Deputation
מִשְׁלַ֫חַתStrong’s H4917mishlachat (mish-la-chat)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mishlachat is the Hebrew word usually translated “band of” and “discharge”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.”
Meaning
- Discharge, sending, sending away, deputationdischarge · deputation
How it's translated
- a band of 1
- discharge 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 1
- Ecclesiastes 1
2 books in all.
Hebrew dictionary
מִשְׁלַ֫חַת mishlachat · deputation
1) discharge, sending, sending away, deputation 1a) discharge 1b) deputation
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “deputation” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DEPUTATION, noun
- The act of appointing a substitute or representative to act for another; the act of appointing and sending a deputy or substitute to transact business for another, as his agent, either with a special commission and authority, or with general powers.
- A special commission or authority to act as the substitute of another; as, this man acts by deputation from the sheriff.
- The person deputed; the person or persons authorized and sent to transact business for another; as, the General sent a deputation to the enemy to offer terms of peace.
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.