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Lexicon :: Strong's H4731 - maqqēl

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מַקֵּל
Transliteration
maqqēl
Pronunciation
mak-kale
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning apparently to germinate
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TWOT Reference: 1236

Strong’s Definitions

מַקֵּל maqqêl, mak-kale; or (feminine) מַקְּלָה maqqᵉlâh; from an unused root meaning apparently to germinate; a shoot, i.e. stick (with leaves on, or for walking, striking, guiding, divining):—rod, (hand-)staff.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H4731 in the following manner: rod (8x), staff (7x), stave (2x), handstave (with H3027) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H4731 in the following manner: rod (8x), staff (7x), stave (2x), handstave (with H3027) (1x).

  1. rod, staff

    1. rod, stick

    2. staff (in travel)

    3. wand (of diviner)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַקֵּל maqqêl, mak-kale; or (feminine) מַקְּלָה maqqᵉlâh; from an unused root meaning apparently to germinate; a shoot, i.e. stick (with leaves on, or for walking, striking, guiding, divining):—rod, (hand-)staff.
STRONGS H4731: Abbreviations
† מַקֵּל noun masculineZechariah 11:7 (apparently feminine Genesis 30:37, where בָּהֶן, but Samaritan בָּהֶם) rod, staff (√ dubious; Thes assumes √ מקל sprout; SchwZAW xi. 1891, 170f. from קלל = shake, with reference to oracle of the lot (compare קִלְקַל בַּחִצִּים Ezekiel 21:36); BarthZMG xii.1887, 616 gives √ קל, and compare bdb059601 stick driven by another, in sport; FräZA iii. 52, compare Ethiopic bdb059602 growth, stem, palm-tree (interchange of ב and מ)); — מ׳ absolute Numbers 22:27; construct Jeremiah 1:11 + 2 times, מַקַּל Genesis 30:37; suffix מַקְלִי Genesis 32:11 [Genesis 32:10] + 2 times; מַקְלוֺ 1 Samuel 17:40; Hosea 4:12; מַקֶּלְכֶם Exodus 12:11; plural absolute מַקְלוֺת Genesis 30:37 + 6 times; —
1. branch of tree as rod, stick, used by Jacob in breeding his flocks, Genesis 30:37 (לִבְנֶה לַח מ׳), Genesis 30:37; Genesis 30:38; Genesis 30:39; Genesis 30:41; Genesis 30:41; of symbolic rod (שָׁקֵד מ׳ almond-rod) in Jeremiah's vision Jeremiah 1:11; symbolic rods or staves, with names, used by prophets Zechariah 11:7, 10, 14; figurative of Moab תִּבְּאָרָה מ׳ Jeremiah 48:17 (|| מַטֵּהעֹֿז).
2. staff, used in journeying Genesis 32:11 [Genesis 32:10]; Exodus 12:11; 1 Samuel 17:40 compare 1 Samuel 17:43; carried even when riding Numbers 22:27; so also מַקֵּל יָד Ezekiel 39:9 (= riding-stick) according to Hi Da Berthol; < a weapon (+ מָגֵּן, צִנָּה, קֶשֶׁת, חִצִּים, רֹמַח).
3. wand of diviner Hosea 4:12.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

30:37; 30:37; 30:37; 30:37; 30:37; 30:38; 30:39; 30:41; 30:41; 32:10; 32:10

Exodus

12:11; 12:11

Numbers

22:27; 22:27

1 Samuel

17:40; 17:40; 17:43

Jeremiah

1:11; 1:11; 48:17

Ezekiel

39:9

Hosea

4:12; 4:12

Zechariah

11:7; 11:7; 11:10; 11:14

H4731

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4731 matches the Hebrew מַקֵּל (maqqēl),
which occurs 18 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:37 - ἔλαβεν δὲ ἑαυτῷ Ιακωβ ῥάβδον στυρακίνην χλωρὰν καὶ καρυίνην καὶ πλατάνου καὶ ἐλέπισεν αὐτὰς Ιακωβ λεπίσματα λευκὰ περισύρων τὸ χλωρόν ἐφαίνετο δὲ ἐπὶ ταῖς ῥάβδοις τὸ λευκόν ὃ ἐλέπισεν ποικίλον

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:38 - καὶ παρέθηκεν τὰς ῥάβδους ἃς ἐλέπισεν ἐν ταῖς ληνοῖς τῶν ποτιστηρίων τοῦ ὕδατος ἵνα ὡς ἂν ἔλθωσιν τὰ πρόβατα πιεῖν ἐνώπιον τῶν ῥάβδων ἐλθόντων αὐτῶν εἰς τὸ πιεῖν

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:39

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:39 - ἐγκισσήσωσιν τὰ πρόβατα εἰς τὰς ῥάβδους καὶ ἔτικτον τὰ πρόβατα διάλευκα καὶ ποικίλα καὶ σποδοειδῆ ῥαντά

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:41 - ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ᾧ ἐνεκίσσησεν τὰ πρόβατα ἐν γαστρὶ λαμβάνοντα ἔθηκεν Ιακωβ τὰς ῥάβδους ἐναντίον τῶν προβάτων ἐν ταῖς ληνοῖς τοῦ ἐγκισσῆσαι αὐτὰ κατὰ τὰς ῥάβδους

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:10 - (LXX 32:11)ἱκανοῦταί μοι ἀπὸ πάσης δικαιοσύνης καὶ ἀπὸ πάσης ἀληθείας ἧς ἐποίησας τῷ παιδί σου ἐν γὰρ τῇ ῥάβδῳ μου διέβην τὸν Ιορδάνην τοῦτον νῦν δὲ γέγονα εἰς δύο παρεμβολάς

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:11 - οὕτως δὲ φάγεσθε αὐτό αἱ ὀσφύες ὑμῶν περιεζωσμέναι καὶ τὰ ὑποδήματα ἐν τοῖς ποσὶν ὑμῶν καὶ αἱ βακτηρίαι ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν ὑμῶν καὶ ἔδεσθε αὐτὸ μετὰ σπουδῆς πασχα ἐστὶν κυρίῳ

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:27 - καὶ ἰδοῦσα ἡ ὄνος τὸν ἄγγελον τοῦ θεοῦ συνεκάθισεν ὑποκάτω Βαλααμ καὶ ἐθυμώθη Βαλααμ καὶ ἔτυπτεν τὴν ὄνον τῇ ῥάβδῳ

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:40 - καὶ ἔλαβεν τὴν βακτηρίαν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξελέξατο ἑαυτῷ πέντε λίθους λείους ἐκ τοῦ χειμάρρου καὶ ἔθετο αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ καδίῳ τῷ ποιμενικῷ τῷ ὄντι αὐτῷ εἰς συλλογὴν καὶ σφενδόνην αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ προσῆλθεν πρὸς τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν ἀλλόφυλον

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:43 - καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ἀλλόφυλος πρὸς Δαυιδ ὡσεὶ κύων ἐγώ εἰμι ὅτι σὺ ἔρχῃ ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ ἐν ῥάβδῳ καὶ λίθοις καὶ εἶπεν Δαυιδ οὐχί ἀλλ᾽ ἢ χείρω κυνός καὶ κατηράσατο ὁ ἀλλόφυλος τὸν Δαυιδ ἐν τοῖς θεοῖς αὐτοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:11 - καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος κυρίου πρός με λέγων τί σὺ ὁρᾷς Ιερεμια καὶ εἶπα βακτηρίαν καρυΐνην

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:17 - (LXX 31:17)κινήσατε αὐτῷ πάντες κυκλόθεν αὐτοῦ πάντες εἰδότες ὄνομα αὐτοῦ εἴπατε πῶς συνετρίβη βακτηρία εὐκλεής ῥάβδος μεγαλώματος

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:9 - καὶ ἐξελεύσονται οἱ κατοικοῦντες τὰς πόλεις Ισραηλ καὶ καύσουσιν ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις πέλταις καὶ κοντοῖς καὶ τόξοις καὶ τοξεύμασιν καὶ ῥάβδοις χειρῶν καὶ λόγχαις καὶ καύσουσιν ἐν αὐτοῖς πῦρ ἑπτὰ ἔτη

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:12 - ἐν συμβόλοις ἐπηρώτων καὶ ἐν ῥάβδοις αὐτοῦ ἀπήγγελλον αὐτῷ πνεύματι πορνείας ἐπλανήθησαν καὶ ἐξεπόρνευσαν ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ αὐτῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:7 - (LXX 11:7)καὶ ποιμανῶ τὰ πρόβατα τῆς σφαγῆς εἰς τὴν Χαναανῖτιν καὶ λήμψομαι ἐμαυτῷ δύο ῥάβδους τὴν μίαν ἐκάλεσα Κάλλος καὶ τὴν ἑτέραν ἐκάλεσα Σχοίνισμα καὶ ποιμανῶ τὰ πρόβατα

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:10 - (LXX 11:10)καὶ λήμψομαι τὴν ῥάβδον μου τὴν καλὴν καὶ ἀπορρίψω αὐτὴν τοῦ διασκεδάσαι τὴν διαθήκην μου ἣν διεθέμην πρὸς πάντας τοὺς λαούς

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:14 - (LXX 11:14)καὶ ἀπέρριψα τὴν ῥάβδον τὴν δευτέραν τὸ Σχοίνισμα τοῦ διασκεδάσαι τὴν κατάσχεσιν ἀνὰ μέσον Ιουδα καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ Ισραηλ
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