BDB8922
מַשְׁעֵנָה noun feminine id., see foregoing (masculine and feminine to exhaust the category = support of every kind).
Strong's Lexicon
H4938
H4938 — מִשׁעֵנָה מִשׁעֶנֶת
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H4938 |
|---|---|
| Word: | מִשׁעֵנָה מִשׁעֶנֶת |
| Part of Speech: | noun fem |
| Etymology: | feminine of H4937 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 12 |
| Transliteration: | mish`enah |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | mish-ay-naw' (or mishteneth {mish-eh'-neth}) n-f. |
| Meaning: | 1. support (abstractly), i.e. (figuratively) sustenance or (concretely) a walking-stick |
| KJV Renderings: | staff. |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB8923
מִשְׁעֶ֫נֶת noun feminine staff; — absolute Judg 6:21; 2Kgs 4:31 construct 2Kgs 18:20 +; suffix מִשְׁעַנְתּוֺ Exod 21:19; Zech 8:4, etc.; plural suffix מִשְׁעֲנֹתָם Num 21:18 — staff, Exod 21:19 ( E ) Num 21:18 ( J ) Judg 6:21 ; 2Kgs 4:28 ; 2Kgs 4:29 2:31; Zech 8:4 figurative of political support, מִשְׁעֶנֶת הַקָּנֶה הָרָצוּץ 2Kgs 18:21 = Isa 36:6, compare Ezek 29:6 of ׳ י as shepherd Ps 23:4 (+שֵׁבֶט).
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
משענה (mash-Zeh-nah’)
Isaiah 3:1
- KJV: For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,
- EHCC: from Judah the stay and the staff,