TBESH · H4709G
מִצְפָּה · mits.pah · Mizpah
§ Mizpah = "watchtower" a place in Gilead south of Jabbok
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mits.pah H4709
מִצְפָּה (mits.pah) means “Mizpah” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
מִצְפָּה Hebrew · H4709 40 tagged occurrences in 37 verses
Pronunciation guide: mits-paw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
TBESH · H4709H
מִצְפָּה · mits.pah · Mizpah
Mizpah = "watchtower" a place in Gilead north of Jabbok and location of Laban's cairn Another spelling of ra.mot gi.l.ad (רָמֹת "Ramoth" H7433)
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TBESH · H4709I
מִצְפָּה · mits.pah · Mizpah
§ Mizpah = "watchtower" a place near Mount Hermon
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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
feminine of H4708 (מִצְפֶּה); Mitspah, the name of two places in Palestine
KJV glosses: Mitspah. (This seems rather to be only an orthographic variation of H4708 (מִצְפֶּה) when 'in pause'.)
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How translators render H4709
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| at mizpah | 20 |
| mizpah | 6 |
| of mizpah | 4 |
| to mizpah | 4 |
| and mizpah | 2 |
| in mizpah | 2 |
| it was also called mizpah | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| to mizpeh | 6 |
| in mizpeh | 4 |
| and mizpah | 3 |
| from mizpah | 3 |
| in mizpah | 3 |
| at mizpah | 2 |
| of mizpah | 2 |
| of mizpeh | 2 |
| to mizpah | 2 |
| and mizpeh | 1 |
| and of mizpah | 1 |
| between mizpeh | 1 |
| on mizpah | 1 |
| that were with him at mizpah | 1 |
Verses containing H4709
Page 1 of 1. 37 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 31:49
· BSB · 1 occurrence
It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.
Read word by word - Joshua 11:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Judges 10:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, and the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.
Read word by word - Judges 11:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Judges 11:34
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Judges 20:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Judges 20:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
(Meanwhile the Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) And the Israelites asked, “Tell us, how did this wicked thing happen?”
Read word by word - Judges 21:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
Read word by word - Judges 21:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Judges 21:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 7:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 7:6
· BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 7:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 7:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 7:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 7:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Every year he would go on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 10:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah
Read word by word - 1 Kings 15:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - 2 Kings 25:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - 2 Kings 25:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 16:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 3:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 3:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 3:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 40:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and stayed with him among the people who were left in the land.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 40:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 40:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 40:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 40:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Meanwhile, Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies in the field came to Gedaliah at Mizpah
Read word by word - Jeremiah 40:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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?”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 41:1
· BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 41:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Chaldean soldiers who were there.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 41:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 41:10
· BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 41:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and all the people whom Ishmael had taken captive at Mizpah turned and went over to Johanan son of Kareah.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 41:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Hosea 5:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“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.
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