Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
assembly
Usage: 1) convocation, convoking, reading, a calling together 1a) convocation, sacred assembly 1b) convoking 1c) reading
Miqra means “assembly” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G4744 — stilbo (“shining”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H4744 מִקרָא (miqra') is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. miqra' (mik-raw') n-m. 1. something called out, i.e. a public meeting (the act, the persons, or the place) 2. also a rehearsal It has 22 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include calling, also, out, and place. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
miqra' (mik-raw') n-m. 1. something called out, i.e. a public meeting (the act, the persons, or the place) 2. also a rehearsal [from H7121] KJV: assembly, calling, convocation, reading. Root(s): H7121
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assembly
Usage: 1) convocation, convoking, reading, a calling together 1a) convocation, sacred assembly 1b) convoking 1c) reading
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render miqra', taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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22 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
First 22 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4744.
And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.
Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.
These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day:
Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.
In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein:
And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.
Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:
And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.
And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein:
And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days:
So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4744, grouped by book.
Miqra (Strong's H4744) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "assembly". miqra' (mik-raw') n-m. 1. something called out, i.e. a public meeting (the act, the persons, or the place) 2. also a rehearsal
This page currently indexes 22 linked usages for Strong's H4744 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4744 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as calling, also, out, and place. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.