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Lexicon :: Strong's H4603 - māʿal

Aa
מָעַל
Transliteration
māʿal
Pronunciation
maw-al'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1230

Strong’s Definitions

מָעַל mâʻal, maw-al'; a primitive root; properly, to cover up; used only figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. treacherously:—transgress, (commit, do a) trespass(-ing).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x

The KJV translates Strong's H4603 in the following manner: trespass (13x), commit (11x), transgress (10x), done (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x
The KJV translates Strong's H4603 in the following manner: trespass (13x), commit (11x), transgress (10x), done (1x).

  1. to act unfaithfully, act treacherously, transgress, commit a trespass

    1. (Qal) to act unfaithfully or treacherously

      1. against man

      2. against God

      3. against devoted thing

      4. against husband

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָעַל mâʻal, maw-al'; a primitive root; properly, to cover up; used only figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. treacherously:—transgress, (commit, do a) trespass(-ing).
STRONGS H4603: Abbreviations
† מָעַל verb act unfaithfully, treacherously, a priestly word (P Ezra, Chronicles), chiefly late (Late Hebrew id., act unfaithfully; Arabic bdb059101 whisper, backbite, bdb059102 perfidy, fraud); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular מָעַל Joshua 22:20 + 4 times; 3rd person feminine singular מָֽעֲלָה Leviticus 5:21; Numbers 5:12 + 13 times Perfect; Imperfect יִמְעַל Proverbs 16:10; 2 Chronicles 26:16; 3rd person feminine singular תִּמְעֹל Leviticus 5:15; Numbers 5:27; 3rd person masculine plural יִמְעֲלוּ Joshua 7:1, וַיִּמְעֲלוּ 1 Chronicles 5:25; 2nd person masculine plural תִּמְעָ֑לוּ Nehemiah 1:8; Infinitive construct לִמְעֹל, so read for HCT למסר Numbers 31:16 Thes Di; — act unfaithfully, treacherously, usually
1. מָעַל מַ֫עַל :
a. absolute בַּחֵרֶם in the matter of the devoted thing (the sin of Achan) Joshua 7:1 (JE), Joshua 22:20 (P), compare Leviticus 5:15 (P), 2 Chronicles 36:14; Ezekiel 14:13; Ezekiel 15:8; Ezekiel 18:24.
b. wife against (בְּ) husband Numbers 5:12, 27 (P; marital infidelity).
c. elsewhere against (בְּ) God, Leviticus 26:40 (H), Leviticus 5:21; Numbers 5:6; Numbers 31:16 (?) Joshua 22:16, 31 (all P), 1 Chronicles 10:13; 1 Chronicles 28:19; Ezekiel 17:20; Ezekiel 20:27; Ezekiel 39:26; Daniel 9:7.
2. usage without מַעַל (only late):
a. במשׁפט לא ימעל פיו Proverbs 16:10 let not his (the king's) mouth act treacherously against justice (RV in judgment).
b. elsewhere against God, with בְּ, Deuteronomy 32:51 (P), 1 Chronicles 5:25; 1 Chronicles 12:2; 1 Chronicles 26:22; 1 Chronicles 30:7; Ezra 10:2; Nehemiah 13:27; Ezekiel 39:23; without בְּ, 2 Chronicles 26:18; 29:6; Ezra 10:10; Nehemiah 1:8; בַּחֵרֶם 1 Chronicles 2:7.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

5:15; 5:15; 26:40

Numbers

5:6; 5:12; 5:12; 5:27; 5:27; 31:16; 31:16

Deuteronomy

32:51

Joshua

7:1; 7:1; 22:16; 22:20; 22:20; 22:31

1 Chronicles

2:7; 5:25; 5:25; 10:13; 12:2; 26:22; 28:19

2 Chronicles

26:16; 26:18; 29:6; 36:14

Ezra

10:2; 10:10

Nehemiah

1:8; 1:8; 13:27

Proverbs

16:10; 16:10

Ezekiel

14:13; 15:8; 17:20; 18:24; 20:27; 39:23; 39:26

Daniel

9:7

H4603

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4603 matches the Hebrew מָעַל (māʿal),
which occurs 35 times in 35 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:2 - “When H3588 a person H5315 sins H2398 and acts H4603 unfaithfully H4603 H4604 against the LORD H3068, and disavows H3584 the rightful claim of his neighbor H5997 regarding a deposit H6487 or H176 a security H8667 entrusted H3027 to him, or H176 regarding robbery H1498, or H176 he has extorted H6231 from his neighbor H5997,

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‘But if they confess H3034 their wrongdoing H5771 and the wrongdoing H5771 of their forefathers H1, in their unfaithfulness H4603 which H834 they committed H4603 against Me, and also H637 in their acting H1980 with hostility H7147 against H5973 Me—

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:6 - “Speak H1696 to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478: ‘When H3588 a man H376 or H176 woman H802 commits H6213 any H4480 H3605 of the sins H2403 of mankind H120, acting H4603 unfaithfully H4603 H4604 against the LORD H3068, and that person H5315 is guilty H816,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:12 - “Speak H1696 to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 and say H559 to them, ‘If H3588 any H376 man’s H376 wife H802 goes H7847 astray H7847 and is unfaithful H4604 to him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - ‘When he has made H8248 her drink H8248 the water H4325, then it will come H1961 about H1961, if H518 she has defiled H2930 herself and has been H4603 unfaithful H4603 H4604 to her husband H376, that the water H4325 which brings H779 a curse H779 will go H935 into her [fn]and cause bitterness H4751, and her belly H990 will swell H6638 up H6638 and her thigh H3409 will [fn]shrivel H5307, and the woman H802 will become H1961 a curse H423 among H7130 her people H5971.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:51 - because H5921 H834 you broke H4603 faith H4603 with Me in the midst H8432 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 at the waters H4325 of Meribah-kadesh H4809 H6946, in the wilderness H4057 of Zin H6790, because H5921 H834 you did not treat H6942 Me as H6942 holy H6942 in the midst H8432 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.

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But the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 acted H4603 unfaithfully H4603 H4604 regarding the things H2764 designated H2764 for H2764 destruction H2764, for Achan H5912, the son H1121 of Carmi H3756, the son H1121 of Zabdi H2067, the son H1121 of Zerah H2226, from the tribe H4294 of Judah H3063, took H3947 some H4480 of the designated H2764 things H2764; therefore the anger H639 of the LORD H3068 burned H2734 against the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:16 - “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the whole H3605 congregation H5712 of the LORD H3068 says H559: ‘What H4100 is this H2088 unfaithful H4603 H4604 act H4604 which H834 you have committed H4603 against the God H430 of Israel H3478, turning H7725 away H7725 from following H310 the LORD H3068 this day H3117, by building H1129 yourselves an altar H4196, to rebel H4775 against the LORD H3068 this day H3117?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:20 - ‘Did Achan H5912 the son H1121 of Zerah H2226 not act H4603 unfaithfully H4603 H4604 in the things H2764 designated H2764 for H2764 destruction H2764, and wrath H7110 fall H1961 on the entire H3605 congregation H5712 of Israel H3478? So that man H376 did not perish H1478 alone H259 in his guilt H5771.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:31 - And Phinehas H6372 the son H1121 of Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 said H559 to the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205, the sons H1121 of Gad H1410, and to the sons H1121 of Manasseh H4519, “Today H3117 we know H3045 that the LORD H3068 is in our midst H8432, because H834 you have not committed H4603 this H2088 unfaithful H4603 H4604 act H4604 against the LORD H3068; now H227 you have saved H5337 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 from the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068.”

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But they were H4603 untrue H4603 to the God H430 of their fathers H1 and prostituted H2181 themselves with H310 the gods H430 of the peoples H5971 of the land H776, whom H834 God H430 had destroyed H8045 before H4480 H6640 them.

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So Saul H7586 died H4191 for his unfaithfulness H4603 H4604 which H834 he committed H4603 against the LORD H3068, because H5921 of the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 which H834 he did not keep H8104; and also H1571 because he asked H7592 counsel of a medium H178, making H1875 inquiry H1875 of her,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:2 - And it came H1961 about H1961 in King H4428 Rehoboam’s H7346 fifth H2549 year H8141, because H3588 they had been H4603 unfaithful H4603 to the LORD H3068, that Shishak H7895 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 came H5927 up H5927 against H5921 Jerusalem H3389

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But when he became H2393 strong H2393, his heart H3820 was H1361 so [fn]proud H1361 that he acted H7843 corruptly H7843, and he was H4603 untrue H4603 to the LORD H3068 his God H430, for he entered H935 the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068 to burn H6999 incense H6999 on the altar H4196 of incense H7004.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:18 - They opposed H5975 H5921 Uzziah H5818 the king H4428 and said H559 to him, “It is not for you, Uzziah H5818, to burn H6999 incense H6999 to the LORD H3068, but for the priests H3548, the sons H1121 of Aaron H175 who have been consecrated H6942 to burn H6999 incense H6999. Leave H3318 the sanctuary H4720, for you have been H4603 untrue H4603 and will have no H3808 honor H3519 from the LORD H3068 God H430.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:19 - For the LORD H3068 had humbled H3665 Judah H3063 because H5668 of Ahaz H271 king H4428 of Israel H3478, for he had brought H6544 about H6544 a lack H6544 of H6544 restraint H6544 in Judah H3063 and was very H4604 unfaithful H4604 to the LORD H3068.

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Now during the time H6256 of his distress H6887, this H1931 same H1931 King H4428 Ahaz H271 became H4603 even H3254 more H3254 unfaithful H4603 to the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:6 - “For our fathers H1 have been H4603 unfaithful H4603 and have done H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 our God H430, and they have abandoned H5800 Him and turned H5437 their faces H6440 away H5437 from the dwelling H4908 place H4908 of the LORD H3068, and have [fn]turned H5414 their backs H6203.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:7 - “Do not be like your fathers H1 and your brothers H251, who H834 were H4603 untrue H4603 to the LORD H3068 God H430 of their fathers H1, so that He made H5414 them an object H8047 of H8047 horror H8047, just H834 as H834 you see H7200.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:14 - Furthermore H1571, all H3605 the officials H8269 of the priests H3548 and the people H5971 were H7235 very H7235 unfaithful H4604, following all H3605 the abominations H8441 of the nations H1471; and they defiled H2930 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 which H834 He had sanctified H6942 in Jerusalem H3389.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:2 - Shecaniah H7935 the son H1121 of Jehiel H3171, one of the sons H1121 of Elam H5867, said H559 to Ezra H5830, “We have been H4603 unfaithful H4603 to our God H430 and have [fn]married H3427 foreign H5237 women H802 from the peoples H5971 of the land H776; yet now H6258 there H3426 is H3426 hope H4723 for Israel H3478 in H5921 spite H5921 of H5921 this H2088.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:10 - Then Ezra H5830 the priest H3548 stood H6965 up H6965 and said H559 to them, “You have been H4603 unfaithful H4603 and have married H3427 foreign H5237 wives H802, adding H3254 to the guilt H819 of Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:8 - “Remember H2142, please H4994, the word H1697 which H834 You commanded H6680 Your servant H5650 Moses H4872, saying H559, ‘If you are H4603 unfaithful H4603, I will scatter H6327 you among the peoples H5971;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:27 - “Has it not then been reported H8085 about you that you have committed H6213 all H3605 this H2088 great H1419 evil H7451 by acting H4603 unfaithfully H4603 against our God H430, by [fn]marrying H3427 foreign H5237 women H802?”

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A divine H7081 verdict H7081 is on the lips H8193 of the king H4428;

His mouth H6310 should not [fn]err H4603 in judgment H4941.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:13 - “Son H1121 of man H120, if H3588 a country H776 sins H2398 against Me by being H4603 unfaithful H4603, and I stretch H5186 out H5186 My hand H3027 against H5921 it, [fn]destroy H7665 its supply H4294 of bread H3899, send H7971 famine H7458 against it, and eliminate H3772 from it both human H120 and animal H929 life,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:8 - ‘So I will make H5414 the land H776 desolate H8077, because H3282 they have acted H4603 unfaithfully H4603 H4604,’” declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:20 - “And I will spread H6566 My net H7568 over H5921 him, and he will be caught H8610 in My net H4686. Then I will bring H935 him to Babylon H894 and enter H8199 into H8199 judgment H8199 with him there H8033 regarding the unfaithful H4603 H4604 act H4604 which H834 he has committed H4603 against Me.

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“But when a righteous H6662 person H6662 turns H7725 away H7725 from his righteousness H6666, commits H6213 injustice H5766 and does H6213 according to all H3605 the abominations H8441 that the wicked H7563 person H7563 does H6213, will he live H2421? All H3605 his righteous H6666 deeds H6666 which H834 he has done H6213 will not be remembered H2142 for his treachery H4603 H4604 which H834 he has committed H4603 and his sin H2403 which H834 he has committed H2398; for them he will die H4191.

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“Therefore H3651 speak H1696 to the house H1004 of Israel H3478, son H1121 of man H120, and say H559 to them, ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559: “Again H5750, in this H2088 your fathers H1 have blasphemed H1442 Me by being H4603 disloyal H4603 to Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:23 - “The nations H1471 will know H3045 that the house H1004 of Israel H3478 went H1540 into H1540 exile H1540 for their wrongdoing H5771, because H5921 H834 they were H4603 disloyal H4603 to Me, and I hid H5641 My face H6440 from them; so I handed H5414 H3027 them over H5414 to their adversaries H6862, and all H3605 of them fell H5307 by the sword H2719.

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“Righteousness H6666 belongs to You, Lord H136, but to us [fn]open H6440 shame H1322, as it is this H2088 day H3117—to the men H376 of Judah H3063, the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389, and all H3605 Israel H3478, those who are nearby H7138 and those who are far H7350 away in all H3605 the countries H776 to which H834 You have driven H5080 them, because of their unfaithful H4603 H4604 deeds H4604 which H834 they have committed H4603 against You.

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