Bible Dictionary
Misgab
Misgab was a place or fortress in Moab, mentioned in the prophecy against that nation. The name means “height” or “high fortress,” and its exact location is uncertain.
Definition
Misgab means “height” or “high fortress.” It was associated with Moab and may denote a town, a fortress, or the highlands generally rather than a particular place.
Biblical Usage
Misgab is named with Nebo and Kiriathaim in the denunciation of judgment against Moab. Elsewhere the term is rendered “high fort.”
Historical Background
No site resembling the name has been identified. It may have been an appellation for a strong fortress, perhaps Kir-moab itself.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Height, a town of Moab, or simply, the height=the citadel, some fortress so called; or perhaps a general name for the highlands of Moab, as some think (Jer. 48:1). In Isa. 25:12, the word is rendered “high fort.”
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(height), a place in Moab. (Jeremiah 48:1) It appears to be mentioned also in (Isaiah 25:12) thorough there rendered in the Authorized Version “high fort.”
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>mis'-gab (ha-misgabh; Codex Vaticanus Amath; Codex Alexandrinus to krataioma): Named with Nebo and Kiriathaim in the denunciation of doom against Moab (Jer 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" (Isa 25:12, etc.).</p>