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Lexicon :: Strong's H4733 - miqlāṭ

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מִקְלָט
Transliteration
miqlāṭ
Pronunciation
mik-lawt'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From קָלַט (H7038) in the sense of taking in
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TWOT Reference: 2026a

Strong’s Definitions

מִקְלָט miqlâṭ, mik-lawt'; from H7038 in the sense of taking in; an asylum (as a receptacle):—refuge.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H4733 in the following manner: refuge (20x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H4733 in the following manner: refuge (20x).

  1. refuge, asylum

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִקְלָט miqlâṭ, mik-lawt'; from H7038 in the sense of taking in; an asylum (as a receptacle):—refuge.
STRONGS H4733: Abbreviations
† מִקְלָט noun [masculine] refuge, asylum (P Chronicles); — עָרֵי מ׳ asylum-cities Numbers 35:11, 13, 14, עָרֵי הַמּ׳ Numbers 35:6; Joshua 20:2, so 1 Chronicles 6:42 [1 Chronicles 6:57]; 1 Chronicles 6:52 [1 Chronicles 6:67] (but read עִיר הַמּ׳ according to || Joshua 21:13, 21, so Be Kau Kit), לְמ׳ (after הָיָה) Numbers 35:12, 15; Joshua 20:3; construct in phrase עִיר מִקְלַט הָרֹצֵחַ Joshua 21:13, 21, 27, 32, 38 (Gi; v36 van d. H. Baer); suffix of refugee, עִיר מִקְלָטוֺ Numbers 35:25, 26, 27, 28, 32.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

35:6; 35:11; 35:12; 35:13; 35:14; 35:15; 35:25; 35:26; 35:27; 35:28; 35:32

Joshua

20:2; 20:3; 21:13; 21:13; 21:21; 21:21; 21:27; 21:32; 21:38

1 Chronicles

6:57; 6:67

H4733

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Strong's Number H4733 matches the Hebrew מִקְלָט (miqlāṭ),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:6 - “And the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge H4733, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to; and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:11 - then you shall select for yourselves cities to be your cities of refuge H4733, that the manslayer who has struck down any person unintentionally may flee there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:12 - ‘And the cities shall be for you as a refuge H4733 from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:13 - ‘And the cities which you are to give shall be your six cities of refuge H4733.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:14 - ‘You shall give three cities across the Jordan and three cities [fn]in the land of Canaan; they are to be cities of refuge H4733.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:15 - ‘These six cities shall be for refuge H4733 for the sons of Israel and for the sojourner and for the foreign resident among them; that anyone who strikes a person down unintentionally may flee there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:25 - ‘And the congregation shall deliver the manslayer from the hand of the blood avenger, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge H4733 to which he fled; and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:26 - ‘But if the manslayer at any time goes beyond the border of his city of refuge H4733 to which he may flee,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27 - and the blood avenger finds him outside the border of his city of refuge H4733, and the blood avenger kills the manslayer, he will not be guilty of blood

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:28 - because he should have remained in his city of refuge H4733 until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return to the land of his possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:32 - ‘And you shall not take ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge H4733, that he may return to live in the land [fn]before the death of the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:2 - “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘[fn]Designate the cities of refuge H4733, of which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:3 - that the manslayer who strikes down any person unintentionally, without premeditation, may flee there, and they shall become for you as a refuge H4733 from the avenger of blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:13 -

Thus to the sons of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge H4733 for the manslayer, with its pasture lands, Libnah also with its pasture lands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:21 - And they gave them Shechem, the city of refuge H4733 for the manslayer, with its pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer with its pasture lands,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27 -

Now to the sons of Gershon, one of the families of the Levites, from the half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan, the city of refuge H4733 for the manslayer, with its pasture lands, and Be-eshterah with its pasture lands; two cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:32 - From the tribe of Naphtali, they gave Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge H4733 for the manslayer, with its pasture lands and Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands and Kartan with its pasture lands; three cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:38 - From the tribe of Gad, they gave Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge H4733 for the manslayer, with its pasture lands and Mahanaim with its pasture lands,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:57

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:57 - To the sons of Aaron they gave the following cities of refuge H4733:

Hebron, Libnah also with its pasture lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:67

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:67 - And they gave to them the following cities of refuge H4733:

Shechem, with its pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer with its pasture lands,

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