Strong H4937H4937Aמִשְׁעָן

support

One of the 2 senses of Strong H4937

Transliteration
mish‛ên mish‛ân
Pronunciation
{mish-ane'} mish-awn'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

support, staff
Also means: mish.en (מִשְׁעֵן "support" H4937B)

General definition

From H8172; a support ({concretely}) that {is} (figuratively) a protector or sustenance: - stay.

In the Bible

Strong H4937A appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • stay3

First verses

  1. 2 Samuel 22:19
    They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
  2. Psalms 18:18
    They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
  3. 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 of water,
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