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מְסִלָּה H4546
H4546 is the Hebrew word מְסִלָּה, transliterated mᵉçillâh and said mes-il-law'. The King James Version most often renders it highway.
What it means
a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase.
Where it comes from
from H5549 (סָלַל).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 24 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: causeway, course, highway, path, terrace.
Verses using מְסִלָּה
All 23 verses, quoted in full.
Numbers 20:19 · KJV
And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing anything else, go through on my feet.
Judges 5:20 · KJV
They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
Judges 20:31 · KJV
And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
Judges 20:45 · KJV
And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.
Judges 21:19 · KJV
Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
1 Samuel 6:12 · KJV
And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh.
2 Samuel 20:12 · KJV
And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.
2 Samuel 20:13 · KJV
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
2 Kings 18:17 · KJV
And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.
1 Chronicles 26:16 · KJV
To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.
1 Chronicles 26:18 · KJV
At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
2 Chronicles 9:11 · KJV
And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king’s palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
Proverbs 16:17 · KJV
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
Isaiah 7:3 · KJV
Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field;
Isaiah 11:16 · KJV
And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
Isaiah 19:23 · KJV
In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.
Isaiah 33:8 · KJV
The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
Isaiah 36:2 · KJV
And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field.
Isaiah 40:3 · KJV
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Isaiah 49:11 · KJV
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
Isaiah 62:10 · KJV
Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.
Jeremiah 31:21 · KJV
Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
Joel 2:8 · KJV
Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
Common questions
What does Strong's H4546 mean?
H4546 is the Hebrew word מְסִלָּה (mᵉçillâh), meaning a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase.
How is H4546 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it highway (11 times), highways (4 times), out of the highway (2 times), causeway (2 times), high way (1 time), among others.
How many times does H4546 appear in the Bible?
מְסִלָּה (mᵉçillâh) is tagged in 23 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H4546 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H5549 (סָלַל).
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