# מַקֵּל (maqel)

Israeli respelling: ma-qel. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4731. 16 Old Testament occurrences.

a shoot, i.e. stick (with leaves on, or for walking, striking, guiding, divining)

King James renderings: rod, (hand-)staff.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/maqel-h4731

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 30:37](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/37) — And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear wh…
- [Genesis 30:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/38) — And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they s…
- [Genesis 30:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/39) — And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
- [Genesis 30:41](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/41) — And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, th…
- [Genesis 32:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/32/10) — I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed…
- [Exodus 12:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/12/11) — And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is…
- [Numbers 22:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/22/27) — And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam’s anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.
- [1 Samuel 17:40](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/17/40) — And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag which he had, even i…
- [1 Samuel 17:43](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/17/43) — And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
- [Jeremiah 1:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/1/11) — Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
- [Jeremiah 48:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/48/17) — All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!
- [Ezekiel 39:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/39/9) — And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers,…
- [Hosea 4:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/4/12) — My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they h…
- [Zechariah 11:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/11/7) — And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the othe…
- [Zechariah 11:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/11/10) — And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
- [Zechariah 11:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/11/14) — Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.