H4604 - מַעַל (maʻal)

H4604 מַעַל (maʻal) mah'-al

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

unfaithfulness

Strong's Definition

treachery, i.e. sin

Derivation: from H4603 (מָעַל);

KJV Usage: falsehood, grievously, sore, transgression, trespass, [idiom] very.

TWOT Reference: 1230a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) unfaithful or treacherous act, trespass

1a) against man

1b) against God

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G93 G115 G458 G511 G646 G3024 G3900 G5237

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) unfaithful or treacherous act, trespass 1a) against man 1b) against God

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מַעַל ma‛al BDB Definition: 1) unfaithful or treacherous act, trespass 1a) against man 1b) against God Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H4603 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1230a Total KJV Occurrences: 30

Bible Occurrences (29)

5:15 6:2 26:40

5:6 5:12 5:27 31:16

7:1 22:16 22:20 22:22 22:31

9:1 10:13

28:19 29:19 33:19 36:14

9:2 9:4 10:6

21:34

14:13 15:8 17:20 18:24 20:27 39:26

9:7

Leviticus 5:15

If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; it is a guilt offering.

Leviticus 6:2

If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen,... or if he extorts his neighbor

Leviticus 26:40

But if they will confess their iniquity and [that] of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—

Numbers 5:6

Tell... the Israelites that... when a man or woman acts unfaithfully against the LORD by committing any sin against another, that person is guilty

Numbers 5:12

Speak to the Israelites... and tell them that... if any man’s... wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him

Numbers 5:27

When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful... to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become... accursed among her people.

Numbers 31:16

Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor -, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD.

Joshua 7:1

The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart. So the anger of the LORD burned against the Israelites....