מִצְפֶּהMitspeh

Mitspeh, the name of five places in Palestine

Pronunciation: mits-peh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4708

Meanings

1. in Shephelah of Judah (Joshua 15:38)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • Joshua 11:8 And the Lord gave them victory over their enemies. The Israelites chased them as far as Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward into the valley of Mizpah, until not one enemy warrior was left alive.
  • Joshua 15:38 Dilean, Mizpeh, Joktheel,
  • Joshua 18:26 Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah,
  • Judges 11:29 At that time the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he went throughout the land of Gilead and Manasseh, including Mizpah in Gilead, and from there he led an army against the Ammonites.
  • 1 Samuel 22:3 Later David went to Mizpeh in Moab, where he asked the king, “Please allow my father and mother to live here with you until I know what God is going to do for me.”
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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).