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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
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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.
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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:37 - But Jacob took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond, and plane trees. He made white streaks by peeling them, making the white inner wood in the branches visible.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:38 - Then he set up the peeled branches in all the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. He set up the branches in front of the flocks when they were in heat and came to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:39

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:39 - When the sheep mated in front of the branches, they gave birth to young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:41 - When the stronger females were in heat, Jacob would set up the branches in the troughs in front of the flock, so they would mate near the branches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:10 - I am not worthy of all the faithful love you have shown your servant. With only my walking stick I crossed the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:11 - This is how you are to eat it - dressed to travel, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. You are to eat it in haste. It is the LORD'S Passover.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:27 - When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she crouched down under Balaam. Then Balaam was angry, and he beat his donkey with a staff.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:40 - He took his staff in his hand, picked out five smooth stones from the stream, placed them in the pouch of his shepherd's bag, took his sling in hand, and approached the Philistine.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:43 - The Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you are coming after me with sticks?" Then the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:11 - Later the LORD asked me, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" I answered, "I see a branch of an almond tree."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:17 - Mourn for that nation, all you nations living around it, all of you nations that know of its fame. Mourn and say, 'Alas, its powerful influence has been broken! Its glory and power have been done away!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:9 - "'Then those who live in the cities of Israel will go out and use the weapons for kindling - the shields, bows and arrows, war clubs and spears - they will burn them for seven years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:12 - They consult their wooden idols, and their diviner's staff answers with an oracle. The wind of prostitution blows them astray; they commit spiritual adultery against their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:7 - So I began to shepherd the flock destined for slaughter, the most afflicted of all the flock. Then I took two staffs, calling one "Pleasantness" and the other "Binders," and I tended the flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:10 - Then I took my staff "Pleasantness" and cut it in two to annul my covenant that I had made with all the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:14 - Then I cut the second staff "Binders" in two in order to annul the covenant of brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
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