מִשְׁעֶנֶת mishenet

Hebrew word for “staff” · Strong’s H4938 · used 12 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

staff

Senses in the lexicon

• staff (11)
• support (1)

How it is translated

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

• staff 10
• staffs 1
• support 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Kings 4 (2), Exodus 21 (1), Numbers 21 (1), Judges 6 (1), 2 Kings 18 (1), Psalms 23 (1), Isaiah 3 (1), Isaiah 36 (1), Ezekiel 29 (1), Zechariah 8 (1)

Forms

• משׁענת 3
• משׁענתו 2
• המשׁענת 2
• משׁענתי 2
• במשׁענתם 1
• ומשׁענתך 1
• ומשׁענה 1

Words used with it

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

• קָנֶה qaneh “branch” 3
• גֵּיחֲזִי gechazi “Gehazi” 2
• רָצַץ ratsats “to crush” 2
• נָקַב naqav “to pierce” 2
• סָמַךְ samakh “to support” 2
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 4
• מִצְרַיִם mitsrayim “Egypt” 3
• בָּטַח batach “to trust” 2
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 3
• כַּף kaph “palm” 2
• נַעַר naar “youth” 2
• פַּרְעֹה paroh “Pharaoh” 2

Key verses

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

• Exodus 21:19 — If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be…
• Numbers 21:18 — The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to…
• Judges 6:21 — Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of…
• 2 Kings 4:29 — Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee,…
• 2 Kings 4:31 — And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him,…
• 2 Kings 18:21 — Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh…
• Psalms 23:4 — Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
• Isaiah 3:1 — For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of…
• Isaiah 36:6 — Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to…
• Ezekiel 29:6 — And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
• Zechariah 8:4 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

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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.