מִקְלָט miqlat

Hebrew word for “refuge” · Strong’s H4733 · used 20 times in 20 verses

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Meaning

refuge, asylum

How it is translated

Glosses given for miqlat in context, with how often each is used:

• refuge 20

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 35 (11), Joshua 21 (5), Joshua 20 (2), 1 Chronicles 6 (2)

Forms

• מקלט 8
• מקלטו 5
• המקלט 4
• למקלט 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with miqlat more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• רָצַח ratsach “to murder” 13
• עִיר ir “city” 19
• מִגְרָשׁ migrash “pasture” 7
• נוּס nus “to flee” 7
• גָּאַל gaal “to redeem” 4
• שְׁגָגָה shegagah “unintentionally” 3
• שָׁם sham “there” 6
• כֶם khem “you” 5
• מָוֶת mavet “death” 3
• גֶּזֶר gezer “Gezer” 2
• לִבְנָה livnah “Libnah” 2
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 4

Key verses

The verses using miqlat that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Numbers 35:6 — And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee…
• Numbers 35:11 — Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.
• Numbers 35:12 — And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
• Numbers 35:25 — And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge,…
• Numbers 35:28 — Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return…
• Joshua 20:2 — Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
• Joshua 21:13 — Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,
• Joshua 21:21 — For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
• Joshua 21:32 — And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with…
• Joshua 21:38 — And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
• 1 Chronicles 6:57 — And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their…
• 1 Chronicles 6:67 — And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.