribes of Israel, who went not up to the Lord to Massephath? and, behold, no man came to the camp from Jabis Galaad to the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:5 - And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Massephath, and I will pray for you to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:6 - And they were gathered together to Massephath, and they drew water, and poured it out upon the earth before the Lord. And they fasted on that day, and said, We have sinned before the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Massephath.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:7 - And the Philistines heard that all the children of Israel were gathered together to Massephath: and the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel: and the children of Israel heard, and they feared before the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:11 - And the men of Israel went forth out of Massephath, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them to the parts under Bæthchor.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:12 - And Samuel took a stone, and set it up between Massephath and the old city; and he called the name of it Abenezer, stone of the helper; and he said, Hitherto has the Lord helped us.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:16 - And he went year by year, and went round Bæthel, and Galgala, and Massephath; and he judged Israel in all these consecrated places.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:17 - And Samuel summoned all the people before the Lord to Massephath.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:22 - And king Asa charged all Juda without exception: and they take up the stones of Rama and its timbers with which Baasa was building; and king Asa built with them upon the [fn]whole hill of Benjamin, and the watch-tower.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:23 - And all the captains of the host, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had thus appointed Godolias, and they came to Godolias to Massephath, both Ismael the son of Nathanias, and Jona son of Careth, and Saraias, son of Thanamath the Netophathite, and Jezonias son of a Machathite, they and their men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:25 - And it came to pass in the seventh month that Ismael son of Nathanias son of Helisama, of the [fn]seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and he smote Godolias, that he died, him and the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him in Massepha.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:6 - then king Asa took all Juda, and took the stones of Rama, and its timber, with which Baasa had built; and he built with them Gabae and Maspha.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:15 - But Solomon the son of Choleze repaired the gate of the fountain, the ruler of part of Maspha; he built it, and covered it, and set up its doors and its bars, and the wall of the pool of the skins by the meadow of the king, and as far as the steps that lead down from the city of David.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:19 - And next to him repaired Azur the son of Joshua, ruler of Masphai, another portion of the tower of ascent, where it meets the corner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:10 - (LXX 47:10) And, behold, I dwell in your presence at Massepha, to stand before the Chaldeans who shall come against you: and do ye gather grapes, and fruits, and oil, and put them into your vessels, and dwell in the cities which ye have obtained possession of.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:15 - (LXX 47:15) And Joanan said to Godolias secretly in Massepha, I will go now and smite Ismael, and let no man know it; lest he slay thee, and all the Jews that are gathered to thee be dispersed, and the remnant of Juda perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:1 - (LXX 48:1) Now it came to pass in the seventh month that Ismael the son of Nathanias the son of Eleasa of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, to Godolias to Massepha: and they ate bread there together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:3 - (LXX 48:3) and all the Jews that were with him in Massepha, and all the Chaldeans that were found there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:6 - (LXX 48:6) And Ismael went out to meet them; and they went on and wept: and he said to them, Come in to Godolias.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:10 - (LXX 48:10) And Ismael brought back all the people that were left in Massepha, and the king's daughter, whom the captain of the guard had committed in charge to Godolias the son of Achicam: and he went away beyond the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:14 - (LXX 48:14) that they returned to Joanan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:16 - (LXX 48:16) And Joanan, and all the leaders of the host that were with him, took all the remnant of the people, whom he had brought back from Ismael, mighty men in war, and the women, and the other property, and the eunuchs, whom they had brought back from Gabaon:

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:1 - Hear these things, ye priests; and attend, O house of Israel; and hearken, O house of the king; for the controversy is with you, because ye have been a snare in Scopia, and as a net spread on Itabyrium,
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