Maʻgâl — H4570

Definition

masculine noun

a track (literally or figuratively); also a rampart (as circular)

1. entrenchment, track
1. circumvallation, entrenchment
2. track

Usually translated as

path, trench, wayside, going, way

Origin

or feminine maʻgâlâh; from the same as H5696

• Same as ʻâgôl (H5696)

Greek equivalents

• hodós (G3598)
• tríbos (G5147)
• trochiá (G5163)

Occurrences

Maʻgâl occurs 16 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (3), Psalms (4), Proverbs (7), Isaiah (2)

• 1 Samuel 17:20 — And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench (הַמַּעְגָּ֔לָה), as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.
• 1 Samuel 26:5 — And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench (בַּמַּעְגָּ֔ל), and the people pitched round about him.
• 1 Samuel 26:7 — So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench (בַּמַּעְגָּ֔ל), and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.
• Psalms 17:5 — Hold up my goings in thy paths (בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתֶ֑יךָ), that my footsteps slip not.
• Psalms 23:3 — He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths (בְמַעְגְּלֵי) of righteousness for his name’s sake.
• Psalms 65:11 — Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths (וּ֝מַעְגָּלֶ֗יךָ) drop fatness.
• Psalms 140:5 — The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside (מַעְגָּ֑ל); they have set gins for me. Selah.
• Proverbs 2:9 — Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path (מַעְגַּל).
• Proverbs 2:15 — Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths (בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָֽם):
• Proverbs 2:18 — For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths (מַעְגְּלֹתֶֽיהָ) unto the dead.
• Proverbs 4:11 — I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths (בְּמַעְגְּלֵי).
• Proverbs 4:26 — Ponder the path (מַעְגַּ֣ל) of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
• Proverbs 5:6 — Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways (מַ֝עְגְּלֹתֶ֗יהָ) are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
• Proverbs 5:21 — For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings (מַעְגְּלֹתָ֥יו).
• Isaiah 26:7 — The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path (מַעְגַּ֥ל) of the just.
• Isaiah 59:8 — The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings (בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָ֑ם): they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.