Strong's #4387: miktam (pronounced mik-tawm')

from 3799; an engraving, i.e. (techn.) a poem:--Michtam.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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miktâm

1) michtam

1a) a technical term found in psalm titles

1b) meaning uncertain

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: from H3799

Usage:

This word is used 6 times:

 

Psalms 16:1: " Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust."
Psalms 56:1: "To the chief Musician upon Jonath-elem-rechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath."
Psalms 57:1: "To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul"
Psalms 58:1: "To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation?"
Psalms 59:1: "To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched"
Psalms 60:1: "To the chief Musician upon Shushan-eduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with"