מַקֵּל maqqel

Hebrew word for “rod” · Strong’s H4731 · used 18 times in 16 verses

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Meaning

1) rod, staff; 1a) rod, stick; 1b) staff (in travel); 1c) wand (of diviner)

How it is translated

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

• branches 6
• staff 6
• stick 3
• sticks 1
• branch 1
• staffs 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 30 (4), Zechariah 11 (3), 1 Samuel 17 (2), Genesis 32 (1), Exodus 12 (1), Numbers 22 (1), Jeremiah 1 (1), Jeremiah 48 (1), Ezekiel 39 (1), Hosea 4 (1)

Forms

• המקלות 4
• מקל 3
• במקלות 2
• מקלי 2
• במקלי 1
• ומקלכם 1
• במקל 1
• מקלו 1
• ובמקל 1
• ומקלו 1

Words used with it

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

• יָחַם yacham “to conceive” 3
• פָּצַל patsal “to peel” 2
• צֹאן tson “flock” 4
• רַהַט rahat “trough” 2
• נֹעַם noam “pleasantness” 2
• גָּדַע gada “to cut down/off” 2
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 4
• פָּרַר parar “to break” 2
• חֶבֶל chevel “cord” 2
• רָעָה raah “to pasture” 2
• פְּלִשְׁתִּי pelishti “Philistine” 2
• יַעֲקֹב yaaqov “Jacob” 2

Key verses

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

• Genesis 30:39 — And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
• Genesis 32:10 — I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan;…
• Exodus 12:11 — And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD’s passover.
• 1 Samuel 17:40 — And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his…
• 1 Samuel 17:43 — And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
• Jeremiah 1:11 — Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
• Jeremiah 48:17 — All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!
• Ezekiel 39:9 — And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the…
• Hosea 4:12 — My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring…
• Zechariah 11:7 — And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands;…
• Zechariah 11:10 — And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
• Zechariah 11:14 — Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

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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.