Strong's Lexicon

H4604

H4604 — מַעַל

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

Hebrewma`alnoun mascOccurrences: 29TWOT: 1230a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4604
Word:מַעַל
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H4603
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:29
Transliteration:ma`al
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:mah'-al
Meaning:1. treachery, i.e. sin
KJV Renderings:falsehood, grievously, sore, transgression, trespass, X very.

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I. מַ֫עַל noun masculine Ezra 9:2 unfaithful, treacherous act (Late Hebrew מְעִילָה); — ׳ מ Lev 5:15 + 16 t.; מָ֑עַל Num 5:12 + 2 t.; suffix מַעֲלוֺ Ezek 17:20 + 4 t.; מַעֲלָם Ezek 39:26 + 3 t.; —

1. against man: נשׁאר מעל Job 21:34 faithlessness remains (compare Num 5:12; Num 5:27; Prov 16:10 under מָעַל).
2. elsewhere against God, with בְּ, Josh 22:22 ( P ); without בְּ, 1Chr 9:1; 2Chr 29:19; 2Chr 33:19; Ezra 9:2; Ezra 9:4; Ezra 10:6. — מַעַל elsewhere only with מָעַל q. v. (1; all cited).


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מעל (mah'-Bal)

Leviticus 5:15

KJV: If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the Lord; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the Lord a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering:
EHCC: If a soul commit a trespass,

Leviticus 6:2

KJV: If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;in fellowship: or, in dealingfellowship: Heb. putting of the hand
EHCC: (5:21).commit a Gia eerd against the Lord,

Leviticus 26:40

KJV: If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
EHCC: with their trespass which F,

Numbers 5:6

KJV: Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the Lord, and that person be guilty;
EHCC: to do a trespass against the Lord,

Numbers 31:16

KJV: Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord.
EHCC: to commit trespass against the Lord

Joshua 7:1

KJV: But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel.Achan: also called, AcharZabdi: also called, Zimri
EHCC: children of Israel committed a trespass

Joshua 22:16

KJV: Thus saith the whole congregation of the Lord, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the Lord, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the Lord?
EHCC: trespass (is) this that ye have committed

Joshua 10:13

KJV: And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.Jasher: or, the upright?
EHCC: סם Saul died for his transgression

2 Chronicles 28:19

KJV: For the Lord brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the Lord.
EHCC: transgressed ‘sore (lit. transgressed a

2 Chronicles 29:19

KJV: Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the Lord.
EHCC: did cast away in his transgression,

2 Chronicles 33:19

KJV: His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.the seers: or, Hosai
EHCC: all his sins, and his trespass,

2 Chronicles 36:14

KJV: Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the Lord which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
EHCC: the people, transgressed very much (lit.

2 Chronicles 10:6

KJV: And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?
EHCC: סמ mourned because of the transgression of

Job 21:34

KJV: How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?falsehood: Heb. transgression?
EHCC: in your answers there remaineth fulse-

Ezekiel 14:13

KJV: Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:
EHCC: the land sinneth...by trespassing griev-

Ezekiel 13:8

KJV: Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord God.
EHCC: they have committed a trespars,

Ezekiel 17:20

KJV: And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.
EHCC: will plead with him there for his trespass

Ezekiel 18:24

KJV: But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
EHCC: in his trespass that he hath trespassed,

Ezekiel 20:27

KJV: Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.committed…: Heb. trespassed a trespass
EHCC: in that they have committed 4 trespass

Ezekiel 39:26

KJV: After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.
EHCC: and all their trespasses

Daniel 9:7

KJV: O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.belongeth…: or, thou hast
EHCC: because of their trespass that they
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