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Lexicon :: Strong's H4603 - māʿal

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מָעַל
Transliteration
māʿal
Pronunciation
maw-al'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1230

Strong’s Definitions

מָעַל mâʻal, maw-al'; a primitive root; properly, to cover up; used only figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. treacherously:—transgress, (commit, do a) trespass(-ing).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x

The KJV translates Strong's H4603 in the following manner: trespass (13x), commit (11x), transgress (10x), done (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x
The KJV translates Strong's H4603 in the following manner: trespass (13x), commit (11x), transgress (10x), done (1x).

  1. to act unfaithfully, act treacherously, transgress, commit a trespass

    1. (Qal) to act unfaithfully or treacherously

      1. against man

      2. against God

      3. against devoted thing

      4. against husband

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָעַל mâʻal, maw-al'; a primitive root; properly, to cover up; used only figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. treacherously:—transgress, (commit, do a) trespass(-ing).
STRONGS H4603: Abbreviations
† מָעַל verb act unfaithfully, treacherously, a priestly word (P Ezra, Chronicles), chiefly late (Late Hebrew id., act unfaithfully; Arabic bdb059101 whisper, backbite, bdb059102 perfidy, fraud); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular מָעַל Joshua 22:20 + 4 times; 3rd person feminine singular מָֽעֲלָה Leviticus 5:21; Numbers 5:12 + 13 times Perfect; Imperfect יִמְעַל Proverbs 16:10; 2 Chronicles 26:16; 3rd person feminine singular תִּמְעֹל Leviticus 5:15; Numbers 5:27; 3rd person masculine plural יִמְעֲלוּ Joshua 7:1, וַיִּמְעֲלוּ 1 Chronicles 5:25; 2nd person masculine plural תִּמְעָ֑לוּ Nehemiah 1:8; Infinitive construct לִמְעֹל, so read for HCT למסר Numbers 31:16 Thes Di; — act unfaithfully, treacherously, usually
1. מָעַל מַ֫עַל :
a. absolute בַּחֵרֶם in the matter of the devoted thing (the sin of Achan) Joshua 7:1 (JE), Joshua 22:20 (P), compare Leviticus 5:15 (P), 2 Chronicles 36:14; Ezekiel 14:13; Ezekiel 15:8; Ezekiel 18:24.
b. wife against (בְּ) husband Numbers 5:12, 27 (P; marital infidelity).
c. elsewhere against (בְּ) God, Leviticus 26:40 (H), Leviticus 5:21; Numbers 5:6; Numbers 31:16 (?) Joshua 22:16, 31 (all P), 1 Chronicles 10:13; 1 Chronicles 28:19; Ezekiel 17:20; Ezekiel 20:27; Ezekiel 39:26; Daniel 9:7.
2. usage without מַעַל (only late):
a. במשׁפט לא ימעל פיו Proverbs 16:10 let not his (the king's) mouth act treacherously against justice (RV in judgment).
b. elsewhere against God, with בְּ, Deuteronomy 32:51 (P), 1 Chronicles 5:25; 1 Chronicles 12:2; 1 Chronicles 26:22; 1 Chronicles 30:7; Ezra 10:2; Nehemiah 13:27; Ezekiel 39:23; without בְּ, 2 Chronicles 26:18; 29:6; Ezra 10:10; Nehemiah 1:8; בַּחֵרֶם 1 Chronicles 2:7.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

5:15; 5:15; 26:40

Numbers

5:6; 5:12; 5:12; 5:27; 5:27; 31:16; 31:16

Deuteronomy

32:51

Joshua

7:1; 7:1; 22:16; 22:20; 22:20; 22:31

1 Chronicles

2:7; 5:25; 5:25; 10:13; 12:2; 26:22; 28:19

2 Chronicles

26:16; 26:18; 29:6; 36:14

Ezra

10:2; 10:10

Nehemiah

1:8; 1:8; 13:27

Proverbs

16:10; 16:10

Ezekiel

14:13; 15:8; 17:20; 18:24; 20:27; 39:23; 39:26

Daniel

9:7

H4603

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Strong's Number H4603 matches the Hebrew מָעַל (māʿal),
which occurs 35 times in 35 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:15 - "If anyone commits a trespass, and sins unwittingly, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD, a ram without blemish from the flock, according to your estimation in silver by shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:2 - "If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against the LORD, and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:40 - They shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that, because they walked contrary to me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:6 - "Speak to the children of Yisra'el: When a man or woman commits any sin that men commit, so as to trespass against the LORD, and that soul is guilty;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:12 - "Speak to the children of Yisra'el, and tell them: If any man's wife goes astray, and is unfaithful to him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - When he has made her drink the water, then it shall happen, if she is defiled, and has committed a trespass against her husband, that the water that causes the curse will enter into her and become bitter, and her body will swell, and her thigh will fall away: and the woman will be a curse among her people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:51

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:51 - because you trespassed against me in the midst of the children of Yisra'el at the waters of Merivah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of Tzin; because you didn't sanctify me in the midst of the children of Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:1 - But the children of Yisra'el committed a trespass in the devoted thing; for `Akhan, the son of Karmi, the son of Zavdi, the son of Zerach, of the tribe of Yehudah, took of the devoted thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:16 - Thus says the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that you have committed against the God of Yisra'el, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that you have built you an altar, to rebel this day against the LORD?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:20 - Didn't `Akhan the son of Zerach commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Yisra'el? and that man didn't perish alone in his iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:31 - Pinechas the son of El`azar the Kohen said to the children of Re'uven, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Menashsheh, This day we know that the LORD is in the midst of us, because you have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now have you delivered the children of Yisra'el out of the hand of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:7 - The sons of Karmi: `Akar, the troubler of Yisra'el, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:25 - They trespassed against the God of their fathers, and played the prostitute after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 10:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:13 - So Sha'ul died for his trespass which he committed against the LORD, because of the word of the LORD, which he didn't keep; and also because he asked counsel of one who had a familiar spirit, to inquire thereby,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:2 - It happened in the fifth year of king Rechav`am, that Shishak king of Mitzrayim came up against Yerushalayim, because they had trespassed against the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:16 - But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against the LORD his God; for he went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:18 - and they withstood `Uzziyah the king, and said to him, It pertains not to you, `Uzziyah, to burn incense to the LORD, but to the Kohanim the sons of Aharon, who are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for you have trespassed; neither shall it be for your honor from the LORD God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:19 - For the LORD brought Yehudah low because of Achaz king of Yisra'el; for he had dealt wantonly in Yehudah, and trespassed severely against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:22 - In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD, this same king Achaz.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:6 - For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the sight of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:7 - Don't be you like your fathers, and like your brothers, who trespassed against the LORD, the God of their fathers, so that he gave them up to desolation, as you see.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:14 - Moreover all the chiefs of the Kohanim, and the people, trespassed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations; and they polluted the house of the LORD which he had made holy in Yerushalayim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:2 - Shekhanyahu the son of Yechi'el, one of the sons of `Elam, answered Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land: yet now there is hope for Yisra'el concerning this thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:10 - Ezra the Kohen stood up, and said to them, You have trespassed, and have married foreign women, to increase the guilt of Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:8 - Remember, I beg you, the word that you commanded your servant Moshe, saying, If you trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples:

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:27 - Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:10 - Inspired judgments are on the lips of the king. He shall not betray his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:13 - Son of man, when a land sins against me by committing a trespass, and I stretch out my hand on it, and break the staff of the bread of it, and send famine on it, and cut off from it man and animal;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:8 - I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, says the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:20 - I will spread my net on him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Bavel, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:24 - But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:27 - Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Yisra'el, and tell them, Thus says the Lord GOD: In this moreover have your fathers blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:23 - The nations shall know that the house of Yisra'el went into captivity for their iniquity; because they trespassed against me, and I hid my face from them: so I gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and they fell all of them by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:26 - They shall bear their shame, and all their trespasses by which they have trespassed against me, when they shall dwell securely in their land, and none shall make them afraid;

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:7 - Lord, righteousness belongs to you, but to us confusion of face, as at this day; to the men of Yehudah, and to the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, and to all Yisra'el, who are near, and who are far off, through all the countries where you have driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against you.
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