Maqqêl — H4731

H4731 · Hebrew — מקל

Pronunciation: mak-kale

Definition

masculine noun

a shoot, i.e. stick (with leaves on, or for walking, striking, guiding, divining)

  1. rod, staff
    1. rod, stick
    2. staff (in travel)
    3. wand (of diviner)

Usually translated as

staff, rod, handstaff

Origin

or (feminine) maqqᵉlâh; from an unused root meaning apparently to germinate

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Maqqêl occurs 18 times in 16 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (5), Exodus (1), Numbers (1), 1 Samuel (2), Jeremiah (2), Ezekiel (1), Hosea (1), Zechariah (3)

Strong's Lexicon — M