Miqlaʻath — H4734

Definition

feminine noun

a sculpture (probably in bas-relief)

1. carving

Usually translated as

carved, carving, graving

Origin

from H7049

• Derived from Qâlaʻ (H7049)

Occurrences

Miqlaʻath occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (4)

• 1 Kings 6:18 — And the cedar of the house within was carved (מִקְלַ֣עַת) with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
• 1 Kings 6:29 — And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures (מִקְלְעוֹת֙) of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.
• 1 Kings 6:32 — The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings (מִקְלְע֨וֹת) of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.
• 1 Kings 7:31 — And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings (מִקְלָע֔וֹת) with their borders, foursquare, not round.