Misgab

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Misgab Mentioned along with Nebo and Kiriathaim in the oracle against Moab (  Jeremiah 48:1 ). Perhaps it is not intended as a proper name. The same Heb. term occurs in   Isaiah 25:12 , where both AV [Note: Authorized Version.] and RV [Note: Revised Version.] tr. [Note: translate or translation.] ‘high fort’ (cf.   2 Samuel 22:3 ,   Psalms 9:9 bis   Psalms 18:2;   Psalms 46:7;   Psalms 46:11;   Psalms 48:3;   Psalms 59:9;   Psalms 59:16-17;   Psalms 62:2;   Psalms 62:6;   Psalms 94:22;   Psalms 144:2 ,   Isaiah 33:16 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Mis'gab. (Height). A place in Moab.  Jeremiah 48:1. It appears to be mentioned also in  Isaiah 25:12, though there rendered, in the Authorized Version, "High Fort".

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Place in Moab denounced by the prophet.  Jeremiah 48:1 . It reads 'high place' in the margin. Without the article the word is translated 'defence,' 'high fort,' 'refuge,' etc.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("the elevated spot".) In Moab  Jeremiah 48:1), "the high land of Moab." (Furst.)

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Jeremiah 48:1 Isaiah 25:12

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Jeremiah 48:1

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Misgab', מַשְׂגָּב , Height, as often; Sept. Ἀμάθ Τὸ Κραταίωμα v.r. Μασιγάθ , and Τὸ Ὀχύρωμα Μωάβ ,Vulg. fortis), a town in Moab, situated on the desolating track of the invading Babylonians ( Jeremiah 48:1), probably so called from being located on an eminence. De Saulcy (Narrative, 1:391) suggests a connection with the present Wady el-Mujeb, the ancient Arnon; but this is merely fanciful. The place is doubtless to be sought near the associated localities of Kiriathaim and Heshbon; perhaps it is only an appellative (as it usually has the article) for the older locality BAMOTH (See Bamoth) (q.v.). Others think it may be the Mizpeh of Moab ( 1 Samuel 23:3), or a general name for the highlands of Moab, as in  Isaiah 25:12 (without the art. A.V. "high fort"). (See Moab).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

mis´gab ( המּשׂגּב , ha - misgābh  ; Codex Vaticanus Ἀμάθ , Amáth  ; Codex Alexandrinus τὸ κραταίωμα , tó krataı́ōma ): Named with Nebo and Kiriathaim in the denunciation of doom against Moab (  Jeremiah 48:1 ). No trace of any name resembling this has been found. Possibly we should take it, not as a place-name, but as an appellation of some strong fortress, perhaps of Kir-moab itself. The term is elsewhere translated "high fortress" ( Isaiah 25:12 , etc.).