Word

מִפְקָד

miphqâd · H4662 · Hebrew · 4 occurrences

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Meanings

numbering or muster

An action by which humans carefully observe a large group of people or objects to determine their number, establish whether everyone is present, or, for an army, learn its fighting strength

Examples
2 Samuel 24:9 And Joab gave the number of the census of the people to the king: in Israel there were eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
1 Chronicles 21:5 Then Joab gave the number of the census of the people to David. Israel was 1,100,000 men in all who drew the sword; and Judah was 470,000 men who drew the sword.
appointment

Causative action by which humans give other humans a certain responsibility or position of authority with regards to a group of people

Examples
2 Chronicles 31:13 Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the authority of Conaniah and his brother Shimei by the appointment of King Hezekiah, and Azariah was the chief officer of the house of God.
appointed place

A place that has been designated for a particular purpose

Examples
Ezekiel 43:21 ‘You shall also take the bull as the sin offering, and it shall be burned in the appointed place of the house, outside the sanctuary.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

4 occurrences in 4 groups

עַםpeople 2
בַּיִתhouse, household 1
יְחִזְקִיָּהJehizkiah 1
עֲזַרְיָהAzariah 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 1 groups

בin/on/with 3

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

2 occurrences in 1 groups

מִסְפָּרnumber 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

מַעֲמָד maʻămâd · H4612 · office, function, position: מַעֲמָד (maʻămâd, H4612) emphasizes the standing or state of holding an office/position; מִפְקָד (miphqâd, H4662) emphasizes the designated or commanded nature of the place/office.

Semantic domains 4 entries

See002004001005: This domain is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, which describe a census, an appointment, and a designated location rather than an act of seeing.
Role002002002008: מִפְקָד describes an appointed office or role, illustrated at 2 Chronicles 31:13 ("overseers under the authority of Conaniah... by the appointment of King Hezekiah") — an assigned position of responsibility.
Space002002001017: מִפְקָד describes a muster or census count as a spatially-organized enumeration, illustrated at 2 Samuel 24:9 ("Joab gave the sum of the numbering of the people to the king") and 1 Chronicles 21:5 ("then Joab gave the sum of the numbering of the people to David").
Names of Constructions003001003: This domain is shared with the identically-spelled place name Miphkad (מִפְקָד (Miphqâd, H4663)); מִפְקָד's own sampled citations illustrate the census, appointment, and location senses of the common noun rather than a specific named structure.

Word family 8 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

פָּקַד pâqad · H6485 · to observe, to visit, to inspect · 303×פְּקֻדָּה pᵉquddâh · H6486 · muster, notice, providence · 32×פִּקּוּד piqqûwd · H6490 · commandments, precepts · 24×פָּקִיד pâqîyd · H6496 · officer, overseer, leader · 13×מִפְקָדmiphqâd · H4662פִּקָּדוֹן piqqâdôwn · H6487 · deposit, reserve · 3×מִפְקָד Miphqâd · H4663 · numbering, muster, appointment · 1×פְּקִדֻת pᵉqiduth · H6488 · guard officer · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4662. miphqad מִפְקָד noun [masculine] muster, appointment, appointed place; — absolute…

H4662. miphqad
מִפְקָד noun [masculine] muster, appointment, appointed place; — absolute ׳מ only in הַמּ ׳שַׁעַר Neh 3:31, see שַׁעַר; construct ׃מִפְקַד
1 muster of people 2Sa 24:9 = 1Ch 21:5.
2 appointment of (by) Hezekiah 2Ch 31:13.
3 appointed place of (in) temple Eze 43:21 (Krae watch, guardhouse; Köii. 1, 93 conjecture מוֺקֵד).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 4 entries

Space1 occurrence Role1 occurrence See2 occurrences Names of Constructions0 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0