Strong H4709H4709Hמִצְפָּה
Mizpah
One of the 3 senses of Strong H4709
- Transliteration
- mitspâh
- Pronunciation
- mits-paw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Ramoth, also called Ramoth-gilead, was a city of refuge in Gad and a Levitical city (Deu. 4:43; Jos. 20:8; 21:38).
Meaning of the name
Mizpah = "watchtower"
General definition
In the biblical story
Ramoth
City of refuge east of the Jordan
Ramoth, also called Ramoth-gilead, was a city of refuge in Gad and a Levitical city (Deu. 4:43; Jos. 20:8; 21:38).
In the Bible
Strong H4709H appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- mizpeh3
- mizpah2
First verses
- Genesis 31:49And Mizpah; for he said, The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
- Judges 10:17Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh.
- Judges 11:11Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the Lord in Mizpeh.
- Judges 11:34And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
- Hosea 5:1Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.