מִקְלָט
miqlâṭ · mik-lawt'
an asylum (as a receptacle)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7038 (קָלַט) in the sense of taking in;
an asylum (as a receptacle)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: refuge.
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
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › what comes behind, the returning cycle › authority, the one who leads › to surround and contain
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of what comes behind, the returning cycle of authority, the one who leads that works to surround and contain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִקְלָט 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
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of refuge9 · 45%
- of his refuge5 · 25%
- for refuge2 · 10%
- shall ye have for refuge1 · 5%
- shall be a refuge1 · 5%
- thither: and they shall be your refuge1 · 5%
- the city of refuge1 · 5%
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.