Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

city of refuge

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

Syllables: city of refuge
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of six levitical towns in the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah in which the perpetrators of accidental manslaughter could claim the right of asylum.

Inflected Forms

cities of refuge (plural)

Questions

What does city of refuge mean?: Any of six levitical towns in the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah in which the perpetrators of accidental manslaughter could claim the right of asylum.

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