TBESH · H4731
מַקֵּל · maq.qel · rod
1) rod, staff 1a) rod, stick 1b) staff (in travel) 1c) wand (of diviner)
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maq.qel H4731
מַקֵּל (maq.qel) means “rod” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
מַקֵּל Hebrew · H4731 18 tagged occurrences in 16 verses
Pronunciation guide: mak-kale Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
or (feminine) מַקְּלָה; from an unused root meaning apparently to germinate; a shoot, i.e. stick (with leaves on, or for walking, striking, guiding, divining)
KJV glosses: rod, (hand-)staff.
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How translators render H4731
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the branches | 3 |
| branches | 2 |
| staff | 2 |
| a branch | 1 |
| and their divining rods | 1 |
| and your staff | 1 |
| his staff | 1 |
| in front of the branches | 1 |
| my staff | 1 |
| staffs | 1 |
| the clubs | 1 |
| with his staff | 1 |
| with only my staff | 1 |
| with sticks | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the rods | 2 |
| a rod | 1 |
| among the rods | 1 |
| and the handstaves | 1 |
| and their staff | 1 |
| and your staff | 1 |
| before the rods | 1 |
| for with my staff | 1 |
| him rods | 1 |
| his staff | 1 |
| in the rods | 1 |
| my staff | 1 |
| rod | 1 |
| staff | 1 |
| staves | 1 |
| to me with staves | 1 |
| with a staff | 1 |
Verses containing H4731
Page 1 of 1. 16 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 30:37
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.
Read word by word - Genesis 30:38
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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,
Read word by word - Genesis 30:39
· BSB · 1 occurrence
they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.
Read word by word - Genesis 30:41
· BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
Read word by word - Genesis 32:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.11
- Exodus 12:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Numbers 22:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam, and he became furious and beat her with his staff.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 17:40
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 17:43
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 1:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 48:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Mourn for him, all you who surround him, everyone who knows his name; tell how the mighty scepter is shattered—the glorious staff!
Read word by word - Ezekiel 39:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out, kindle fires, and burn up the weapons—the bucklers and shields, the bows and arrows, the clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel.
Read word by word - Hosea 4:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.
Read word by word - Zechariah 11:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.
Read word by word - Zechariah 11:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Next I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.
Read word by word - Zechariah 11:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I cut in two my second staff called Union, breaking the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
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