Hebrew word · H4051

מִגְרוֹן

bemigron

Migron

A place name in Benjamin, known only from here and Isaiah 10:28. Its meaning and exact location are uncertain.

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. · Updated November 15, 2026

What it means

§ Migron = "precipice"

a place near Gibeah north of Michmash

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Range of meaning: A place name in Benjamin, known only from here and Isaiah 10:28. Its meaning and exact location are uncertain.
Against the English: All the main English versions keep 'Migron' as a place name. None marks the geographical difficulty.
Used elsewhere in the period: Isaiah 10:28–29 traces an invader's march toward Jerusalem: 'he has come to Aiath, he has passed through Migron; at Michmash he stores his baggage; they have crossed the pass; at Geba they lodge.' Read in order, this seems to put Migron north of Michmash, on the Philistine side. The Septuagint of 1 Samuel 14:2 has a different form of the name.

1 Samuel · 1

1 Samuel 14:2 בְּמִגְר֑וֹן [is] in Migron

Meanwhile, Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah. And the troops who were with him numbered about six hundred men,

Here: A place name, apparently a spot or district near Saul's base. Where it was is uncertain, and the reading itself is debated (see notes).

Isaiah · 1

Isaiah 10:28 בְּמִגְר֑וֹן in Migron

Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.

Here: "In/through Migron." This is a place in Benjamin whose exact location is uncertain. 1 Samuel 14:2 puts a Migron near Gibeah, which is south of Michmash, but here it comes before Michmash in a north-to-south march. It may be a different site, or the poet may not be listing the towns in strict order.

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