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Lexicon :: Strong's H4938 - mašʿēnâ

Aa
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 BoxExo 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:19 - if he gets up and walks around outside on his staff H4938, then he who struck him shall go unpunished; he shall only pay for his [fn]loss of time, and [fn]shall pay for his care until he is completely healed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18 -

“The well, which the leaders dug,

Which the nobles of the people hollowed out,

With the scepter and with their staffs H4938.”

And from the wilderness they continued to Mattanah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:21 - Then the angel of the LORD put out the end of the staff H4938 that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread; and fire came up from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD [fn]vanished from his sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:29 -

Then he said to Gehazi, “[fn]Get ready and take my staff H4938 in your hand, and go; if you meet anyone, do not [fn]greet him, and if anyone [fn]greets you, do not reply to him. And lay my staff H4938 on the boy’s face.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:31 - Then Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff H4938 on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or [fn]response. So he returned to meet him and informed him, saying, “The boy has not awakened.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:21 - “Now behold, you have [fn]relied on the [fn]support H4938 of this broken reed, on Egypt; on which if a man leans, it will go into his [fn]hand and pierce it. That is how Pharaoh king of Egypt is to all who rely on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:4 -

Even though I walk through the [fn]valley of the shadow of death,

I fear no [fn]evil, for You are with me;

Your rod and Your staff H4938, they comfort me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:1 -

For behold, the Lord [fn]GOD of armies is going to remove from Jerusalem and Judah

Both supply and support H4938, the entire supply of bread

And the entire supply of water;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:6 - “Behold, you have relied on the staff H4938 of this broken reed, on Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his [fn]hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:6 -

“Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the LORD,

Because they have been only a staff H4938 made of reed to the house of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:4 - “The LORD of armies says this: ‘Old men and old women will again sit in the public squares of Jerusalem, each person with his staff H4938 in his hand because of [fn]age.
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