מִפְקָד
miphqâd · mif-kawd'
an appointment, i.e. mandate; concretely, a designated spot; specifically, a census
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6485 (פָּקַד);
an appointment, i.e. mandate; concretely, a designated spot; specifically, a census
- an appointment, i.e. mandate
- concretely, a designated spot
- specifically, a census
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: appointed place, commandment, number.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to speak, the word › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the doorway, the way in
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to speak, the word of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִפְקָד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the number2 · 50%
- at the commandment1 · 25%
- it in the appointed place1 · 25%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.