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Designated

מוּעָדָהStrong’s H4152

muadah (mu-a-dah)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Muadah is the Hebrew word usually translated “appointing”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.”
Joshua 20:9 KJV
Meaning
  1. Cities appointed (of refuge)
How it's translated
  • appointing 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Joshua 1

1 book in all.

Related words
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    Hebrew dictionary

    מוּעָדָה muadah · designated

    cities appointed (of refuge)

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “designated” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    DESIGNATED, participle passive

    Marked out; indicated; shown; pointed out appointed.

      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.