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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)
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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 shall rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18 - The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staffs. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:21 - Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed from his sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:29 - Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins and take my staff in thy hand, and go thy way: and if thou shalt meet any man, salute him not; and if any shall salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:31 - And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:21 - Now behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man leaneth, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:4 - Yes, though I walk through the valley of the shades of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:1 - For behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the rod and the staff, the whole support of bread, and the whole support of water,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:6 - Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; on which if a man lean, it will enter his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:6 - And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:4 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.
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