H4744 - מִקְרָא (miqrâʼ)

H4744 מִקְרָא (miqrâʼ) mik-raw'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

assembly

Strong's Definition

something called out, i.e. a public meeting (the act, the persons, or the place); also a rehearsal

Derivation: from H7121 (קָרָא);

KJV Usage: assembly, calling, convocation, reading.

TWOT Reference: 2063d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) convocation, convoking, reading, a calling together

1a) convocation, sacred assembly

1b) convoking

1c) reading

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G320 G2822

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) convocation, convoking, reading, a calling together 1a) convocation, sacred assembly 1b) convoking 1c) reading

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מִקְרָא miqrâ BDB Definition: 1) convocation, convoking, reading, a calling together 1a) convocation, sacred assembly 1b) convoking 1c) reading Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H7121 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2063d Total KJV Occurrences: 23

Bible Occurrences (22)

12:16

23:2 23:3 23:4 23:7 23:8 23:21 23:24 23:27 23:35 23:36 23:37

10:2 28:18 28:25 28:26 29:1 29:7 29:12

8:8

1:13 4:5

Exodus 12:16

On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another... on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals - — that is all you may do.

Leviticus 23:2

Speak to the Israelites... and say to them, These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.

Leviticus 23:3

For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.

Leviticus 23:4

These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.

Leviticus 23:7

On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work.

Leviticus 23:8

For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.

Leviticus 23:21

On that same day you are to proclaim... a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work.... This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live for the generations to come.

Leviticus 23:24

Speak to the Israelites... [and] say, On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly announced by [trumpet] blasts.