4733 - miqlat

Strong's Concordance

Original word: מִקְלָט
Transliteration: miqlat
Definition (short): refuge
Definition (full): refuge, asylum

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from an unused word
Definition: refuge, asylum
NASB Translation: refuge (20).
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From qalat in the sense of taking in; an asylum (as a receptacle) -- refuge.

see HEBREW qalat

KJV: And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
NASB: "The cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to; and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities.
KJV: Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.
NASB: then you shall select for yourselves cities to be your cities of refuge, that the manslayer who has killed any person unintentionally may flee there.
KJV: And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
NASB: 'The cities shall be to you as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands before the congregation for trial.
KJV: And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.
NASB: 'The cities which you are to give shall be your six cities of refuge.
KJV: Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.
NASB: 'You shall give three cities across the Jordan and three cities in the land of Canaan; they are to be cities of refuge.