Word Study · Strong's H4744 · Hebrew
מִקְרָא
miqra
mik-raw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: miqrâʼ
“something called out, i.e. a public meeting (the act, the persons, or the place)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
something called out, i.e. a public meeting (the act, the persons, or the place); also a rehearsal
Rendered in the KJV as
assembly, calling, convocation, reading.
- 23occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 8inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 23 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 8
- מִקְרָא־10
- מִֽקְרָא־6
- מִקְרָאֵ֣י2
- בַּמִּקְרָֽא׃ ס1
- לְמִקְרָ֣א1
- מִקְרָ֔א1
- מִקְרָאֶ֗הָ1
- מִקְרָאֵ֖י1
How it is rendered · 6
- a convocation of16
- convocations of3
- convocation[s]1
- convocations its1
- for [the] convocation of1
- in the reading1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)16
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)3
- noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsc · 16
- HNcmpc · 3
- HNcmsa · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp3fs · 1
- HR/Ncmsc · 1
- HRd/Ncmsa · 1
All 23, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Leviticus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 12:16מִקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do.here: a convocation of
- Exodus 12:16מִקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do.here: a convocation of
Leviticus11 occurrences
- Leviticus 23:2מִקְרָאֵ֣יmikraeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.here: convocations of
- Leviticus 23:3מִקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.here: a convocation of
- Leviticus 23:4מִקְרָאֵ֖יmikraeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.here: convocations of
- Leviticus 23:7מִקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work.here: a convocation of
- Leviticus 23:8מִקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)For seven days you are to present an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.’”here: a convocation of
- Leviticus 23:21מִֽקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live for the generations to come.here: a convocation of
- Leviticus 23:24מִקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly announced by trumpet blasts.here: a convocation of
- Leviticus 23:27מִֽקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)“The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present an offering made by fire to the LORD.here: a convocation of
- Leviticus 23:35מִקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly. You must not do any regular work.here: a convocation of
- Leviticus 23:36מִקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)For seven days you are to present an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present an offering made by fire to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.here: a convocation of
- Leviticus 23:37מִקְרָאֵ֣יmikraeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting offerings by fire to the LORD—burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated day.here: convocations of
Numbers7 occurrences
- Numbers 10:2לְמִקְרָ֣אlemikra'preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)“Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out.here: for [the] convocation of
- Numbers 28:18מִקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.here: a convocation of
- Numbers 28:25מִקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)On the seventh day you shall hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.here: a convocation of
- Numbers 28:26מִֽקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)On the day of firstfruits, when you present an offering of new grain to the LORD during the Feast of Weeks, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.here: a convocation of
- Numbers 29:1מִֽקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)“On the first day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This will be a day for you to sound the trumpets.here: a convocation of
- Numbers 29:7מִֽקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)On the tenth day of this seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you shall humble yourselves; you must not do any work.here: a convocation of
- Numbers 29:12מִֽקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work, and you shall observe a feast to the LORD for seven days.here: a convocation of
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 1:13מִקְרָ֔אmikra'noun · masculine singularBring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me— your New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations. I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.here: convocation[s]
- Isaiah 4:5מִקְרָאֶ֗הָmikraehanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularThen the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,here: convocations its