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me.sil.lah H4546

מְסִלָּה (me.sil.lah) means “highway” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

מְסִלָּה Hebrew · H4546 27 tagged occurrences in 26 verses

Pronunciation guide: mes-il-law' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H4546

מְסִלָּה · me.sil.lah · highway

highway, raised way, public road

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H5549 (סָלַל); a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase

KJV glosses: causeway, course, highway, path, terrace.

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How translators render H4546

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
highway 3
the road 3
a highway 2
of the road 2
on the road 2
the highway 2
and my highways 1
and on the roads 1
are set on pilgrimage 1
at the highway 1
from their courses 1
in his path 1
into steps 1
keep the highway 1
lie in their wake 1
on the main road 1
on the roads 1
the highways 1
the roads 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
in the highway 3
the highway 3
of the highway 2
out of the highway 2
a highway 1
and my highways 1
and there shall be an highway 1
at the causeway 1
by the causeway 1
by the high way 1
in his path 1
in the highways 1
in their courses 1
in their paths 1
of them in the highways 1
shall there be a highway 1
terraces 1
the highways 1
the ways 1
toward the highway 1
unto the highways 1

Verses containing H4546

Page 1 of 1. 26 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Numbers 20:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “We will stay on the main road,” the Israelites replied, “and if we or our herds drink your water, we will pay for it. There will be no problem; only let us pass through on foot.”

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  2. Judges 5:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.

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  3. Judges 20:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.

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  4. Judges 20:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “We are defeating them as before,” said the Benjamites. But the Israelites said, “Let us retreat and draw them away from the city onto the roads.”

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  5. Judges 20:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the Benjamites turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and Israel cut down 5,000 men on the roads. And they overtook them at Gidom and struck down 2,000 more.

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  6. Judges 21:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”

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  7. 1 Samuel 6:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh.

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  8. 2 Samuel 20:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But Amasa wallowed in his blood in the middle of the road, and when the man saw that all the troops were stopping there, he dragged the body off the road into a field and threw a garment over it.

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  9. 2 Samuel 20:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As soon as Amasa’s body was removed from the road, all the men went on with Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.

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  10. 2 Kings 18:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.

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  11. 1 Chronicles 26:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The lots for the West Gate and the Shallecheth Gate on the ascending highway fell to Shuppim and Hosah. There were guards stationed at every watch.

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  12. 1 Chronicles 26:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As for the court on the west, there were four at the highway and two at the court.

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  13. 2 Chronicles 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The king made the algum wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had anything like them been seen in the land of Judah.)

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  14. Psalms 84:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.

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    Source alternate reference: 84.6

  15. Proverbs 16:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The highway of the upright leads away from evil; he who guards his way protects his life.

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  16. Isaiah 7:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,

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  17. Isaiah 11:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There will be a highway for the remnant of His people who remain from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt.

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  18. Isaiah 19:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.

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  19. Isaiah 33:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.

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  20. Isaiah 36:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh, with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stopped by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.

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  21. Isaiah 40:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

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  22. Isaiah 49:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will turn all My mountains into roads, and My highways will be raised up.

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  23. Isaiah 59:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.

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  24. Isaiah 62:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!

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  25. Jeremiah 31:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Set up the road markers, put up the signposts. Keep the highway in mind, the road you have traveled. Return, O Virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours.

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  26. Joel 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They do not jostle one another; each proceeds in his path. They burst through the defenses, never breaking ranks.

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