Appointment
מִפְקָדStrong’s H4662miphqad (miph-qad)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Miphqad is the Hebrew word usually translated “muster of”, “appointment of” and “muster”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.”
Meaning
- This name means muster, appointed place
- Muster, appointment, appointed placemuster (of people) · appointment · appointed place
- (TWOT) number
How it's translated
- muster of 2
- by appointment of 1
- the muster 1
- in appointed place of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Samuel 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
- Nehemiah 1
- Ezekiel 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Chronicles 21:5And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
- 2 Chronicles 31:13And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
- Nehemiah 3:31After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith’s son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.
- Ezekiel 43:21Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.
Hebrew dictionary
מִפְקָד miphqad · Muster (Gate)
This name means muster, appointed place Also named: miph.qad (מִפְקָד "Muster( Gate)" H4663)
מִפְקָד miphqad · appointment
1) muster, appointment, appointed place 1a) muster (of people) 1b) appointment 1c) appointed place 2) (TWOT) number
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “appointment” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
APPOINT'MENT, noun
- The act of appointing; designation to office; as, he erred by the appointment of suitable men.
- Stipulation; assignation; the act of fixing by mutual agreement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six o'clock.
- Decree; established order or constitution; as, it is our duty to submit to the divine appointments.
- Direction; order; command.
All definitions
- Equipment, furniture, as for a ship, or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management.
- An allowance to a person; a salary or pension, as to a public officer.
- A devise or grant to a charitable use.
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.