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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 H518 he gets H6965 up H6965 and walks H1980 around H1980 outside H2351 on his staff H4938, then he who struck H5221 him shall go H5352 unpunished H5352; he shall only H7534 pay H5414 for his [fn]loss H7674 of time H7674, and [fn]shall pay H7495 for H7495 his care H7495 until he is completely H7495 healed H7495.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18 -

“The well H875, which the leaders H8269 dug H2658,

Which the nobles H5081 of the people H5971 hollowed H3738 out H3738,

With the scepter H2710 and with their staffs H4938.”

And from the wilderness H4057 they continued to Mattanah H4980,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:21 - Then the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 put H7971 out H7971 the end H7097 of the staff H4938 that was in his hand H3027 and touched H5060 the meat H1320 and the unleavened H4682 bread H4682; and fire H784 came H5927 up H5927 from the rock H6697 and consumed H398 the meat H1320 and the unleavened H4682 bread H4682. Then the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 [fn]vanished H1980 from his sight H5869.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:29 -

Then he said H559 to Gehazi H1522, “[fn]Get H2296 H4975 ready H2296 H4975 and take H3947 my staff H4938 in your hand H3027, and go H1980; if H3588 you meet H4672 anyone H376, do not [fn]greet H1288 him, and if H3588 anyone H376 [fn]greets H1288 you, do not reply H6030 to him. And lay H7760 my staff H4938 on the boy’s H5288 face H6440.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:31 - Then Gehazi H1522 went H5674 on H5674 ahead H6440 of them and laid H7760 the staff H4938 on the boy’s H5288 face H6440, but there H369 was H369 no H369 sound H6963 or H369 [fn]response H7182. So he returned H7725 to meet H7122 him and informed H5046 him, saying H559, “The boy H5288 has not awakened H6974.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:21 - “Now H6258 behold H2009, you have [fn]relied H982 on the [fn]support H4938 of this H2088 broken H7533 reed H7070, on Egypt H4714; on which H834 if a man H376 leans H5564, it will go H935 into his [fn]hand H3709 and pierce H5344 it. That H3651 is H3651 how H3651 Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 is to all H3605 who rely H982 on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:4 -

Even H1571 though H3588 I walk H1980 through the [fn]valley H1516 of the shadow H6757 of H6757 death H6757,

I fear H3372 no H3808 [fn]evil H7451, for You are with me;

Your rod H7626 and Your staff H4938, they comfort H5162 me.

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For behold H2009, the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 of armies H6635 is going to remove H5493 from Jerusalem H3389 and Judah H3063

Both supply H4937 and support H4938, the entire H3605 supply H4937 of bread H3899

And the entire H3605 supply H4937 of water H4325;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:6 - “Behold H2009, you have relied H982 on the staff H4938 of this H2088 broken H7533 reed H7070, on Egypt H4714, on which H834 if a man H376 leans H5564, it will go H935 into his [fn]hand H3709 and pierce H5344 it. So H3651 is Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 to all H3605 who rely H982 on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:6

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“Then all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of Egypt H4714 will know H3045 that I am the LORD H3068,

Because H3282 they have been H1961 only a staff H4938 made of reed H7070 to the house H1004 of Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:4 - “The LORD H3068 of armies H6635 says H559 this H3541: ‘Old H2205 men H2205 and old H2205 women H2205 will again H5750 sit H3427 in the public H7339 squares H7339 of Jerusalem H3389, each H376 person H376 with his staff H4938 in his hand H3027 because H4480 of [fn]age H7230 H3117.
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