H4363

מִכְמָס, מִכְמָשׂ

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Michmash

§ Michmas or Michmash = "hidden" a city in Benjamin lying near Ramah and approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of Jerusalem; probably modern 'Mukhmas'

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

מִכְמָס proper name, of a location Ezra 2:27 = Neh 7:31 = מִכְמָשׂ (see Baer's notes) 1Sam 13:2 + 6 t. 1 Samuel, + 2 t.; — city in Benjamin, north from Geba and Jerusalem 1Sam 13:2; 1Sam 13:5 (east from Bethaven), v1Sam 13:11 v1Sam 13:16 v1Sam 13:23; 1Sam 14:5; 1Sam 14:31; Isa 10:28; Neh 11:31 ׳אַנְשֵׁי מּ Ezra 2:27 = Neh 7:31. ᵐ5 Μαχ(ε)μας, etc. (On Mikm¹s see RobBR i. 440 ff. BuhlGeogr. § 96.)


8 occurrences

I Samuel (4), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (2), Isaiah (1)