BDB8920
מִשְׁעָן noun [masculine] support, staff; — absolute ׳ מ, figurative of ׳ י, 2Sam 22:19 = Ps 18:19 construct כֹּל מִשְׁעַןלֶֿחֶם וְכֹל מִשְׁעַןמָֿ֑יִם Isa 3:1 (gloss, see Commentaries).
Strong's Lexicon
H4937
H4937 — מִשׁעֵן מִשׁעָן
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H4937 |
|---|---|
| Word: | מִשׁעֵן מִשׁעָן |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from H8172 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 5 |
| Transliteration: | mish`en |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | mish-ane' (or mishtan {mish-awn'}) n-m. |
| Meaning: | 1. a support (concretely), i.e. (figuratively) a protector or sustenance |
| KJV Renderings: | stay. |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB8921
מַשְׁעֵן noun masculine id.; — absolute וּמַשְׁעֵנָה ׳ מ Isa 3:1 figurative support and staff.
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
משען (mish-Bahn’)
2 Samuel 22:19
- KJV: They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
- EHCC: but the Lord was my stay.