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HebrewH4731Noun (Masculine)

מַקֵּל

maq.qel

15Occurrences
H4731Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a shoot, i.e. stick (with leaves on, or for walking, striking, guiding, divining)

or (feminine) מַקְּלָה; from an unused root meaning apparently to germinate;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. rod, staff 1a) rod, stick 1b) staff (in travel) 1c) wand (of diviner)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

מַקֵּל appears 15 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
4
Zechariah
3
1 Samuel
2
Jeremiah
2
Exodus
1
Ezk
1
Hosea
1
Numbers
1

Key Passages

1 Samuel 17:40BSB

And David took his staff in his hand, selected five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag. And with his sling in hand, he approached the Philistine.

Ezk 39:9BSB

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Genesis 30:39BSB

they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.

Jeremiah 1:11BSB

And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?”“I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.

Zechariah 11:7BSB

So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.