מִצְפָּה

mits.pah

Mizpah

Strong’s H4709Proper name, a place40 times in the Hebrew Bible

mizpah40

In the text

Genesis 31:49וְהַמִּצְפָּה
It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.
Judges 10:17בַּמִּצְפָּה
Then the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, and the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.
1 Samuel 7:5הַמִּצְפָּתָה
Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”
2 Kings 25:23הַמִּצְפָּה
When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.
Nehemiah 3:7וְהַמִּצְפָּה
Next to them, repairs were made by Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, and the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, who were under the authority of the governor of the region west of the Euphrates.
Jeremiah 40:6הַמִּצְפָּתָה
So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and stayed with him among the people who were left in the land.

מִצְפָּה 38 n.pr.loc. (prop. outlook-point or -height)

1. in Gilead, expl. as name given to Laban’s cairn, N. of Jabbok

2. prob. S. of Jabbok

3. near Hermon

4. of sacred place in Benj.

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.