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Lexicon :: Strong's H4709 - miṣpâ

Strong's

Red Letter

מִצְפָּה

Transliteration

miṣpâ

Pronunciation

mits-paw'

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Part of Speech

proper feminine locative noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From מִצְפֶּה (H4708)

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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'.)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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, Buhl^{Geogr. 262} (־פֶּה, ־פָּה, seem to interchange); site unknown; see conjectures in Buhl^l.c., compare GASm^{Geogr. 586.}

†3. near Hermon, הַמּ׳ אֶרֶץ Joshua 11:3, Μασευμαν, Μασσηφα(θ), = בִּקְעַת־מִצְפֶה H4708 Joshua 11:8, Μασσωχ, Μασσηφα; see Buhl^{Geogr. 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 Buhl^{Geogr. 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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H4709

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Strong's Number H4709 matches the Hebrew מִצְפָּה (miṣpâ),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in 'Jdg' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Jdg 10:17 -

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 Box Jdg 11:11

Jdg 11:11 - Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them; and Jephthah spoke all his words before Yahweh at Mizpah^H4709.

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Jdg 11:34 -

Then 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. Now 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 man^H376 to Yahweh^H3068 at Mizpah^H4709.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:3

Jdg 20:3 - (Then the sons of Benjamin heard that the sons of Israel had gone up to Mizpah^H4709.) And the sons of Israel said, “Tell us, how did this evil take place?”

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Jdg 21:1 -

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 as a wife^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 come^H5927 up^H5927 in the assembly^H6951 to Yahweh^H3068?” For [fn]they had taken^H1961 a great^H1419 oath^H7621 concerning him who^H834 did not come^H5927 up^H5927 to Yahweh^H3068 at Mizpah^H4709, saying^H559, “He shall surely^H4191 be put^H4191 to^H4191 death^H4191.”

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So they said^H559, “What^H4310 one^H259 is there of the tribes^H7626 of Israel^H3478 who^H834 did not come^H5927 up^H5927 to Yahweh^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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