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מִקְרָא

mikra · convocation

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4744 · appears 23 times in the Bible

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What it means

mikra (מִקְרָא) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “convocation”.

A gathering to which the whole people is called; also a reading (Nehemiah 8:8).

How to say it

mi·kra

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. A holy gathering of all the people.
  2. The reading aloud of the law before the people.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • convocation ×17
  • convocations ×4
  • reading ×1
  • summoning ×1

Related words

Comes from

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Exodus 12:16

    On the first day a holy convocation, and on the seventh day a holy convocation you shall have. No work shall be done on them; only what is eaten by every person, that alone may be done by you.

  • Leviticus 23:2

    “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them: The appointed times of YHWH, which you shall proclaim as holy convocations, these are my appointed times.

  • Leviticus 23:3

    Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work at all; it is a Sabbath to YHWH in all your dwellings.

  • Leviticus 23:4

    These are the appointed times of YHWH, holy convocations, which you shall proclaim at their appointed times.

  • Leviticus 23:7

    On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work at all.

  • Leviticus 23:8

    And you shall present a fire offering to YHWH seven days. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work at all.”

  • Leviticus 23:21

    And on this very day you shall proclaim: there shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall do no laborious work at all; it is a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

  • Leviticus 23:24

    “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying: In the seventh month, on the first of the month, you shall have a solemn rest, a memorial with a blast of acclamation, a holy convocation.

  • Leviticus 23:27

    “But on the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Expiation; you shall have a holy convocation, and you shall afflict your souls and present a fire offering to YHWH.

  • Leviticus 23:35

    On the first day is a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work at all.

  • Leviticus 23:36

    Seven days you shall present a fire offering to YHWH. On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation and present a fire offering to YHWH; it is a solemn assembly; you shall do no laborious work at all.

  • Leviticus 23:37

    These are the appointed times of YHWH, which you shall proclaim as holy convocations, to present a fire offering to YHWH, burnt offering and grain offering, sacrifice and libations, each day’s matter on its day,

  • Numbers 10:2

    “Make for yourself two trumpets of silver; of hammered work you shall make them; and they shall be for you for summoning the community and for setting out the camps.

  • Numbers 28:18

    On the first day there shall be a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.

  • Numbers 28:25

    And on the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.

  • Numbers 28:26

    And on the day of the first fruits, when you present a new grain offering to YHWH at your feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.

  • Numbers 29:1

    And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work. It shall be a day of acclamation for you.

  • Numbers 29:7

    And on the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation, and you shall afflict your souls; you shall not do any work.

  • Numbers 29:12

    And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work, and you shall celebrate a feast to YHWH seven days.

  • Nehemiah 8:8

    And they read in the book, in the law of Elohim, clearly, and gave the sense, and they understood the reading.

  • Isaiah 1:13

    Do not keep bringing a false offering; incense is an abomination to me; new moon and Sabbath, the calling of a convocation I cannot bear wickedness with a solemn assembly.

  • Isaiah 4:5

    And YHWH will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over her convocations a cloud by day and smoke and the brightness of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory there will be a canopy.

And 1 more times.