Miphqâd — H4662

Definition

masculine noun

an appointment, i.e. mandate; concretely, a designated spot; specifically, a census

1. muster, appointment, appointed place
1. muster (of people)
2. appointment
3. appointed place
2. (TWOT) number

Usually translated as

number, appointed place, commandment

Origin

from H6485

• Derived from Pâqad (H6485)

Greek equivalents

• apochōrízō (G673)
• prostássō (G4367)

Occurrences

Miphqâd occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (1), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Ezekiel (1)

• 2 Samuel 24:9 — And Joab gave up the sum of the number (מִפְקַד) of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
• 1 Chronicles 21:5 — And Joab gave the sum of the number (מִפְקַד) of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
• 2 Chronicles 31:13 — And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment (בְּמִפְקַד֙) of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
• Ezekiel 43:21 — Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place (בְּמִפְקַ֣ד) of the house, without the sanctuary.