Word Study · Strong's H4662 · Hebrew

מִפְקָד

miphqad

mif-kawd'

Strong's 1890 spelling: miphqâd

“an appointment, i.e. mandate”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

an appointment, i.e. mandate; concretely, a designated spot; specifically, a census

Rendered in the KJV as

appointed place, commandment, number.

5
occurrencesin the Old Testament
5 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
4
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 5 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 4

מִפְקַד־2
בְּמִפְקַד֙1
בְּמִפְקַ֣ד1
הַמִּפְקָ֔ד1

How it is rendered · 4

[the] muster of2
by [the] appointment of1
in [the] appointed place of1
the muster1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 3

noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HNcmsc · 2
HR/Ncmsc · 2
HTd/Ncmsa · 1

All 5, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

2 Samuel1 of 5 · 20%
1 Chronicles1 of 5 · 20%
2 Chronicles1 of 5 · 20%
Nehemiah1 of 5 · 20%
Ezekiel1 of 5 · 20%

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2 Samuel1 occurrence

2 Samuel 24:9מִפְקַד־mifkad-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.here: [the] muster of

1 Chronicles1 occurrence

1 Chronicles 21:5מִפְקַד־mifkad-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)And Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah.here: [the] muster of

2 Chronicles1 occurrence

2 Chronicles 31:13בְּמִפְקַד֙bemifkadpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the authority of Conaniah and his brother Shimei, by appointment of King Hezekiah and of Azariah the chief official of the house of God.here: by [the] appointment of

Nehemiah1 occurrence

Nehemiah 3:31הַמִּפְקָ֔דhamifkadthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularNext to him, Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the upper room above the corner.here: the muster

Ezekiel1 occurrence

Ezekiel 43:21בְּמִפְקַ֣דbemifkadpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then you are to take away the bull for the sin offering and burn it in the appointed part of the temple area outside the sanctuary.here: in [the] appointed place of

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled מִפְקָד

H4663

מִפְקָד

Miphqad

“Miphkad, the name of a gate in Jerusalem”

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