Hebrew noun (feminine) · H4938
מִשְׁעֵנָה
mishenahmish-ay-naw'
support; staff
12 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mishʻênâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4938is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4938
support (abstractly), i.e. (figuratively) sustenance or (concretely) a walking-stick
The King James renders it: staff.
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
mishenah is rendered "support; staff". It stands 12 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.
- Four of the uses stand in 2 Kings, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "support".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 21:19then the one who struck him shall go unpunished, as long as the other can get up and walk around outside with his staff. Nevertheless, he must compensate the man for his lost work and see that he is completely healed.
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
then the one who struck him shall go unpunished, as long as the other can get up and walk around outside with his staff. Nevertheless, he must compensate the man for his lost work and see that he is completely healed.
Exodus 21:19מִשְׁעַנְתּ֖וֹ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: support, and staff.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| supportStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereExodus 21:19then the one who struck him shall go unpunished… |
| staffStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- staff his2
- staff my2
- staff of2
- the staff2
- a staff of1
- and staff your1
- and support1
- with staffs 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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מִשְׁפָּט | mishpat | justice: judgement | Uses422 |
| מִשְׁפָּחָה | mishpachah | family | Uses303 |
| מִשְׁכָּן | mishkan | tabernacle | Uses139 |
| מִשְׁמֶרֶת | mishmereth | charge | Uses78 |
| מִשְׁקָל | mishqal | weight | Uses49 |
| מִשְׁכָּב | mishkab | bed | Uses46 |
| מִשְׁתֶּה | mishteh | feast | Uses46 |
| מִשְׁנֶה | mishneh | Second [Quarter] | Uses35 |
| מִשְׁחָה | mishchah | anointing | Uses26 |
| מִשְׁמָר | mishmar | custody | Uses22 |
| מִשְׁלוֹחַ | mishloach | sending | Uses10 |
| מִשְׁכַּב | mishkab | bed | Uses6 |
and 22 more on the stem.
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 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
- הַמִּשְׁעֶ֙נֶת֙2
- מִשְׁעֶנֶת֩2
- בְּמִשְׁעֲנֹתָ֑ם1
- וּמַשְׁעֵנָ֑ה1
- וּ֝מִשְׁעַנְתֶּ֗ךָ1
- מִשְׁעֶ֥נֶת1
- מִשְׁעַנְתּ֖וֹ1
- מִשְׁעַנְתּ֛וֹ1
- מִשְׁעַנְתִּ֣י1
- מִשְׁעַנְתִּ֖י1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HNcfsc
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2HNcfsc/Sp1bs
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HNcfsc/Sp3ms
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular2HTd/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1HC/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HC/Ncfsc/Sp2ms
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HR/Ncfpc/Sp3mp
Exodus
one use
then the one who struck him shall go unpunished, as long as the other can get up and walk around outside with his staff. Nevertheless, he must compensate the man for his lost work and see that he is completely healed.
- מִשְׁעַנְתּ֖וֹmishantonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: staff his
Numbers
one use
The princes dug the well; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their scepters and with their staffs.” From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah,
- בְּמִשְׁעֲנֹתָ֑םbemishanotampreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: with staffs their
Judges
one use
Then the angel of the LORD extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.
- הַמִּשְׁעֶ֙נֶת֙hamishenetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the staff
2 Kings
four uses
So 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.”
- מִשְׁעַנְתִּ֣יmishantinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: staff my
- מִשְׁעַנְתִּ֖יmishantinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: staff my
Gehazi 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.”
- הַמִּשְׁעֶ֙נֶת֙hamishenetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the staff
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.
- מִשְׁעֶנֶת֩mishenetnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: staff of
Psalms
one use
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
- וּ֝מִשְׁעַנְתֶּ֗ךָumishantekhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and staff your
Isaiah
two uses
For 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,
- וּמַשְׁעֵנָ֑הumashenahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and support
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.
- מִשְׁעֶנֶת֩mishenetnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: staff of
Ezekiel
one use
Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD. For you were only a staff of reeds to the house of Israel.
- מִשְׁעֶ֥נֶתmishenetnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a staff of
Zechariah
one use
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of great age.
- מִשְׁעַנְתּ֛וֹmishantonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: staff his
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 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.