Word Study · Strong's H4750 · Hebrew

מִקְשָׁה

miqshah

mik-shaw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: miqshâh

“literally a cucumbered field, i.e. a cucumber patch”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

literally a cucumbered field, i.e. a cucumber patch

Rendered in the KJV as

garden of cucumbers.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

בְמִקְשָׁ֖ה1
מִקְשָׁ֥ה1

How it is rendered · 2

a cucumber field1
in a cucumber field1

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

How it parses · 2

noun · feminine singular1
preposition + noun · feminine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HNcfsa · 1
HR/Ncfsa · 1

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Isaiah1 of 2 · 50%
Jeremiah1 of 2 · 50%

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Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 1:8בְמִקְשָׁ֖הvemikshahpreposition + noun · feminine singularAnd the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.here: in a cucumber field

Jeremiah1 occurrence

Jeremiah 10:5מִקְשָׁ֥הmikshahnoun · feminine singularLike scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”here: a cucumber field

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled מִקְשָׁה

H4749 · 9×

מִקְשָׁה

miqshah

“rounded work, i.e. moulded by hammering (repousse)”

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