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מָעַל H4603

H4603 is the Hebrew word מָעַל, transliterated mâʻal and said maw-al'. The King James Version most often renders it transgressed.

Word: מָעַלTransliteration: mâʻalSaid: maw-al'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 34 verses

What it means

properly, to cover up; used only figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. treacherously.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 29 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

transgressed 6×commit 5×trespassed 4×committed 4×trespass 3×done 1×because ye trespassed 1×because ye have not committed 1×because they had transgressed 1×hast trespassed 1×if ye transgress 1×transgress 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: transgress, (commit, do a) trespass(-ing).

Verses using מָעַל

All 34 verses, quoted in full.

Leviticus 5:15 · KJV

If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering:

Leviticus 6:2 · KJV

If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;

Leviticus 26:40 · KJV

If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;

Numbers 5:6 · KJV

Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty;

Numbers 5:12 · KJV

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,

Numbers 5:27 · KJV

And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

Deuteronomy 32:51 · KJV

Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of MeribahKadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.

Joshua 7:1 · KJV

But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.

Joshua 22:16 · KJV

Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD?

Joshua 22:20 · KJV

Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.

Joshua 22:31 · KJV

And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 2:7 · KJV

And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.

1 Chronicles 5:25 · KJV

And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.

1 Chronicles 10:13 · KJV

So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;

2 Chronicles 12:2 · KJV

And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD,

2 Chronicles 26:16 · KJV

But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

2 Chronicles 26:18 · KJV

And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God.

2 Chronicles 28:19 · KJV

For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD.

2 Chronicles 28:22 · KJV

And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.

2 Chronicles 29:6 · KJV

For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.

2 Chronicles 30:7 · KJV

And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.

2 Chronicles 36:14 · KJV

Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

Ezra 10:2 · KJV

And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

Ezra 10:10 · KJV

And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.

Nehemiah 1:8 · KJV

Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:

Nehemiah 13:27 · KJV

Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

Proverbs 16:10 · KJV

A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.

Ezekiel 14:13 · KJV

Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:

Ezekiel 15:8 · KJV

And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 17:20 · KJV

And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.

Ezekiel 18:24 · KJV

But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

Ezekiel 20:27 · KJV

Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.

Ezekiel 39:23 · KJV

And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.

Ezekiel 39:26 · KJV

After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.

Common questions

What does Strong's H4603 mean?

H4603 is the Hebrew word מָעַל (mâʻal), meaning properly, to cover up; used only figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. treacherously.

How is H4603 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it transgressed (6 times), commit (5 times), trespassed (4 times), committed (4 times), trespass (3 times), among others.

How many times does H4603 appear in the Bible?

מָעַל (mâʻal) is tagged in 34 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4603 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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