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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4604

מַעַל

maalmah'-al

unfaithfulness

28 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: maʻal

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4604is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 9 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 19
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H4604

treachery, i.e. sin

The King James renders it: falsehood, grievously, sore, transgression, trespass, [idiom] very.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

maal is rendered "unfaithfulness". It stands 28 times in the Hebrew text, across nine books.

  • Six of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 5:15“If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; it is a guilt offering.
  • The Greek text spells it nineteen different ways.

The first use

“If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; it is a guilt offering.

Leviticus 5:15מַ֔עַל

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in nine of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 30 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • unfaithfulness13
  • in unfaithfulness his2
  • in unfaithfulness their2
  • the unfaithfulness2
  • unfaithfulness of2
  • and unfaithfulness his1
  • by unfaithfulness their1
  • for unfaithfulness his1
  • in the unfaithfulness1
  • in unfaithfulness1
  • unfaithfulness his1
  • unfaithfulness their1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

מַעַןmaanbecauseUses272
מַעַלmaalaboveUses140
מַעַרmaarnakednessUses1

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

All 28, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

19 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • מַ֔עַל4
  • מַ֖עַל3
  • בְּמַעֲלָ֖ם2
  • מַ֣עַל2
  • מַ֥עַל2
  • מָֽעַל׃2
  • בְּמַ֙עַל֙1
  • בַּמַּ֥עַל1
  • בְּמַֽעֲלוֹ֙1
  • בְּמַעֲל֖וֹ1
  • בְּמַעֲל֧וֹ1
  • בְּמַעֲלָֽם׃ ס1

and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine singular13HNcmsa
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural3HR/Ncmsc/Sp3mp
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HNcmsc
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2HTd/Ncmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HNcmsc/Sp3mp
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcmsc/Sp3ms
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular1HR/Ncmsa
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1HRd/Ncmsa

Leviticus

three uses
  • “If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; it is a guilt offering.

    Leviticus 5:15

    • מַ֔עַלmaalnoun · masculine singulartagged: unfaithfulness
  • “If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor

    Leviticus 6:2

    • מַ֖עַלmaalnoun · masculine singulartagged: unfaithfulness
  • But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—

    Leviticus 26:40

    • בְּמַעֲלָ֖םbemaalampreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: by unfaithfulness their

Numbers

four uses
  • “Tell the Israelites that when a man or woman acts unfaithfully against the LORD by committing any sin against another, that person is guilty

    Numbers 5:6

    • מַ֖עַלmaalnoun · masculine singulartagged: unfaithfulness
  • “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him

    Numbers 5:12

    • מָֽעַל׃maalnoun · masculine singulartagged: unfaithfulness
  • When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become accursed among her people.

    Numbers 5:27

    • מַ֣עַלmaalnoun · masculine singulartagged: unfaithfulness
  • “Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD.

    Numbers 31:16

    • מַ֥עַלmaalnoun · masculine singulartagged: unfaithfulness

Joshua

five uses
  • The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart. So the anger of the LORD burned against the Israelites.

    Joshua 7:1

    • מַ֖עַלmaalnoun · masculine singulartagged: unfaithfulness
  • “This is what the whole congregation of the LORD says: ‘What is this breach of faith you have committed today against the God of Israel by turning away from the LORD and building for yourselves an altar, that you might rebel against the LORD this day?

    Joshua 22:16

    • הַמַּ֤עַלhamaalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the unfaithfulness
  • Was not Achan son of Zerah unfaithful regarding what was set apart for destruction, bringing wrath upon the whole congregation of Israel? Yet it was not only Achan who perished because of his sin!’”

    Joshua 22:20

    • מַ֙עַל֙maalnoun · masculine singulartagged: unfaithfulness
  • “The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! He knows, and may Israel also know. If this was in rebellion or breach of faith against the LORD, do not spare us today.

    Joshua 22:22

    • בְּמַ֙עַל֙bemaalpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in unfaithfulness
  • Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest said to the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, “Today we know that the LORD is among us, because you have not committed this breach of faith against Him. Consequently, you have delivered the Israelites from the hand of the LORD.”

    Joshua 22:31

    • הַמַּ֣עַלhamaalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the unfaithfulness

1 Chronicles

two uses
  • So all Israel was recorded in the genealogies written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Judah was exiled to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.

    1 Chronicles 9:1

    • בְּמַעֲלָֽם׃ סbemaalampreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: in unfaithfulness their
  • So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,

    1 Chronicles 10:13

    • בְּמַֽעֲלוֹ֙bemaalopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in unfaithfulness his

2 Chronicles

three uses
  • Moreover, we have prepared and consecrated all the articles that King Ahaz in his unfaithfulness cast aside during his reign. They are now in front of the altar of the LORD.”

    2 Chronicles 29:19

    • בְּמַעֲל֖וֹbemaalopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in unfaithfulness his
  • His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers.

    2 Chronicles 33:19

    • וּמַעְלוֹ֒uma'loconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and unfaithfulness his
  • Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.

    2 Chronicles 36:14

    • מַ֔עַלmaalnoun · masculine singulartagged: unfaithfulness

Ezra

three uses
  • Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”

    Ezra 9:2

    • בַּמַּ֥עַלbamaalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the unfaithfulness
  • Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering.

    Ezra 9:4

    • מַ֣עַלmaalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: unfaithfulness of
  • Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. And while he stayed there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.

    Ezra 10:6

    • מַ֥עַלmaalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: unfaithfulness of

Job

one use
  • So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”

    Job 21:34

    • מָֽעַל׃ סmaalnoun · masculine singulartagged: unfaithfulness

Ezekiel

six uses
  • “Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,

    Ezekiel 14:13

    • מַ֔עַלmaalnoun · masculine singulartagged: unfaithfulness
  • Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

    Ezekiel 15:8

    • מַ֔עַלmaalnoun · masculine singulartagged: unfaithfulness
  • I will spread My net over him and catch him in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him there for the treason he committed against Me.

    Ezekiel 17:20

    • מַעֲל֖וֹmaalonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: unfaithfulness his
  • But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness and sin he has committed, he will die.

    Ezekiel 18:24

    • בְּמַעֲל֧וֹbemaalopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: for unfaithfulness his
  • Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: In this way also your fathers blasphemed Me by their unfaithfulness against Me.

    Ezekiel 20:27

    • מָֽעַל׃maalnoun · masculine singulartagged: unfaithfulness
  • They will forget their disgrace and all the treachery they committed against Me, when they dwell securely in their land, with no one to frighten them.

    Ezekiel 39:26

    • מַעֲלָ֖םmaalamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: unfaithfulness their

Daniel

one use
  • To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.

    Daniel 9:7

    • בְּמַעֲלָ֖םbemaalampreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: in unfaithfulness their

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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