Word Study · Strong's H4938 · Hebrew
מִשְׁעֵנָה
mishenah
mish-ay-naw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: mishʻênâh
“support (abstractly), i.e. (figuratively) sustenance or (concretely) a walking-stick”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
support (abstractly), i.e. (figuratively) sustenance or (concretely) a walking-stick
Rendered in the KJV as
staff.
- 12occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- הַמִּשְׁעֶ֙נֶת֙2
- מִשְׁעֶנֶת֩2
- בְּמִשְׁעֲנֹתָ֑ם1
- וּמַשְׁעֵנָ֑ה1
- וּ֝מִשְׁעַנְתֶּ֗ךָ1
- מִשְׁעֶ֥נֶת1
- מִשְׁעַנְתּ֖וֹ1
- מִשְׁעַנְתּ֛וֹ1
- מִשְׁעַנְתִּ֣י1
- מִשְׁעַנְתִּ֖י1
How it is rendered · 8
- [the] staff of2
- staff his2
- staff my2
- the staff2
- a staff of1
- and staff your1
- and support1
- with staffs their1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsc · 3
- HNcfsc/Sp1bs · 2
- HNcfsc/Sp3ms · 2
- HTd/Ncfsa · 2
- HC/Ncfsa · 1
- HC/Ncfsc/Sp2ms · 1
- HR/Ncfpc/Sp3mp · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
2 Kings carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Kings4 occurrences
- 2 Kings 4:29מִשְׁעַנְתִּ֣יmishantinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularSo Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”here: staff my
- 2 Kings 4:29מִשְׁעַנְתִּ֖יmishantinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularSo Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”here: staff my
- 2 Kings 4:31הַמִּשְׁעֶ֙נֶת֙hamishenetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularGehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So he went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”here: the staff
- 2 Kings 18:21מִשְׁעֶנֶת֩mishenetnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.here: [the] staff of
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 3:1וּמַשְׁעֵנָ֑הumashenahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularFor behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,here: and support
- Isaiah 36:6מִשְׁעֶנֶת֩mishenetnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.here: [the] staff of