מִישׁוֹרmîyshôwr

level place, uprightness

Pronunciation: mee-shore' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4334

Meanings

1. level country, table-land, plain (1 Kings 20:23; 1 Kings 20:25; Zechariah 4:7)

2. level place, (free from obstacles), figurative for place of safety, comfort, and prosperity (Psalms 26:12; Psalms 27:11; Psalms 143:10)

3. uprightness (Psalms 67:5; Psalms 45:7; Isaiah 11:4)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 23 times in the Bible.

  • Deuteronomy 3:10 We had now conquered all the cities on the plateau and all Gilead and Bashan, as far as the towns of Salecah and Edrei, which were part of Og’s kingdom in Bashan.
  • Deuteronomy 4:43 These were the cities: Bezer on the wilderness plateau for the tribe of Reuben; Ramoth in Gilead for the tribe of Gad; Golan in Bashan for the tribe of Manasseh.
  • Joshua 13:9 Their territory extended from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge (including the town in the middle of the gorge) to the plain beyond Medeba, as far as Dibon.
  • Joshua 13:16 Their territory extended from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge (including the town in the middle of the gorge) to the plain beyond Medeba.
  • Joshua 13:17 It included Heshbon and the other towns on the plain—Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,
  • Joshua 13:21 The land of Reuben also included all the towns of the plain and the entire kingdom of Sihon. Sihon was the Amorite king who had reigned in Heshbon and was killed by Moses along with the leaders of Midian—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—princes living in the region who were allied with Sihon.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).