Mikmâç — H4363

Definition

locative proper noun

Mikmas or Mikmash, a place in Palestine

1. Michmas or Michmash = "hidden"
2. a city in Benjamin lying near Ramah and approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of Jerusalem; probably modern 'Mukhmas'

Usually translated as

Mikmas, Mikmash

Origin

(Ezra 2:2 or Mikmâsh; or Mikmash; (Nehemiah 11:31), from H3647; hidden

• Derived from Kâmaç (H3647)

Occurrences

Mikmâç occurs 11 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (7), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (2), Isaiah (1)

• 1 Samuel 13:2 — Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash (בְּמִכְמָשׂ֙) and in mount Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
• 1 Samuel 13:5 — And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash (בְמִכְמָ֔שׂ), eastward from Beth-aven.
• 1 Samuel 13:11 — And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash (מִכְמָֽשׂ);
• 1 Samuel 13:16 — And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash (בְמִכְמָֽשׂ).
• 1 Samuel 13:23 — And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash (מִכְמָֽשׂ).
• 1 Samuel 14:5 — The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash (מִכְמָ֑שׂ), and the other southward over against Gibeah.
• 1 Samuel 14:31 — And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash (מִמִּכְמָ֖שׂ) to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.
• Ezra 2:27 — The men of Michmas (מִכְמָ֔ס), an hundred twenty and two.
• Nehemiah 7:31 — The men of Michmas (מִכְמָ֔ס), an hundred and twenty and two.
• Nehemiah 11:31 — The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash (מִכְמָ֣שׂ), and Aija, and Beth-el, and in their villages,
• Isaiah 10:28 — He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash (לְמִכְמָ֖שׂ) he hath laid up his carriages: