מָעַל maal

Hebrew word for “be unfaithful” · Strong’s H4603 · used 36 times in 35 verses

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Meaning

1) to act unfaithfully, act treacherously, transgress, commit a trespass;

How it is translated

Glosses given for maal in context, with how often each is used:

• acted unfaithfully 10
• have acted unfaithfully 6
• will act unfaithfully 5
• had acted unfaithfully 4
• has acted unfaithfully 3
• act unfaithfully 3
• acting unfaithfully 2
• did he act unfaithfully 1
• unfaithfulness 1
• when acted unfaithfully they 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 5 (3), Joshua 22 (3), 2 Chronicles 26 (2), 2 Chronicles 28 (2), Ezra 10 (2), Ezekiel 39 (2), Leviticus 5 (1), Leviticus 6 (1), Leviticus 26 (1), Deuteronomy 32 (1)

Forms

• מעלו 8
• מעל 6
• למעל 4
• מעלתם 4
• ומעלה 2
• וימעלו 2
• תמעל 1
• ותמעל 1
• וימעל 1
• מעלת 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with maal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מַעַל maal “unfaithfulness” 19
• נִי ni “me” 7
• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 6
• חֵרֶם cherem “devoted thing” 3
• נׇכְרִי nokhri “foreign” 3
• חָטָא chata “to sin” 4
• עָכָן akhan “Achan” 2
• כַּרְמִי karmi “Carmi” 2
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 5
• אָב av “father” 5
• קָדַשׁ qadash “to consecrate” 3
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 4

Key verses

The verses using maal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Leviticus 5:15 — If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without…
• Leviticus 26:40 — If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked…
• Joshua 7:1 — But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah,…
• 1 Chronicles 10:13 — So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of…
• 2 Chronicles 26:16 — But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn…
• 2 Chronicles 28:22 — And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.
• 2 Chronicles 36:14 — Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD…
• Ezekiel 14:13 — Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread…
• Ezekiel 17:20 — And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he…
• Ezekiel 18:24 — But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth,…
• Ezekiel 39:23 — And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from…
• Daniel 9:7 — O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.