Strong's Lexicon

H4571

H4571 — מָעַד

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewma`adverb-stemOccurrences: 6TWOT: 1226

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4571
Word:	מָעַד
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	6
Transliteration:	ma`ad
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	maw-ad'
Meaning:	1. to waver
KJV Renderings:	make to shake, slide, slip.

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BDB4747

[מָעַד] verb slip, slide, totter, shake (only Hebrew); —

Qal Perfect 3 plural מָֽעֲדוּ 2Sam 22:37 = Ps 18:37 Imperfect 3 feminine singular תִּמְעַד Ps 37:31 אֶמְעָ֑ד Ps 26:1 Participle plural construct מוֺעֲדֵי Job 12:5 — slip, subject feet, (figurative) 2Sam 22:37 = Ps 18:37; Job 12:5 subject אֲשֻׁרָיו Ps 37:31 compare Ps 26:1.

Pu`al Participle מוּעָ֑דֶת ( = ׳ מְמוּ Ges^{«GKC:53s»§ 53s}; or old Qal Passive participle, — compare Ba^{NB 273} ; — but passive not needed here, read perhaps ׳ מוֺ Qal Participle active see Schw^{ZAW x, 1890, 176} ); — ׳ רֶגֶל מ Prov 25:19 (simile of untrustworthiness).

Hiph`il Perfect וְהִמְעַדְתָּ֫ (so read for HCT והעמדת, compare Sm Co Da Berthol) Ezek 29:7 cause to shake object כָּלמָֿתְנַיִם, i.e. make them totter; compare Imperative הַמְעַ֑ד (object id.) Ps 69:24.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מעד (mah-gad’)

2 Samuel 22:37

KJV: Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.feet: Heb. ankles

EHCC: my feet did not slip.

Psalms 18:36

KJV: Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.my feet: Heb. mine ankles

EHCC: (37). my feet did not slip.

Psalms 26:1

KJV: A Psalm of David.Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the Lord; therefore I shall not slide.

EHCC: (therefore) 7 shall not slide.

Psalms 37:31

KJV: The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.steps: or, goings

EHCC: none of his steps shall slide, -

Job 12:5

KJV: He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

EHCC: He that is ready to slip (lit. to those that

Psalms 69:28

KJV: Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

EHCC: ( 24). make their loins-continually to shake.