Strong H4938H4938Bמִשְׁעֶ֫נֶת
staff
One of the 2 senses of Strong H4938
- Transliteration
- mish‛ênâh mish‛eneth
- Pronunciation
- {mish-ay-naw'} mish-eh'-neth
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Feminine of H4937; support ({abstractly}) that {is} (figuratively) sustenance or (concretely) a walking stick: - staff.
Detailed definition
staff
In the Bible
Strong H4938B appears in 10 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- staff9
- stave1
First verses
- Exodus 21:19If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
- Numbers 21:18The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
- Judges 6:21Then the angel of the Lord put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the Lord departed out of his sight.
- 2 Kings 4:29Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
- 2 Kings 4:31And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.
- 2 Kings 18:21Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
- Psalms 23:4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
- Isaiah 36:6Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
- Ezekiel 29:6And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
- Zechariah 8:4Thus saith the Lord of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.