King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4733
Transliteration: miqlat
Phonetic Spelling: (mik-lawt')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: refuge, asylum
Meaning: refuge, asylum
Word Summary
miqlat: refuge, asylum
Original Word: מִקְלָטTransliteration: miqlat
Phonetic Spelling: (mik-lawt')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: refuge, asylum
Meaning: refuge, asylum
Strong's Concordance
refuge From qalat in the sense of taking in; an asylum (as a receptacle) -- refuge.
see HEBREW qalat
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4733. miqlat
מִקְלָט noun [masculine] refuge, asylum (P Chronicles); — מ ׳עָרֵי asylum-cities Numbers 35:11, 13, 14, הַמּ ׳עָרֵי 35:6; Joshua 20:2, so 1 Chronicles 6:42; 6:52 (but read הַמּ ׳עִיר according to "" Joshua 21:13, 21, so Be Kau Kit), ׳לְמ (after הָיָה) Numbers 35:12, 15; Joshua 20:3; construct in phrase הָרֹצֵחַ מִקְלַט עִיר 21:13, 21, 27, 32, 38 (Gi; 21:36 van d. H. Baer); suffix of refugee, מִקְלָטוֺ עִיר Numbers 35:25-26, 27, 28, 32.