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Lexicon :: Strong's H4604 - maʿal

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מַעַל
Transliteration
maʿal
Pronunciation
mah'-al
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1230a

Strong’s Definitions

מַעַל maʻal, mah'-al; from H4603; treachery, i.e. sin:—falsehood, grievously, sore, transgression, trespass, × very.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x

The KJV translates Strong's H4604 in the following manner: trespass (17x), transgression (6x), trespassed (2x), falsehood (1x), grievously (1x), sore (1x), very (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x
The KJV translates Strong's H4604 in the following manner: trespass (17x), transgression (6x), trespassed (2x), falsehood (1x), grievously (1x), sore (1x), very (1x).

  1. unfaithful or treacherous act, trespass

    1. against man

    2. against God

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַעַל maʻal, mah'-al; from H4603; treachery, i.e. sin:—falsehood, grievously, sore, transgression, trespass, × very.
STRONGS H4604: Abbreviations
† I. מַ֫עַל noun masculineEzra 9:2 unfaithful, treacherous act (Late Hebrew מְעִילָה); — מ׳ Leviticus 5:15 + 16 times; מָ֑עַל Numbers 5:12 + 2 times; suffix מַעֲלוֺ Ezekiel 17:20 + 4 times; מַעֲלָם Ezekiel 39:26 + 3 times; —
1. against man: נשׁאר מעל Job 21:34 faithlessness remains (compare Numbers 5:12, 27; Proverbs 16:10 under מָעַל).
2. elsewhere against God, with בְּ, Joshua 22:22 (P); without בְּ, 1 Chronicles 9:1; 2 Chronicles 29:19; 33:19; Ezra 9:2, 4; Ezra 10:6. — מַעַל elsewhere only with מָעַל which see (1; all cited).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

5:15

Numbers

5:12; 5:12; 5:27

Joshua

22:22

1 Chronicles

9:1

2 Chronicles

29:19; 33:19

Ezra

9:2; 9:2; 9:4; 10:6

Job

21:34

Proverbs

16:10

Ezekiel

17:20; 39:26

H4604

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Strong's Number H4604 matches the Hebrew מַעַל (maʿal),
which occurs 29 times in 29 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:15 - "When a person commits a trespass and sins by straying unintentionally from the regulations about the Lord's holy things, then he must bring his penalty for guilt to the LORD, a flawless ram from the flock, convertible into silver shekels according to the standard of the sanctuary shekel, for a guilt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:2 - "When a person sins and commits a trespass against the LORD by deceiving his fellow citizen in regard to something held in trust, or a pledge, or something stolen, or by extorting something from his fellow citizen,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:40 - However, when they confess their iniquity and their ancestors' iniquity which they committed by trespassing against me, by which they also walked in hostility against me

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:6 - "Tell the Israelites, 'When a man or a woman commits any sin that people commit, thereby breaking faith with the LORD, and that person is found guilty,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:12 - "Speak to the Israelites and tell them, 'If any man's wife goes astray and behaves unfaithfully toward 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, if she has defiled herself and behaved unfaithfully toward her husband, the water that brings a curse will enter her to produce bitterness - her abdomen will swell, her thigh will fall away, and the woman will become a curse among her people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:16 - Look, these people through the counsel of Balaam caused the Israelites to act treacherously against the LORD in the matter of Peor - which resulted in the plague among the community of the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:1 - But the Israelites disobeyed the command about the city's riches. Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, stole some of the riches. The LORD was furious with the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:16 - "The entire community of the LORD says, 'Why have you disobeyed the God of Israel by turning back today from following the LORD? You built an altar for yourselves and have rebelled today against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:20 - When Achan son of Zerah disobeyed the command about the city's riches, the entire Israelite community was judged, though only one man had sinned. He most certainly died for his sin!'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:22 - "El, God, the LORD! El, God, the LORD! He knows the truth! Israel must also know! If we have rebelled or disobeyed the LORD, don't spare us today!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:31 - Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, said to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the Manassehites, "Today we know that the LORD is among us, because you have not disobeyed the LORD in this. Now you have rescued the Israelites from the LORD's judgment."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:1 - Genealogical records were kept for all Israel; they are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Israel. The people of Judah were carried away to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 10:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:13 - So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the LORD and did not obey the LORD's instructions; he even tried to conjure up underworld spirits.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:19 - The LORD humiliated Judah because of King Ahaz of Israel, for he encouraged Judah to sin and was very unfaithful to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:19 - We have prepared and consecrated all the items that King Ahaz removed during his reign when he acted unfaithfully. They are in front of the altar of the LORD."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:19 - The Annals of the Prophets include his prayer, give an account of how the LORD responded to it, record all his sins and unfaithful acts, and identify the sites where he built high places and erected Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:14 - All the leaders of the priests and people became more unfaithful and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations. They defiled the LORD's temple which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:2 - Indeed, they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race has become intermingled with the local residents. Worse still, the leaders and the officials have been at the forefront of all of this!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:4 - Everyone who held the words of the God of Israel in awe gathered around me because of the unfaithful acts of the people of the exile. Devastated, I continued to sit there until the evening offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:6 - Then Ezra got up from in front of the temple of God and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. While he stayed there, he did not eat food or drink water, for he was in mourning over the infidelity of the exiles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34 - So how can you console me with your futile words? Nothing is left of your answers but deception!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:13 - "Son of man, suppose a country sins against me by being unfaithful, and I stretch out my hand against it, cut off its bread supply, cause famine to come on it, and kill both people and animals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:8 - I will make the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully, declares the sovereign LORD."

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:20 - I will throw my net over him and he will be caught in my snare; I will bring him to Babylon and judge him there because of the unfaithfulness he committed against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:24 - "But if a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing according to all the abominable practices the wicked carry out, will he live? All his righteous acts will not be remembered; because of the unfaithful acts he has done and the sin he has committed, he will die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:27 - "Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and tell them, 'This is what the sovereign LORD says: In this way too your fathers blasphemed me when they were unfaithful to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:26 - They will bear their shame for all their unfaithful acts against me, when they live securely on their land with no one to make them afraid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:7 - "You are righteous, O Lord, but we are humiliated this day - the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far away in all the countries in which you have scattered them, because they have behaved unfaithfully toward you.
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