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Lexicon :: Strong's H4546 - mᵊsillâ

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מְסִלָּה
Transliteration
mᵊsillâ
Pronunciation
mes-il-law'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1506d

Strong’s Definitions

מְסִלָּה mᵉçillâh, mes-il-law'; from H5549; a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase:—causeway, course, highway, path, terrace.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's H4546 in the following manner: highway (19x), causeway (2x), path (2x), way (2x), courses (1x), terraces (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's H4546 in the following manner: highway (19x), causeway (2x), path (2x), way (2x), courses (1x), terraces (1x).

  1. highway, raised way, public road

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְסִלָּה mᵉçillâh, mes-il-law'; from H5549; a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase:—causeway, course, highway, path, terrace.
STRONGS H4546: Abbreviations
† מְסִלָּה noun feminine highway; — מ׳ Isaiah 11:16 + 12 times; construct מְסִלַּת Isaiah 7:3 + 3 times; suffix מְסִלָּתוֺ Joel 2:8; plural מְסִלּוֺת Isaiah 33:8 + 5 times; suffix מְסִלֹּתַי Isaiah 49:11; מְסִלּוֺתָם Judges 5:20; Isaiah 59:7; — raised way, highway, public road (never of street in city) Numbers 20:19; Judges 20:31, 32, 45; Judges 21:19; 1 Samuel 6:12; 2 Samuel 20:12 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 20:13; 2 Kings 18:17 = Isaiah 36:2; 1 Chronicles 26:16, 18; Isaiah 7:3; Isaiah 11:16; Isaiah 19:23; Isaiah 33:8; Isaiah 49:11; Isaiah 59:7; Jeremiah 31:21; ישּׁר מ׳ Isaiah 40:3; סלל מ׳ Isaiah 62:10; in a figurative sense, of the courses of the stars Judges 5:20; the march of locusts Joel 2:8; the conduct of the upright Proverbs 16:17; of the ascents to Zion in the mind of the pious Psalm 84:6 (Greek Version of the LXX: Bae reads מַעֲלוֺת). — In 2 Chronicles 9:11 מסלות is error for מִסְעָד(ות) of || 1 Kings 10:12.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

20:19

Judges

5:20; 5:20; 20:31; 20:32; 20:45; 21:19

1 Samuel

6:12

2 Samuel

20:12; 20:13

1 Kings

10:12

2 Kings

18:17

1 Chronicles

26:16; 26:18

2 Chronicles

9:11

Psalms

84:6

Proverbs

16:17

Isaiah

7:3; 7:3; 11:16; 11:16; 19:23; 33:8; 33:8; 36:2; 40:3; 49:11; 49:11; 59:7; 59:7; 62:10

Jeremiah

31:21

Joel

2:8; 2:8

H4546

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4546 matches the Hebrew מְסִלָּה (mᵊsillâ),
which occurs 27 times in 26 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:19 - The Israelites replied: “We will go along the main road, and if we or our livestock drink any of your water, we will pay for it. We only want to pass through on foot—nothing else.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:20 - From the heavens the stars fought, from their courses they fought against Sisera.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:31 - The Benjamites came out to meet them and were drawn away from the city. They began to inflict casualties on the Israelites as before, so that about thirty men fell in the open field and on the roads—the one leading to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:32 - While the Benjamites were saying, “We are defeating them as before,” the Israelites were saying, “Let’s retreat and draw them away from the city to the roads.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:45 - As they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, the Israelites cut down five thousand men along the roads. They kept pressing after the Benjamites as far as Gidom and struck down two thousand more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:19 - But look, there is the annual festival of the LORD in Shiloh, which lies north of Bethel, east of the road that goes from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:12 - Then the cows went straight up toward Beth Shemesh, keeping on the road and lowing all the way; they did not turn to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed them as far as the border of Beth Shemesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:12 - Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the middle of the road, and the man saw that all the troops came to a halt there. When he realized that everyone who came up to Amasa stopped, he dragged him from the road into a field and threw a garment over him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:13 - After Amasa had been removed from the road, everyone went on with Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bikri.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:17 - The king of Assyria sent his supreme commander, his chief officer and his field commander with a large army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They came up to Jerusalem and stopped at the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Washerman’s Field.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:16 - The lots for the West Gate and the Shalleketh Gate on the upper road fell to Shuppim and Hosah. Guard was alongside of guard:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:18 - As for the court[fn] to the west, there were four at the road and two at the court[fn] itself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:11 - The king used the algumwood to make steps for the temple of the LORD and for the royal palace, and to make harps and lyres for the musicians. Nothing like them had ever been seen in Judah.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 84:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:5 - Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:17 - The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:3 - Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out, you and your son Shear-Jashub,[fn] to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:16 - There will be a highway for the remnant of his people that is left from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:23 - In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:8 - The highways are deserted, no travelers are on the roads. The treaty is broken, its witnesses[fn] are despised, no one is respected.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:2 - Then the king of Assyria sent his field commander with a large army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. When the commander stopped at the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:3 - A voice of one calling: “In the wilderness prepare the way for the LORD[fn]; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:11 - I will turn all my mountains into roads, and my highways will be raised up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:7 - Their feet rush into sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood. They pursue evil schemes; acts of violence mark their ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:10 - Pass through, pass through the gates! Prepare the way for the people. Build up, build up the highway! Remove the stones. Raise a banner for the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:21 - “Set up road signs; put up guideposts. Take note of the highway, the road that you take. Return, Virgin Israel, return to your towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:8 - They do not jostle each other; each marches straight ahead. They plunge through defenses without breaking ranks.
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