מִכְמָס

Strong’s Definition

Mikmas or Mikmash, a place in Palestine

Etymology & Derivation

(Ezra 2:2 or מִכְמָשׁ; or מִכְמַשׁ; (Nehemiah 11:31), from H3647 (כָּמַס); hidden;

KJV Usage

Mikmas, Mikmash.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.a city in benjamin lying near ramah and approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of jerusalem; probably modern 'mukhmas'

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Mikmâç; Pronunciation: mik-maws'