Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4744
מִקְרָא
miqramik-raw'
assembly
23 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: miqrâʼ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4744is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4744
something called out, i.e. a public meeting (the act, the persons, or the place); also a rehearsal
The King James renders it: assembly, calling, convocation, reading.
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
miqra is rendered "assembly". It stands 23 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Eleven of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 12:16On 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.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
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.
Exodus 12:16מִקְרָא־
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eleven of the word's twenty-three uses are in Leviticus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a convocation of16
- convocations of3
- convocation1
- convocations its1
- for convocation of1
- in the reading1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| מִקְנֶה | miqneh | livestock | Uses76 |
| מִקְדָּשׁ | miqdash | sanctuary | Uses75 |
| מִקְלָט | miqlat | refuge | Uses20 |
| מִקְנָה | miqnah | purchase | Uses15 |
| מִקְרֶה | miqreh | accident | Uses10 |
| מִקְשָׁה | miqshah | beating | Uses9 |
| מִקְלַעַת | miqlaath | engraving | Uses4 |
| מִקְסָם | miqsam | divination | Uses2 |
| מִקְשָׁה | miqshah | cucumber field | Uses2 |
| מִקְטֶרֶת | miqtereth | censer | Uses2 |
| מִקְוָה | miqvah | reservoir | Uses1 |
| מִקְטָר | miqtar | fumigation | Uses1 |
and 1 more on the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 23, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 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
- מִקְרָא־10
- מִֽקְרָא־6
- מִקְרָאֵ֣י2
- בַּמִּקְרָֽא׃ ס1
- לְמִקְרָ֣א1
- מִקְרָ֔א1
- מִקְרָאֶ֗הָ1
- מִקְרָאֵ֖י1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)16HNcmsc
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)3HNcmpc
- noun · masculine singular1HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp3fs
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmsc
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1HRd/Ncmsa
Exodus
two uses
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.
- מִקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a convocation of
- מִקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a convocation of
Leviticus
eleven uses
“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.
- מִקְרָאֵ֣יmikraeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: convocations 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.
- מִקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a convocation of
These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.
- מִקְרָאֵ֖יmikraeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: convocations of
On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work.
- מִקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a convocation 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.’”
- מִקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a convocation 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.
- מִֽקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a convocation 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.
- מִקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a convocation 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.
- מִֽקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a convocation of
On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly. You must not do any regular work.
- מִקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a convocation 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.
- מִקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a convocation 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.
- מִקְרָאֵ֣יmikraeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: convocations of
Numbers
seven uses
“Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out.
- לְמִקְרָ֣אlemikra'preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for convocation of
On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.
- מִקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a convocation of
On the seventh day you shall hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.
- מִקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a convocation 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.
- מִֽקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a convocation 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.
- מִֽקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a convocation 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.
- מִֽקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a convocation 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.
- מִֽקְרָא־mikra'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a convocation of
Nehemiah
one use
So they read from the Book of the Law of God, explaining it and giving insight, so that the people could understand what was being read.
- בַּמִּקְרָֽא׃ סbamikra'preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the reading
Isaiah
two uses
Bring 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.
- מִקְרָ֔אmikra'noun · masculine singulartagged: convocation
Then 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,
- מִקְרָאֶ֗הָmikraehanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: convocations its
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.