H4938 - מִשְׁעֵנָה (mishʻênâh)

H4938 מִשְׁעֵנָה (mishʻênâh) mish-ay-naw'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

support (abstractly), i.e. (figuratively) sustenance or (concretely) a walking-stick

Derivation: or מִשְׁעֶנֶת; feminine of H4937 (מִשְׁעֵן);

KJV Usage: staff.

TWOT Reference: 2434c,d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) support (of every kind), staff

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G2961 G4464

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מִשְׁעֶנֶת / מִשְׁעֵנָה mish‛ênâh / mish‛eneth BDB Definition: 1) support (of every kind), staff Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H4937 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2434c, 2434d Total KJV Occurrences: 12

Bible Occurrences (11)

21:19

21:18

6:21

4:29 4:31 18:21

23:4

3:1 36:6

29:6

8:4

Exodus 21:19

then the one who struck him shall go unpunished, as long as the other can get up and walk around outside with his staff. Nevertheless, he must compensate the man for his lost work and see that he is completely healed....

Numbers 21:18

The princes dug the well; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their scepters and with their staffs. From the wilderness [the Israelites went on] to Mattanah,

Judges 6:21

Then the angel of the LORD extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.

2 Kings 4:29

So Elisha said to Gehazi, Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.

2 Kings 4:31

Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound [or] response. So he went back to meet [Elisha] and told him,... The boy has not awakened.

2 Kings 18:21

Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered... reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

Isaiah 3:1

For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food...... and water,

Isaiah 36:6

Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.