Lexical Summary misgereth: Frame, border, enclosure Original Word: מִסְגֶּרֶת Strong's Exhaustive Concordance border, close place, hole From cagar; something enclosing, i.e. A margin (of a region, of a panel); concretely, a stronghold -- border, close place, hole. see HEBREW cagar NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom sagar Definition border, rim, fastness NASB Translation borders (8), fortresses (3), rim (6). Brown-Driver-Briggs מִסְגֶּ֫רֶת noun feminine 1. border, rim. 2 fastness; — absolute ׳מ Exodus 25:27; Exodus 37:14; construct ׳מ Exodus 25:25; Exodus 37:12; suffix מִסְגַּרְתּוֺ Exodus 25:25; Exodus 37:12; plural absolute מִסְגְּרוֺת 1 Kings 7:28 +; suffix מִסְגְּרֹתֶיהָ 1 Kings 7:35; 1 Kings 7:36, etc.; — 1 border, rim (enclosure), of sacred table in tabernacle Exodus 25:25 (twice in verse); Exodus 25:27 = Exodus 37:12 (twice in verse); Exodus 37:14; of bases of the sea, in temple 1 Kings 7:28 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 7:29,31,32,35,36 (compare Benz), also 2 Kings 16:17. 2 fastness, ׳וְיַחְרְגוּ מִמּ Psalm 18:46 = 2 Samuel 22:46 (see חרג) and they shall come quaking out of their fastnesses, so Micah 7:17 (יִרְגְּזוּ, like reptiles), all of nations, in awe of ׳י. II. סגר (√ of following; compare apparently Arabic Topical Lexicon Physical Sense: A Crafted Rim, Frame, or Enclosure In its earliest occurrences (Exodus 25:25, 25:27; 37:12, 37:14) מִסְגֶּרֶת denotes the handbreadth-wide rim that surrounded the Table of the Bread of the Presence. Fashioned of pure gold and set just beneath the ornamental molding, the frame both stabilized the acacia-wood table and safeguarded the sacred bread. The same practical-yet-holy purpose reappears in Solomon’s temple furniture. Hiram of Tyre cast ten bronze water carts whose side panels were held in place by ornate frames (1 Kings 7:28-36). Two centuries later King Ahaz dismantled those very frames in a misguided bid to copy Assyrian ritual (2 Kings 16:17), illustrating how human tampering with divinely oriented craftsmanship quickly undermines worship. Architectural and Liturgical Significance A מִסְגֶּרֶת always served something larger than itself—supporting and beautifying vessels set apart for the presence of God. Whether of gold in the wilderness or of bronze in Jerusalem, the border announced order, stability, and separation of holy space. In the Tabernacle it protected the perpetual “Bread of the Presence” (Exodus 25:30). In the Temple it bore up the lavers whose waters cleansed priestly hands and sacrificial implements (1 Kings 7:38-39). Thus every frame silently preached that worship demands both protection of what is holy and provision for ongoing purification. Symbolic Development: From Furniture to Fortresses The same term later appears in poetry and prophecy for the strongholds of nations (2 Samuel 22:46; Psalm 18:45; Micah 7:17). “Foreigners cower and come trembling from their strongholds” (2 Samuel 22:46). The movement from crafted rim to military refuge underscores a theological principle: whatever men build for defense is, before the LORD, no more than a frame—useful, but ultimately vulnerable. When He acts, even the stoutest enclosure is shaken, just as the bread-bearing table had to be carried at His command through the wilderness. Theological Threads 1. Sanctification and Separation. A rim marks a boundary. The Table’s frame reminds worshipers that holy provision must not be treated as common. Ministry Applications • Church leaders must build spiritual “frames” that protect sound doctrine and sacramental life without becoming idols. Summary מִסְגֶּרֶת traces a line from golden borders in the wilderness to trembling citadels in prophetic vision, consistently highlighting God’s claim over both the minutiae of worship and the might of nations. In every setting it points to the enduring truth that what He encloses, He fills; what He frames, He secures; and what He confronts, He overthrows. Forms and Transliterations הַמִּסְגְּר֞וֹת הַמִּסְגְּר֣וֹת הַמִּסְגֶּ֔רֶת המסגרות המסגרת וּמִסְגְּרֹ֖ת וּמִסְגְּרֹתֵיהֶ֥ם וּמִסְגְּרֹתֶ֖יהָ ומסגרת ומסגרתיה ומסגרתיהם לְמִסְגַּרְתּ֖וֹ לַֽמִּסְגְּר֔וֹת למסגרות למסגרתו מִֽמִּסְגְּרֽוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ מִמִּסְגְּרֹֽתֵיהֶ֑ם מִמִּסְגְּרוֹתָֽם׃ מִסְגְּרֹ֣ת מִסְגֶּ֛רֶת מִסְגְּרֹתֶ֔יהָ ממסגרותיהם׃ ממסגרותם׃ ממסגרתיהם מסגרת מסגרתיה ham·mis·ge·reṯ ham·mis·gə·rō·wṯ hammisGeret hammisgereṯ hammisgeRot hammisgərōwṯ lam·mis·gə·rō·wṯ lammisgeRot lammisgərōwṯ lə·mis·gar·tōw lemisgarTo ləmisgartōw mim·mis·gə·rō·ṯê·hem mim·mis·gə·rō·w·ṯām mim·mis·gə·rō·w·ṯê·hem mimisgeroTam MimisgeRoteiHem mimmisgərōṯêhem mimmisgərōwṯām mimmisgərōwṯêhem mis·ge·reṯ mis·gə·rō·ṯe·hā mis·gə·rōṯ misGeret misgereṯ misgeRot misgərōṯ misgərōṯehā misgeroTeiha ū·mis·gə·rō·ṯe·hā ū·mis·gə·rō·ṯê·hem ū·mis·gə·rōṯ umisgeRot ūmisgərōṯ ūmisgərōṯehā ūmisgərōṯêhem umisgeroTeiha umisgeroteiHemLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Exodus 25:25 HEB: וְעָשִׂ֨יתָ לּ֥וֹ מִסְגֶּ֛רֶת טֹ֖פַח סָבִ֑יב NAS: You shall make for it a rim of a handbreadth KJV: And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth INT: shall make A rim of a handbreadth around Exodus 25:25 Exodus 25:27 Exodus 37:12 Exodus 37:12 Exodus 37:14 2 Samuel 22:46 1 Kings 7:28 1 Kings 7:28 1 Kings 7:29 1 Kings 7:31 1 Kings 7:32 1 Kings 7:35 1 Kings 7:36 2 Kings 16:17 Psalm 18:45 Micah 7:17 17 Occurrences |
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fill with water Lane1308, 
torrent that fills everything Idib.; Syriac 
imber vehemens, and Samaritan אַסְגָּר, compare GeiNachgel. Schr. iv. 186).