מִשְׁעֵנָהmishʻênâh
מַשְׁעֵנָה: id., see foregoing (masculine and feminine to exhaust the category = support of every kind)
Pronunciation: mish-ay-naw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4938
Meanings
מִשְׁעֶ֫נֶת: staff (Judges 6:21; 2 Kings 4:31; 2 Kings 18:20; Exodus 21:19; Zechariah 8:4)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 21:19 If he is later able to walk outside again, even with a crutch, the assailant will not be punished but must compensate his victim for lost wages and provide for his full recovery.
- Numbers 21:18 Sing of this well, which princes dug, which great leaders hollowed out with their scepters and staffs.” Then the Israelites left the wilderness and proceeded on through Mattanah,
- Judges 6:21 Then the angel of the Lord touched the meat and bread with the tip of the staff in his hand, and fire flamed up from the rock and consumed all he had brought. And the angel of the Lord disappeared.
- 2 Kings 4:29 Then Elisha said to Gehazi, “Get ready to travel; take my staff and go! Don’t talk to anyone along the way. Go quickly and lay the staff on the child’s face.”
- 2 Kings 4:31 Gehazi hurried on ahead and laid the staff on the child’s face, but nothing happened. There was no sign of life. He returned to meet Elisha and told him, “The child is still dead.”
- 2 Kings 18:21 On Egypt? If you lean on Egypt, it will be like a reed that splinters beneath your weight and pierces your hand. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, is completely unreliable!
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).