Mikmereth — H4365

Definition

feminine noun

a (fisher's) net

1. net, fishing net

Usually translated as

drag, net

Origin

or mikmôreth; feminine of H4364

• Makmâr (H4364)

Greek equivalents

• sagḗnē (G4522)

Occurrences

Mikmereth occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Isaiah (1), Habakkuk (2)

• Isaiah 19:8 — The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets (מִכְמֹ֛רֶת) upon the waters shall languish.
• Habakkuk 1:15 — They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag (בְּמִכְמַרְתּ֑וֹ): therefore they rejoice and are glad.
• Habakkuk 1:16 — Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag (לְמִכְמַרְתּ֑וֹ); because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.