Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H4709
מִצְפָּה
Mitspahmits-paw'
Mizpah
40 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Mitspâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4709is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 10 of 39Old Testament books
- 22spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4709
Mitspah, the name of two places in Palestine
The King James renders it: Mitspah. (This seems rather to be only an orthographic variation of H4708 (מִצְפֶּה) when 'in pause'.)
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Mitspah is rendered "Mizpah". It stands 40 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.
- Fourteen of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 31:49It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-two different ways.
The first use
It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.
Genesis 31:49וְהַמִּצְפָּה֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Fourteen of the word's forty uses are in Jeremiah.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the Mizpah17
- at the Mizpah9
- the Mizpah towards8
- and the Mizpah3
- in the Mizpah2
- to Mizpah1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מִצְוָה | mitsvah | commandment | Uses181 |
| מִצְרִי | Mitsri | Egyptian | Uses70 |
| מִצְנֶפֶת | mitsnepheth | turban | Uses12 |
| מִצְעָר | mitsar | little | Uses5 |
| מִצְעָד | mitsad | step | Uses3 |
| מִצְרֵף | mitsreph | crucible | Uses2 |
| מִצְפֶּה | mitspeh | lookout | Uses2 |
| מִצְחָה | mitschah | greave | Uses1 |
| מִצְפֻּן | mitspun | treasure | Uses1 |
| מִצְּעִירָה | mitstseirah | little | Usesnot recorded |
All 40, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
22 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַמִּצְפָּ֑תָה5
- בַּמִּצְפָּֽה׃4
- הַמִּצְפָּ֑ה4
- הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃4
- בַּמִּצְפָּ֔ה3
- הַמִּצְפָּ֔ה3
- וְהַמִּצְפָּ֑ה2
- בַּמִּצְפָּ֖ה1
- בַּמִּצְפָּ֜ה1
- בַּמִּצְפָּ֗ה1
- בַּמִּצְפָּֽה׃ פ1
- הַמִּצְפָּה֮1
and 10 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)17HTd/Npl
- preposition with the article + proper noun (a name)11HRd/Npl
- the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)8HTd/Npl/Sd
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)3HC/Td/Npl
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1HR/Npl
Genesis
one use
It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.
- וְהַמִּצְפָּה֙vehamitzpahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and the Mizpah
Joshua
one use
to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
- הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃hamitzpahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Mizpah
Judges
eight uses
Then the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, and the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.
- בַּמִּצְפָּֽה׃bamitzpahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: at the Mizpah
So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.
- בַּמִּצְפָּֽה׃ פbamitzpahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Mizpah
And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.
- הַמִּצְפָּה֮hamitzpahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Mizpah
Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
- הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃hamitzpahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Mizpah
(Meanwhile the Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) And the Israelites asked, “Tell us, how did this wicked thing happen?”
- הַמִּצְפָּ֑הhamitzpahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Mizpah
Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”
- בַּמִּצְפָּ֖הbamitzpahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: at the Mizpah
The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.
- הַמִּצְפָּ֛הhamitzpahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Mizpah
So they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.
- הַמִּצְפָּ֑הhamitzpahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Mizpah
1 Samuel
eight uses
Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”
- הַמִּצְפָּ֑תָהhamitzpatahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the Mizpah towards
When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.
- הַ֠מִּצְפָּתָהhamitzpatahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the Mizpah towards
- בַּמִּצְפָּֽה׃bamitzpahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: at the Mizpah
When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, their rulers marched up toward Israel. And when the Israelites learned of this, they feared the Philistines
- הַמִּצְפָּ֔תָהhamitzpatahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the Mizpah towards
Then the men of Israel charged out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth-car.
- הַמִּצְפָּ֔הhamitzpahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Mizpah
Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
- הַמִּצְפָּה֙hamitzpahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Mizpah
Every year he would go on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.
- וְהַמִּצְפָּ֑הvehamitzpahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and the Mizpah
After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah
- הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃hamitzpahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Mizpah
1 Kings
one use
Then King Asa summoned all the men of Judah, with no exceptions, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials King Asa built up Geba of Benjamin, as well as Mizpah.
- הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃hamitzpahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Mizpah
2 Kings
two uses
When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.
- הַמִּצְפָּ֑הhamitzpahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Mizpah
In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
- בַּמִּצְפָּֽה׃bamitzpahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: at the Mizpah
2 Chronicles
one use
Then King Asa brought all the men of Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials he built up Geba and Mizpah.
- הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃ סhamitzpahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Mizpah
Nehemiah
three uses
Next to them, repairs were made by Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, and the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, who were under the authority of the governor of the region west of the Euphrates.
- וְהַמִּצְפָּ֑הvehamitzpahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and the Mizpah
The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofed it, and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah near the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that descend from the City of David.
- הַמִּצְפָּה֒hamitzpahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Mizpah
And next to him, Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the Ascent to the Armory, near the angle in the wall.
- הַמִּצְפָּ֖הhamitzpahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Mizpah
Jeremiah
fourteen uses
So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and stayed with him among the people who were left in the land.
- הַמִּצְפָּ֑תָהhamitzpatahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the Mizpah towards
they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah son of the Maacathite—they and their men.
- הַמִּצְפָּ֑תָהhamitzpatahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the Mizpah towards
As for me, I will stay in Mizpah to represent you before the Chaldeans who come to us. As for you, gather wine grapes, summer fruit, and oil, place them in your storage jars, and live in the cities you have taken.”
- בַּמִּצְפָּ֔הbamitzpahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: at the Mizpah
they all returned from all the places to which they had been banished and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah. And they gathered an abundance of wine grapes and summer fruit.
- הַמִּצְפָּ֑תָהhamitzpatahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the Mizpah towards
Meanwhile, Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies in the field came to Gedaliah at Mizpah
- הַמִּצְפָּֽתָה׃hamitzpatahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the Mizpah towards
Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah at Mizpah. “Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah,” he said. “No one will know it. Why should he take your life and scatter all the people of Judah who have gathered to you, so that the remnant of Judah would perish?”
- בַּמִּצְפָּ֜הbamitzpahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: at the Mizpah
In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and they ate a meal together there.
- הַמִּצְפָּ֑תָהhamitzpatahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the Mizpah towards
- בַּמִּצְפָּֽה׃bamitzpahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: at the Mizpah
Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Chaldean soldiers who were there.
- בַּמִּצְפָּ֔הbamitzpahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: at the Mizpah
And Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When Ishmael encountered the men, he said, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.”
- הַמִּצְפָּ֔הhamitzpahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Mizpah
Then Ishmael took captive all the remnant of the people of Mizpah—the daughters of the king along with all the others who remained in Mizpah—over whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and set off to cross over to the Ammonites.
- בַּמִּצְפָּ֗הbamitzpahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Mizpah
- בַּמִּצְפָּ֔הbamitzpahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: at the Mizpah
and all the people whom Ishmael had taken captive at Mizpah turned and went over to Johanan son of Kareah.
- הַמִּצְפָּ֑הhamitzpahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Mizpah
Then Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him took the whole remnant of the people from Mizpah whom he had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam: the soldiers, women, children, and court officials he had brought back from Gibeon.
- הַמִּצְפָּ֔הhamitzpahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Mizpah
Hosea
one use
“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.
- לְמִצְפָּ֔הlemitzpahpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Mizpah
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
