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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 - Now from these towns that you will give to the Levites you must select six towns of refuge to which a person who has killed someone may flee. And you must give them forty-two other towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:11 - you must then designate some towns as towns of refuge for you, to which a person who has killed someone unintentionally may flee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:12 - And they must stand as your towns of refuge from the avenger in order that the killer may not die until he has stood trial before the community.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:13 - These towns that you must give shall be your six towns for refuge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:14 - "You must give three towns on this side of the Jordan, and you must give three towns in the land of Canaan; they must be towns of refuge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:15 - These six towns will be places of refuge for the Israelites, and for the foreigner, and for the settler among them, so that anyone who kills any person accidentally may flee there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:25 - The community must deliver the slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the community must restore him to the town of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the consecrated oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:26 - But if the slayer at any time goes outside the boundary of the town to which he had fled,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27 - and the avenger of blood finds him outside the borders of the town of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the slayer, he will not be guilty of blood,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:28 - because the slayer should have stayed in his town of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest, the slayer may return to the land of his possessions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:32 - And you must not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a town of refuge, to allow him to return home and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:2 - "Have the Israelites select the cities of refuge that I told you about through Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:3 - Anyone who accidentally kills someone can escape there; these cities will be a place of asylum from the avenger of blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:13 - So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they assigned Hebron (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Libnah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:21 - They assigned them Shechem (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27 - They assigned to the Gershonite clans of the Levites the following cities: from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) and Beeshtarah, along with the grazing areas of each - a total of two cities;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:32 - from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Hammoth Dor, and Kartan, along with the grazing areas of each - a total of three cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:38 - from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Mahanaim,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:57

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:57 - The descendants of Aaron were also allotted as cities of refuge Hebron, Libnah and its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:67

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:67 - They were allotted as cities of refuge Shechem and its pasturelands (in the hill country of Ephraim), Gezer and its pasturelands,
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