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Lexicon :: Strong's H4938 - mašʿēnâ

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מַשְׁעֵנָה
Transliteration
mašʿēnâ
Pronunciation
mish-ay-naw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2434c,2434d

Strong’s Definitions

מִשְׁעֵנָה mishʻênâh, mish-ay-naw'; or מִשְׁעֶנֶת mishʻeneth; feminine of H4937; support (abstractly), i.e. (figuratively) sustenance or (concretely) a walking-stick:—staff.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H4938 in the following manner: staff (11x), stave (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H4938 in the following manner: staff (11x), stave (1x).

  1. support (of every kind), staff

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִשְׁעֵנָה mishʻênâh, mish-ay-naw'; or מִשְׁעֶנֶת mishʻeneth; feminine of H4937; support (abstractly), i.e. (figuratively) sustenance or (concretely) a walking-stick:—staff.
STRONGS H4938: Abbreviations
† מַשְׁעֵנָה noun feminine id., see foregoing H4937 (masculine and feminine to exhaust the category = support of every kind).

† מִשְׁעֶ֫נֶת noun feminine staff; — absolute Judges 6:21; 2 Kings 4:31; construct 2 Kings 18:20 +; suffix מִשְׁעַנְתּוֺ Exodus 21:19; Zechariah 8:4, etc.; plural suffix מִשְׁעֲנֹתָם Numbers 21:18; — staff, Exodus 21:19 (E) Numbers 21:18 (J) Judges 6:21; 2 Kings 4:28; 2 Kings 4:29; 2 Kings 2:31; Zechariah 8:4; figurative of political support, מִשְׁעֶנֶת הַקָּנֶה הָרָצוּץ 2 Kings 18:21 = Isaiah 36:6, compare Ezekiel 29:6; of י׳ as shepherd Psalm 23:4 (+שֵׁבֶט).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

21:19; 21:19

Numbers

21:18; 21:18

Judges

6:21; 6:21

2 Kings

4:28; 4:29; 4:31; 18:20; 18:21

Psalms

23:4

Isaiah

36:6

Ezekiel

29:6

Zechariah

8:4; 8:4

H4938

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4938 matches the Hebrew מַשְׁעֵנָה (mašʿēnâ),
which occurs 12 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:19 - If he is later able to walk outside again, even with a crutch, the assailant will not be punished but must compensate his victim for lost wages and provide for his full recovery.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18 - Sing of this well,
which princes dug,
which great leaders hollowed out
with their scepters and staffs.” Then the Israelites left the wilderness and proceeded on through Mattanah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:21 - Then the angel of the LORD touched the meat and bread with the tip of the staff in his hand, and fire flamed up from the rock and consumed all he had brought. And the angel of the LORD disappeared.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:29 - Then Elisha said to Gehazi, “Get ready to travel[fn]; take my staff and go! Don’t talk to anyone along the way. Go quickly and lay the staff on the child’s face.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:31 - Gehazi hurried on ahead and laid the staff on the child’s face, but nothing happened. There was no sign of life. He returned to meet Elisha and told him, “The child is still dead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:21 - On Egypt? If you lean on Egypt, it will be like a reed that splinters beneath your weight and pierces your hand. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, is completely unreliable!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:4 - Even when I walk
through the darkest valley,[fn]
I will not be afraid,
for you are close beside me.
Your rod and your staff
protect and comfort me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:1 - The Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,
will take away from Jerusalem and Judah
everything they depend on:
every bit of bread
and every drop of water,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:6 - On Egypt? If you lean on Egypt, it will be like a reed that splinters beneath your weight and pierces your hand. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, is completely unreliable!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:6 - All the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD,
for to Israel you were just a staff made of reeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:4 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: Once again old men and women will walk Jerusalem’s streets with their canes and will sit together in the city squares.
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