(Mizpah) Valley
בִּקְעָהStrong’s H4709biqah (biq-ah)
Appears in 37 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Biqah is the Hebrew word usually translated “mizpah”, “at mizpah” and “mizpah towards”. It appears in 37 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.”
Meaning
- Mizpeh = "watchtower"
- § Mizpah = "watchtower"
- This name means plain, level valley
How it's translated
- mizpah 17
- at mizpah 9
- mizpah towards 8
- and mizpah 3
- in mizpah 2
- to mizpah 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 12
- Judges 8
- 1 Samuel 7
- Nehemiah 3
- 2 Kings 2
- Genesis 1
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Joshua 11:3And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
- Judges 10:17Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh.
- Judges 11:11Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.
- Judges 11:34And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
- Judges 20:1Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
- Judges 20:3(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness?
Hebrew dictionary
מִצְפֶּה mitspeh · Mizpeh
Mizpeh = "watchtower" a place in Benjamin; also 'Mizpah' Another name of mits.pah (מִצְפָּה "Mizpah" H4709G)
מִצְפָּה mitspah · Mizpah
§ Mizpah = "watchtower" a place in Gilead south of Jabbok
בִּקְעָה biqah · (Mizpah) Valley
This name means plain, level valley Combined with mits.pah (מִצְפָּה "Mizpah" H4709I)
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.