Mishʻên — H4937

Definition

masculine noun

a support (concretely), i.e. (figuratively) a protector or sustenance

1. support, staff

Usually translated as

stay

Origin

or mishʻân; from H8172

• Derived from Shâʻan (H8172)

Greek equivalents

• ischýs (G2479)
• ischýō (G2480)
• phthartós (G5349)

Occurrences

Mishʻên occurs 5 times in 3 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (1)

• 2 Samuel 22:19 — They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay (מִשְׁעָ֖ן).
• Psalms 18:18 — They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay (לְמִשְׁעָ֣ן).
• Isaiah 3:1 — For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay (מַשְׁעֵ֖ן) and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,
• 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 (מִשְׁעַן) of bread, and the whole stay of water,
• 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 (מִשְׁעַן) of water,