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Lexicon :: Strong's H4744 - miqrā'

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מִקְרָא
Transliteration
miqrā'
Pronunciation
mik-raw'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2063d

Strong’s Definitions

מִקְרָא miqrâʼ, mik-raw'; from H7121; something called out, i.e. a public meeting (the act, the persons, or the place); also a rehearsal:—assembly, calling, convocation, reading.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H4744 in the following manner: convocation (19x), assemblies (2x), calling (1x), reading (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's H4744 in the following manner: convocation (19x), assemblies (2x), calling (1x), reading (1x).
  1. convocation, convoking, reading, a calling together

    1. convocation, sacred assembly

    2. convoking

    3. reading

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִקְרָא miqrâʼ, mik-raw'; from H7121; something called out, i.e. a public meeting (the act, the persons, or the place); also a rehearsal:—assembly, calling, convocation, reading.
STRONGS H4744: Abbreviations
מִקְרָא 23 noun masculineExodus 12:16 convocation; convoking, reading; — מ׳ absolute Isaiah 1:13; Nehemiah 8:8; cstr Exodus 12:16 +; plural construct מִקְרָאֵי Leviticus 23:2 +; suffix מִקְרָאֶהָ (Ges§ 91k) Isaiah 4:5; —
1. convocation, sacred assembly Isaiah 1:13 (after קְרֹא), Isaiah 4:5; usually explicitly קֹדֶשׁ מ׳, technical term in P for religious gathering on Sabbath and certain sacred days, Exodus 12:16 (twice in verse) + 14 times Leviticus 23, Numbers 28, Numbers 29, + (plural) Leviticus 23:2, 4, 37.
2. (verbal noun, as Aramaic Infinitive, Ges§ 45e, compare 115 d) convoking, הָעֵדָה מ׳ Numbers 10:2
3. reading Nehemiah 8:8.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

12:16; 12:16; 12:16

Leviticus

23:2; 23:2; 23:4; 23:37

Numbers

10:2

Nehemiah

8:8; 8:8

Isaiah

1:13; 1:13; 4:5; 4:5

H4744

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4744 matches the Hebrew מִקְרָא (miqrā'),
which occurs 23 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:16 - On the first day of the festival and again on the seventh day, all the people must observe an official day for holy assembly. No work of any kind may be done on these days except in the preparation of food.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:2 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. These are the LORD’s appointed festivals, which you are to proclaim as official days for holy assembly.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:3 - “You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of complete rest, an official day for holy assembly. It is the LORD’s Sabbath day, and it must be observed wherever you live.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:4 - “In addition to the Sabbath, these are the LORD’s appointed festivals, the official days for holy assembly that are to be celebrated at their proper times each year.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:7 - On the first day of the festival, all the people must stop their ordinary work and observe an official day for holy assembly.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:8 - For seven days you must present special gifts to the LORD. On the seventh day the people must again stop all their ordinary work to observe an official day for holy assembly.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:21 - That same day will be proclaimed an official day for holy assembly, a day on which you do no ordinary work. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation wherever you live.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:24 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. On the first day of the appointed month in early autumn,[fn] you are to observe a day of complete rest. It will be an official day for holy assembly, a day commemorated with loud blasts of a trumpet.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:27 - “Be careful to celebrate the Day of Atonement on the tenth day of that same month—nine days after the Festival of Trumpets.[fn] You must observe it as an official day for holy assembly, a day to deny yourselves[fn] and present special gifts to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:35 - On the first day of the festival you must proclaim an official day for holy assembly, when you do no ordinary work.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:36 - For seven days you must present special gifts to the LORD. The eighth day is another holy day on which you present your special gifts to the LORD. This will be a solemn occasion, and no ordinary work may be done that day.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:37 - (“These are the LORD’s appointed festivals. Celebrate them each year as official days for holy assembly by presenting special gifts to the LORD—burnt offerings, grain offerings, sacrifices, and liquid offerings—each on its proper day.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:2 - “Make two trumpets of hammered silver for calling the community to assemble and for signaling the breaking of camp.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:18 - The first day of the festival will be an official day for holy assembly, and no ordinary work may be done on that day.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:25 - The seventh day of the festival will be another official day for holy assembly, and no ordinary work may be done on that day.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:26 - “At the Festival of Harvest,[fn] when you present the first of your new grain to the LORD, you must call an official day for holy assembly, and you may do no ordinary work on that day.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:1 - “Celebrate the Festival of Trumpets each year on the first day of the appointed month in early autumn.[fn] You must call an official day for holy assembly, and you may do no ordinary work.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:7 - “Ten days later, on the tenth day of the same month,[fn] you must call another holy assembly. On that day, the Day of Atonement, the people must go without food and must do no ordinary work.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:12 - “Five days later, on the fifteenth day of the same month,[fn] you must call another holy assembly of all the people, and you may do no ordinary work on that day. It is the beginning of the Festival of Shelters,[fn] a seven-day festival to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:8 - They read from the Book of the Law of God and clearly explained the meaning of what was being read, helping the people understand each passage.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:13 - Stop bringing me your meaningless gifts;
the incense of your offerings disgusts me!
As for your celebrations of the new moon and the Sabbath
and your special days for fasting—
they are all sinful and false.
I want no more of your pious meetings.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:5 - Then the LORD will provide shade for Mount Zion
and all who assemble there.
He will provide a canopy of cloud during the day
and smoke and flaming fire at night,
covering the glorious land.
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