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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
Dictionary Aids

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 - “Six of the towns you give the Levites will be cities of refuge, where a person who has accidentally killed someone can flee for safety. In addition, give them forty-two other towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:11 - designate cities of refuge to which people can flee if they have killed someone accidentally.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:12 - These cities will be places of protection from a dead person’s relatives who want to avenge the death. The slayer must not be put to death before being tried by the community.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:13 - Designate six cities of refuge for yourselves,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:14 - three on the east side of the Jordan River and three on the west in the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:15 - These cities are for the protection of Israelites, foreigners living among you, and traveling merchants. Anyone who accidentally kills someone may flee there for safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:25 - The community must protect the slayer from the avenger and must escort the slayer back to live in the city of refuge to which he fled. There he must remain until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the sacred oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:26 - “But if the slayer ever leaves the limits of the city of refuge,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27 - and the avenger finds him outside the city and kills him, it will not be considered murder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:28 - The slayer should have stayed inside the city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest, the slayer may return to his own property.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:32 - And never accept a ransom payment from someone who has fled to a city of refuge, allowing a slayer to return to his property before the death of the high priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:2 - “Now tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:3 - Anyone who kills another person accidentally and unintentionally can run to one of these cities; they will be places of refuge from relatives seeking revenge for the person who was killed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:13 - The following towns with their pasturelands were given to the descendants of Aaron the priest: Hebron (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Libnah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:21 - Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Gezer,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27 - The descendants of Gershon, another clan within the tribe of Levi, received the following towns with their pasturelands from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone) and Be-eshterah—two towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:32 - From the tribe of Naphtali they received the following towns with their pasturelands: Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Hammoth-dor, and Kartan—three towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:38 - From the tribe of Gad they received the following towns with their pasturelands: Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Mahanaim,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:57

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:57 - So the descendants of Aaron were given the following towns, each with its pasturelands: Hebron (a city of refuge),[fn] Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:67

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:67 - Shechem (a city of refuge in the hill country of Ephraim),[fn] Gezer,
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