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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
Dictionary Aids

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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:37 -

Jacob then took branches of fresh poplar, almond, and plane wood, and peeled the bark, exposing white stripes on the branches.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:38 -

He set the peeled branches in the troughs in front of the sheep ​— ​in the water channels where the sheep came to drink. And the sheep bred when they came to drink.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:39 -

The flocks bred in front of the branches and bore streaked, speckled, and spotted young.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:41 -

Whenever the stronger of the flock were breeding, Jacob placed the branches in the troughs, in full view of the flocks, and they would breed in front of the branches.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:10 -

“I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant. Indeed, I crossed over the Jordan with my staff, and now I have become two camps.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:11 -

“Here is how you must eat it: You must be dressed for travel,[fn] your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. You are to eat it in a hurry; it is the LORD’s Passover.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:27 -

When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she crouched down under Balaam. So he became furious and beat the donkey with his stick.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:40 -

Instead, he took his staff in his hand and chose five smooth stones from the wadi and put them in the pouch, in his shepherd’s bag. Then, with his sling in his hand, he approached the Philistine.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:43 -

He said to David, “Am I a dog that you come against me with sticks? ”[fn] Then he cursed David by his gods.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:11 -

Then the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “What do you see, Jeremiah? ”

I replied, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:17 -

Mourn for him, all you surrounding nations,

everyone who knows his name.

Say, “How the mighty scepter is shattered,

the glorious staff! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:9 -

“ ‘Then the inhabitants of Israel’s cities will go out, kindle fires, and burn the weapons ​— ​the small and large shields, the bows and arrows, the clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them to make fires.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:12 -

My people consult their wooden idols,

and their divining rods inform them.

For a spirit of promiscuity leads them astray;

they act promiscuously

in disobedience to[fn] their God.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:7 -

So I shepherded the flock intended for slaughter, the oppressed of the flock.[fn] I took two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:10 -

Next I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, annulling the covenant I had made with all the peoples.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:14 -

Then I cut in two my second staff, Union, annulling the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

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