Mizpeh
מִצְפֶּהStrong’s H4708mitspeh (mits-peh)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mitspeh is the Hebrew word usually translated “mizpah”, “mizpah of” and “from mizpah of”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.”
Meaning
- § Mizpeh = "watchtower"
How it's translated
- and mizpah 2
- mizpah of 2
- mizpah 1
- and from mizpah of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 3
- Judges 1
- 1 Samuel 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Joshua 15:38And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
- Joshua 18:26And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
- Judges 11:29Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.
- 1 Samuel 22:3And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.
Hebrew dictionary
מִצְפֶּה mitspeh · Mizpeh
§ Mizpeh = "watchtower" a city in the district of the Shephelah or lowlands of Judah
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.