Strong's Lexicon

H4334

H4334 — מִישׁוֹר מִישׁוֹר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmiyshowrnoun mascOccurrences: 23TWOT: 930f

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4334
Word:	מִישׁוֹר מִישׁוֹר
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H3474
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	23
Transliteration:	miyshowr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	mee-shore' (or miyshor {mee-shore'}) n-m.
Meaning:	1. a level, i.e. a plain (often used (with the article prefix) as a properly, name of certain districts) 2. (figuratively) concord 3. also straightness, i.e. (figuratively) justice (sometimes adverbially, justly)
KJV Renderings:	equity, even place, plain, right(-eously), (made) straight, uprightness.

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BDB3831

מִישׁוֺר noun masculine^{Jer 48:8} level place, uprightness; — ׳ מ Ps 27:11 + 9 t.; מִישֹׁר Zech 4:7 (see Baer) + 12 t.; —

1. level country, table-land, plain: antith. הר(יםׅ 1Kgs 20:23 ; 1Kgs 20:25; Zech 4:7 עָקֹב Isa 40:4 מַעֲקַשִּׁים Isa 42:16 + שְׁפֵלָה 2Chr 26:10 || עֵמֶק Jer 21:13 הַמִּישׁוֺר specifically of the elevated plateau or table-land between the Arnon and Heshbon Deut 3:10; Deut 4:43; Josh 13:9 ; Josh 13:16 ; Josh 13:17 ; Josh 13:21 ; Josh 20:8; Jer 48:8; Jer 48:21.

2. level place (free from obstacles), figurative for place of safety, comfort, and prosperity Ps 26:12 ׳ ארח מ Ps 27:11 ׳ אֶרֶץ מ Ps 143:10 .

3. uprightness (compare מֵישָׁר 2.), in government Ps 67:5 ׳ שֵׁבֶט מ Ps 45:7 || צֶדֶק Isa 11:4 שָׁלוֺם Mal 2:6.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מישור (mee-sh)

Deuteronomy 3:10

KJV: All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

EHCC: All the cities of the plain,

Joshua 18:9

KJV: And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.

EHCC: all the plain of Medeba

Joshua 20:8

KJV: And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

EHCC: the wilderness upon the plain

1 Kings 20:28

KJV: And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Because the Syrians have said, The Lord is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

EHCC: fet us fight sgainst them in the plain,

2 Chronicles 26:10

KJV: Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.digged…: or, cut out many cisternsCarmel: or, fruitful fieldshusbandry: Heb. ground

EHCC: both in the low country, 484 in the plains:

2 Chronicles 27:11

EHCC: Jead me in a plain path, (marg. way of

2 Chronicles 67:4

EHCC: (6).thou shalt judge the people righteously,

2 Chronicles 148:10

EHCC: lead me into the land of uprighiness,

2 Chronicles 40:4

EHCC: the crooked shall be made straight, (marg.

2 Chronicles 42:16

EHCC: and crooked , straight. (marg. into

Jeremiah 21:18

EHCC: rock of the plain.

Jeremiah 48:8

KJV: And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the Lord hath spoken.

EHCC: the plain shall be destroyed,

Zechariah 4:7

KJV: Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.

EHCC: "(thea ahalt become) a plain;

Malachi 2:6

KJV: The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.

EHCC: he walked with me in peace and equity,

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