מִקְרָאmiqrâʼ
convocation; convoking, reading
Pronunciation: mik-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4744
Meanings
1. convocation, sacred assembly (Isaiah 1:13; Isaiah 4:5; Exodus 12:16)
2. convoking (Numbers 10:2)
3. reading (Nehemiah 8:8)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 23 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 12:16 On the first day of the festival and again on the seventh day, all the people must observe an official day for holy assembly. No work of any kind may be done on these days except in the preparation of food.
- Leviticus 23:2 “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, which you are to proclaim as official days for holy assembly.
- Leviticus 23:3 “You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of complete rest, an official day for holy assembly. It is the Lord’s Sabbath day, and it must be observed wherever you live.
- Leviticus 23:4 “In addition to the Sabbath, these are the Lord’s appointed festivals, the official days for holy assembly that are to be celebrated at their proper times each year.
- Leviticus 23:7 On the first day of the festival, all the people must stop their ordinary work and observe an official day for holy assembly.
- Leviticus 23:8 For seven days you must present special gifts to the Lord. On the seventh day the people must again stop all their ordinary work to observe an official day for holy assembly.”
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).