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Lexicon :: Strong's H4731 - maqqēl

Aa
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.
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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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Then Jacob H3290 [fn]took H3947 fresh H3892 rods H4731 of poplar H3839, almond H3869, and plane H6196 trees H6196, and peeled H6478 white H3836 stripes H6479 in them, exposing H4286 the white H3836 that was [fn]in the rods H4731.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:38 - He set H3322 the rods H4731 which H834 he had peeled H6478 in front H5227 of the flocks H6629 in the drinking H7298 troughs H7298, that is, in the watering H4325 channels H8268 where H834 the flocks H6629 came H935 to drink H8354; and they mated H3179 when they came H935 to drink H8354.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:39 - So the flocks H6629 mated H3179 by the rods H4731, and the flocks H6629 delivered H3205 striped H6124, speckled H5348, and spotted H2921 offspring.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:41 - Moreover, whenever H3605 the stronger H7194 of the flock H6629 were mating H3179, Jacob H3290 would place H7760 the rods H4731 in the sight H5869 of the flock H6629 in the drinking H7298 troughs H7298, so that they would mate H3179 by the rods H4731;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:10 - [fn]I am H6994 unworthy H6994 of all H3605 the [fn]favor H2617 and of all H3605 the [fn]faithfulness H571, which H834 You have shown H6213 to Your servant H5650; for with only my staff H4731 I crossed H5674 this H2088 Jordan H3383, and now H6258 I have become H1961 two H8147 companies H4264.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:11 - ‘Now you shall eat H398 it in this H3602 way H3602: with your garment [fn]belted H2296 around H2296 your waist H4975, your sandals H5275 on your feet H7272, and your staff H4731 in your hand H3027; and you shall eat H398 it in a hurry H2649—it is the LORD’S H3068 Passover H6453.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:27 - When the donkey H860 saw H7200 the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068, she lay H7257 down H7257 under H8478 Balaam H1109; so Balaam H1109 was H2734 angry H639 H2734 and struck H5221 the donkey H860 with his staff H4731.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:40 - Then he took H3947 his staff H4731 in his hand H3027 and chose H977 for himself five H2568 smooth H2512 stones H68 from the brook H5158, and put H7760 them in the shepherd’s H7462 bag H3627 which H834 he had, that is, in his shepherd’s H3219 pouch H3219, and his sling H7050 was in his hand H3027; and he approached H5066 the Philistine H6430.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:43 - So the Philistine H6430 said H559 to David H1732, “Am I a dog H3611, that you come H935 to me with sticks H4731?” And the Philistine H6430 cursed H7043 David H1732 by his gods H430.

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And the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to me, saying H559, “What H4100 do you see H7200, Jeremiah H3414?” And I said H559, “I see H7200 a branch H4731 of an [fn]almond H8247 tree H8247.”

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“Mourn H5110 for him, all H3605 you who live around H5439 him,

And all H3605 of you who know H3045 his name H8034;

Say H559, ‘How H351 the mighty H5797 [fn]scepter H4294 has been broken H7665,

A staff H4731 of splendor H8597!’

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“Then those who inhabit H3427 the cities H5892 of Israel H3478 will go H3318 out H3318 and make H1197 fires H1197 with the weapons H5402 and burn H5400 them, both [fn]bucklers H4043 and shields H6793, bows H7198 and arrows H2671, war H3027 clubs H4731 and spears H7420, and for seven H7651 years H8141 they will make H1197 fires H784 of them.

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My people H5971 consult H7592 their wooden H6086 idol, and their diviner’s wand H4731 informs H5046 them;

For a spirit H7307 of infidelity H2183 has led H8582 them astray H8582,

And they have been H2181 unfaithful H2181, departing [fn]from their God H430.

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So I pastured H7462 the flock H6629 doomed to slaughter H2028, [fn]therefore H3651 also the afflicted H6041 of the flock H6629. And I took H3947 for myself two H8147 staffs H4731: the one H259 I called H7121 [fn]Favor H5278, and the other H259 I called H7121 Union H2254; so I pastured H7462 the flock H6629.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:10 - And I took H3947 my staff H4731 [fn]Favor H5278 and cut H1438 it in H1438 pieces H1438, to [fn]break H6565 my covenant H1285 which H834 I had made H3772 with all H3605 the peoples H5971.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:14 - Then I cut H1438 in H1438 pieces H1438 my second H8145 staff H4731 Union H2254, to break H6565 the brotherhood H264 between H996 Judah H3063 and Israel H3478.
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