Mikmas — the meaning of the Hebrew name מִכְמָס

מִכְמָס

Mikmâç · pronounced mik-maws' · Strong's H4363 · a place · also spelled Mikmash

Mikmas means hidden.

Built from

כָּמַס kâmaç (from, H3647) — to store away, i.e. (figuratively) in the memory open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

(Ezra 2:2 or מִכְמָשׁ; or מִכְמַשׁ; (Nehemiah 11:31), from H3647; hidden; Mikmas or Mikmash, a place in Palestine.

First appearance

1Sam 13:2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth–el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent. (KJV)

Every verse that names Mikmas

11 occurrences in 11 verses — 1 Samuel, Ezra, Nehemiah, Isaiah

1Sam 13:21Sam 13:51Sam 13:111Sam 13:161Sam 13:231Sam 14:51Sam 14:31Ezra 2:27Neh 7:31Neh 11:31Isa 10:28

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