Recess
מִגְרָעָהStrong’s H4052migraah (mig-ra-ah)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Migraah is the Hebrew word usually translated “ledges”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.”
Meaning
- Recess, ledge, rebatement
How it's translated
- ledges 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
מִגְרָעָה migraah · recess
recess, ledge, rebatement
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ledge” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LEDGE, noun
- A stratum, layer or row.
- A ridge; a prominent row; as a ledge of rocks.
- A prominent part; a regular part rising or projecting beyond the rest.
- A small molding.
All definitions
- A small piece of timber placed athwart ships, under the deck between the beams.
- A long ridge of rocks near the surface of the sea.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.