מִשְׁעֵנָה
mišʿenet
support
Strong's H4938NounHebrewTWOT 2434d

מִשְׁעֵנָה (mišʿenet) is a Hebrew noun meaning support. It appears 12 times in 8 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4938).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2434d)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2434d)staff; support, sustenance, walking-stick
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מִשְׁעֶ֫נֶת noun, feminine: staff

Strong's H4938 מִשְׁעֵנָה: support (abstractly), i.e. (figuratively) sustenance or (concretely) a walking-stick
KJV:staff.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2434: שָׁעַן šāʿan — lean, support oneself; support; lie, rely, rest, stay

See it in Scripture

Numbers 21:18Judges 6:212 Kings 4:29

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