makel · rod, staff

What it means

makel (מַקֵּל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “rod, staff”.

Rod, branch; staff.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A thin stick or cut branch, used to mark, touch or consult.
2. A staff for leaning on while walking or for herding; a walking stick or crook.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• staff ×7
• rods ×6
• staffs ×2
• stick ×2
• rod ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×7
• Exodus×1
• Numbers×1
• 1 Samuel×2
• Jeremiah×2
• Ezekiel×1
• Hosea×1
• Zechariah×3

• Genesis 30:37

  Jacob took for himself fresh rods of poplar and almond and plane tree, and peeled white stripes in them, exposing the white that was on the rods.

• Genesis 30:38

  He set the rods that he had peeled in the channels, in the watering troughs, where the flocks came to drink, in front of the flocks; and they mated when they came to drink.

• Genesis 30:39

  The flocks mated in front of the rods, and the flocks bore young striped, speckled, and spotted.

• Genesis 30:41

  Whenever the stronger of the flock were mating, Jacob would put the rods before the eyes of the flock in the channels, so that they might mate among the rods;

• Genesis 32:10

  I am too small for all the acts of loyal love and all the faithfulness that you have shown your servant; for with my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.

• Exodus 12:11

  This is how you shall eat it: your waists belted, your sandals on your feet, and your walking stick in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste. It is the Passover of YHWH.

• Numbers 22:27

  And the donkey saw the angel of YHWH and lay down under Balaam; and Balaam’s anger burned, and he struck the donkey with the stick.

• 1 Samuel 17:40

  He took his staff in his hand and chose for himself five smooth stones from the wadi and put them in the bag of the shepherds that was his, in the pouch; and his sling was in his hand, and he approached the Philistine.

• 1 Samuel 17:43

  The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with staffs?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

• Jeremiah 1:11

  And the word of YHWH came to me, saying, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “A rod of almond I see.”

• Jeremiah 48:17

  Grieve for him, all who are around him, and all who know his name; say, “How the scepter of strength is broken, the staff of splendor!”

• Ezekiel 39:9

  And the inhabitants of the cities of Israel will go out, and they will make fires and kindle them with weapons, both shield and large shield, with bow and with arrows, and with hand staff and with spear; and they will make fires with them for seven years.

• Hosea 4:12

  My people consult their piece of wood, and their staff answers them; for a spirit of prostitutions has led them astray, and they have prostituted themselves away from their Elohim.

• Zechariah 11:7

  So I shepherded the sheep of slaughter, therefore, the afflicted of the flock. And I took for myself two staffs: one I called Pleasantness, and the other I called Bonds; and I shepherded the sheep.

• Zechariah 11:10

  And I took my staff Pleasantness and cut it, to break my covenant that I had made with all the peoples.

• Zechariah 11:14

  And I cut my second staff, Bonds, to break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

And 2 more times.