King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4938
Transliteration: mish'enah
Phonetic Spelling: (mish-ay-naw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a support, staff
Meaning: support, sustenance, a walking-stick
Word Summary
mish'enah: a support, staff
Original Word: מִשְׁעֵנָהTransliteration: mish'enah
Phonetic Spelling: (mish-ay-naw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a support, staff
Meaning: support, sustenance, a walking-stick
Strong's Concordance
staff Or mishteneth {mish-eh'-neth}; feminine of mish'en; support (abstractly), i.e. (figuratively) sustenance or (concretely) a walking-stick -- staff.
see HEBREW mish'en
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4938. mish
'enah מַשְׁעֵנָה noun feminine id., see foregoing (masculine and feminine to exhaust the category = support of every kind).
מִשְׁעֶ֫נֶת noun feminine staff; — absolute Judges 6:21; 2 Kings 4:31; construct 18:20 +; suffix מִשְׁעַנְתּוֺ Exodus 21:19; Zechariah 8:4, etc.; plural suffix מִשְׁעֲנֹתָם Numbers 21:18; — staff, Exodus 21:19 (E) Numbers 21:18 (J) Judges 6:21; 2 Kings 4:28; 4:29; 2 Kings 2:31; Zechariah 8:4; figurative of political support, הָרָצוּץ הַקָּנֶה מִשְׁעֶנֶת 2 Kings 18:21 = Isaiah 36:6, compare Ezekiel 29:6; of ׳י as shepherd Psalm 23:4 (+שֵׁבֶט).