H4733 - מִקְלָט (miqlâṭ)

H4733 מִקְלָט (miqlâṭ) mik-lawt'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

refuge

Strong's Definition

an asylum (as a receptacle)

Derivation: from H7038 (קָלַט) in the sense of taking in;

KJV Usage: refuge.

TWOT Reference: 2026a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) refuge, asylum

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G873

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

refuge, asylum

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מִקְלָט miqlâṭ BDB Definition: 1) refuge, asylum Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H7038 in the sense of taking in Same Word by TWOT Number: 2026a Total KJV Occurrences: 20

Bible Occurrences (20)

35:6 35:11 35:12 35:13 35:14 35:15 35:25 35:26 35:27 35:28 35:32

20:2 20:3 21:13 21:21 21:27 21:32 21:38

6:57 6:67

Numbers 35:6

Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee -. In addition to these, give [the Levites] forty-two... other cities.

Numbers 35:11

designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.

Numbers 35:12

You are to have these cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.

Numbers 35:13

The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge.

Numbers 35:14

Select three cities... across the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge.

Numbers 35:15

These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites... and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.

Numbers 35:25

The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled,... and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

Numbers 35:26

But if the manslayer ever goes outside... the limits of the city of refuge to which he fled...