מִקְלוֹת
Miqlôwth · mik-lohth'
Mikloth, a place in the Desert
Lexicon
Derivation: (or perhaps mik-kel-ohth') plural of (feminine) H4731 (מַקֵּל); rods;
Mikloth, a place in the Desert
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Mikloth.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- 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
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › what comes behind, the returning cycle › authority, the one who leads › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of what comes behind, the returning cycle of authority, the one who leads that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִקְלוֹת 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and mikloth3 · 75%
- was mikloth1 · 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.