Mikhmeret מִכְמֶ֫רֶת
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| מִכְמֶ֫רֶת | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | mikhmeret |
| Strong's number | H4365 (H4365A, H4365B) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | net |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Habakkuk (2) |
Mikhmeret (Hebrew מִכְמֶ֫רֶת, Strong's H4365) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “net”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H4365A: net
net, fishing net
Also means: mikh.mo.ret (מִכְמֹ֫רֶת "net" H4365B)
Also means: mikh.mo.ret (מִכְמֹ֫רֶת "net" H4365B)
H4365B: net
net, fishing net
Another spelling of mikh.me.ret (מִכְמֶ֫רֶת "net" H4365A)
Another spelling of mikh.me.ret (מִכְמֶ֫רֶת "net" H4365A)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | drag (2), nets (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | his fishing net (2), nets (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Mikhmeret, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Isaiah
- Isaiah 19:8The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.Then the fishermen will mourn, all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.
Habakkuk
- Habakkuk 1:15They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.
- Habakkuk 1:16Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).