מַעַל maal

Hebrew word for “unfaithfulness” · Strong’s H4604 · used 28 times in 28 verses

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Meaning

1) unfaithful or treacherous act, trespass; 1a) against man; 1b) against God

How it is translated

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

• unfaithfulness 28

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Joshua 22 (4), Numbers 5 (3), Ezra 9 (2), Leviticus 5 (1), Leviticus 6 (1), Leviticus 26 (1), Numbers 31 (1), Joshua 7 (1), 1 Chronicles 9 (1), 1 Chronicles 10 (1)

Forms

• מעל 15
• במעלם 3
• במעלו 3
• המעל 2
• במעל 2
• ומעלו 1
• מעלו 1
• מעלם 1

Words used with it

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

• מָעַל maal “be unfaithful” 19
• חָטָא chata “to sin” 4
• נִי ni “me” 5
• עָכָן akhan “Achan” 2
• זֶה zeh “this” 5
• עֵדָה edah “congregation” 3
• זֶרַח zerach “Zerah” 2
• חַטָּאת chattat “sin” 3
• חֵרֶם cherem “devoted thing” 2
• הֵן hen “look!” 3
• גּוֹלָה golah “captivity” 2
• אֲדֹנָי adonai “Lord” 3

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,…
• Joshua 22:22 — The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not…
• 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 33:19 — His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven…
• 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…
• Ezra 9:2 — For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea,…
• 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,…
• 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.