מִקְרָא miqra
Hebrew word for “assembly” · Strong’s H4744 · used 23 times in 22 verses
Meaning
1) convocation, convoking, reading, a calling together; 1a) convocation, sacred assembly; 1b) convoking; 1c) reading
How it is translated
Glosses given for miqra in context, with how often each is used:
- convocation 17
- convocations 5
- reading 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Leviticus 23 (11), Numbers 28 (3), Numbers 29 (3), Exodus 12 (1), Numbers 10 (1), Nehemiah 8 (1), Isaiah 1 (1), Isaiah 4 (1)
Forms
- מקרא 17
- מקראי 3
- למקרא 1
- במקרא 1
- מקראה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with miqra more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- קֹדֶשׁ qodesh “holiness” 18
- מְלָאכָה melakhah “work” 13
- עֲבֹדָה avodah “service” 10
- שְׁבִיעִי shevii “seventh” 9
- כֶם khem “you” 11
- חֹדֶשׁ chodesh “month” 6
- אִשֶּׁה ishshah “food offering” 4
- קָרַב qarav “to present” 5
- קָרָא qara “to call” 6
- רִאשׁוֹן rishon “first” 4
- שַׁבָּתוֹן shabbaton “sabbath observance” 2
- עֲצָרָה atsarah “assembly” 2
Key verses
The verses using miqra that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 12:16 — And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in…
- Leviticus 23:2 — Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my…
- Leviticus 23:3 — Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your…
- Leviticus 23:21 — And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work a statute for ever in all your dwellings…
- Leviticus 23:24 — Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an…
- Leviticus 23:27 — Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and…
- Numbers 28:26 — Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no…
- Numbers 29:1 — And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets…
- Numbers 29:7 — And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work
- Numbers 29:12 — And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven…
- Isaiah 1:13 — Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity,…
- Isaiah 4:5 — And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by…
See all 22 verses in the Word Atlas
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.