Strong's Hebrew · H4731
H4731 maqqêl
מַקֵּל
mak-kale
rod
Looking for Greek G4731 stereós? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H4731. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
maqqêl appears 18 times in Scripture, including Genesis 30:37 and Exodus 12:11. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a shoot, i.e. stick (with leaves on, or for walking, striking, guiding, divining)
In the King James Version
rod, (hand-)staff.
Derivation
or (feminine) מַקְּלָה; from an unused root meaning apparently to germinate;
Appears 18 times in Scripture
“they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.”
“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.”
“Whenever the stronger females of the flock were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs, in full view of the animals, so that they would breed in front of the branches.”
“Then he set the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of the flocks coming in to drink. So when the flocks were in heat and came to drink,”
“Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.”
“When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam, and he became furious and beat her with his staff.”
“This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.”
“I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
