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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 anyone is unfaithful to the LORD by sinning unintentionally in regard to any of the LORD’s holy things, they are to bring to the LORD as a penalty a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value in silver, according to the sanctuary shekel.[fn] It is a guilt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:2 - “If anyone sins and is unfaithful to the LORD by deceiving a neighbor about something entrusted to them or left in their care or about something stolen, or if they cheat their neighbor,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:40 - “ ‘But if they will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors—their unfaithfulness and their hostility toward me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:6 - “Say to the Israelites: ‘Any man or woman who wrongs another in any way[fn] and so is unfaithful to the LORD is guilty

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:12 - “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If a 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 - If she has made herself impure and been unfaithful to her husband, this will be the result: When she is made to drink the water that brings a curse and causes bitter suffering, it will enter her, her abdomen will swell and her womb will miscarry, and she will become a curse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:16 - “They were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice and enticed the Israelites to be unfaithful to the LORD in the Peor incident, so that a plague struck the LORD’s people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:1 - But the Israelites were unfaithful in regard to the devoted things[fn]; Achan son of Karmi, the son of Zimri,[fn] the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of them. So the LORD’s anger burned against Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:16 - “The whole assembly of the LORD says: ‘How could you break faith with the God of Israel like this? How could you turn away from the LORD and build yourselves an altar in rebellion against him now?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:20 - When Achan son of Zerah was unfaithful in regard to the devoted things,[fn] did not wrath come on the whole community of Israel? He was not the only one who died for his sin.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:22 - “The Mighty One, God, the LORD! The Mighty One, God, the LORD! He knows! And let Israel know! If this has been in rebellion or disobedience to the LORD, do not spare us this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:31 - And Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, said to Reuben, Gad and Manasseh, “Today we know that the LORD is with us, because you have not been unfaithful to the LORD in this matter. Now you have rescued the Israelites from the LORD’s hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:1 - All Israel was listed in the genealogies recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. They were taken captive to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 10:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:13 - Saul died because he was unfaithful to the LORD; he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:19 - The LORD had humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel,[fn] for he had promoted wickedness in Judah and had been most 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 articles that King Ahaz removed in his unfaithfulness while he was king. They are now in front of the LORD’s altar.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:19 - His prayer and how God was moved by his entreaty, as well as all his sins and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself—all these are written in the records of the seers.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:14 - Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful, following all the detestable practices of the nations and defiling the temple of the LORD, which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:2 - They have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, and have mingled the holy race with the peoples around them. And the leaders and officials have led the way in this unfaithfulness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:4 - Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of this unfaithfulness of the exiles. And I sat there appalled until the evening sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:6 - Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. While he was there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he continued to mourn over the unfaithfulness 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 nonsense? Nothing is left of your answers but falsehood!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:13 - “Son of man, if a country sins against me by being unfaithful and I stretch out my hand against it to cut off its food supply and send famine upon it and kill its people and their 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 been unfaithful, declares the Sovereign LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:20 - I will spread my net for him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment on him there because he was unfaithful to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:24 - “But if a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin and does the same detestable things the wicked person does, will they live? None of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness they are guilty of and because of the sins they have committed, they will die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:27 - “Therefore, son of man, speak to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: In this also your ancestors blasphemed me by being unfaithful to me:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:26 - They will forget their shame and all the unfaithfulness they showed toward me when they lived in safety in their land with no one to make them afraid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:7 - “Lord, you are righteous, but this day we are covered with shame—the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where you have scattered us because of our unfaithfulness to you.
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