Strong’s H4731 · Hebrew

מַקֵּל
maqqêl
mak-kale

Definition

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

Etymology

or (feminine) מַקְּלָה; from an unused root meaning apparently to germinate;

How the KJV renders it

  • rod
  • (hand-)staff

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.