Miqshah מִקְשָׁה
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| מִקְשָׁה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | miqshah |
| Strong's number | H4749 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | beating |
| Occurrences | 9 in 8 verses |
| Most frequent in | Exodus (6) |
Miqshah (Hebrew מִקְשָׁה, Strong's H4749) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “beating”. It occurs 9 times in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
hammered work, finely decorated cultic objects of gold or silver
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | work (6), piece (2), beaten (1), upright (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | hammered (7), it was made of hammered (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Miqshah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 25:18And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,
- Exodus 25:31And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
- Exodus 25:36Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.The buds and branches are to be all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.
- Exodus 37:7And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;He made two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,
- Exodus 37:17And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same:Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold, all of one piece: its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
- Exodus 37:22Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.The buds and branches were all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.
Numbers
- Numbers 8:4And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the Lord had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.This is how the lampstand was constructed: it was made of hammered gold from its base to its blossoms, fashioned according to the pattern the LORD had shown Moses.
- Numbers 10:2Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.“Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out.
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).