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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #4571 - מָעַד

Transliteration

mâʻad

Phonetics

maw-ad'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

1226

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to slip, slide, totter, shake
1. (Qal) to slip
2. (Hiphil) to cause or make to shake or totter

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 770 ‑ ἀσθενέω (as‑then‑eh'‑o); 4531 ‑ σαλεύω (sal‑yoo'‑o);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (5)

2 Samuel 1

Job 1

Psalms 3

BSB (7)

2 Samuel 1

Job 1

Psalms 4

Proverbs 1

CSB (4)

2 Samuel 1

Job 1

Psalms 4

Proverbs 1

ESV (6)

2 Samuel 1

Job 1

Psalms 4

KJV (6)

2 Samuel 1

Job 1

Psalms 4

LEB (6)

2 Samuel 1

Job 1

Psalms 4

LSB (7)

2 Samuel 1

Job 1

Psalms 4

Proverbs 1

N95 (3)

2 Samuel 1

Job 1

Proverbs 1

NAS (7)

2 Samuel 1

Job 1

Psalms 4

Proverbs 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (5)

2 Samuel 1

Job 1

Psalms 3

ASV (5)

have not slipped 2

shall slide 1

slippeth 1

to shake 1

BSB (7)

are slipping 1

be bent 1

falter 1

give way 2

out of joint 1

wavering 1

CSB (4)

are slipping 1

falter 1

give way 2

ESV (6)

slip 4

tremble 1

wavering 1

KJV (6)

shake 1

slide 2

slip 3

LEB (6)

and make 1

did 1

for those unstable of 1

wavered 1

will 1

wobbled 1

LSB (7)

quake 1

slip 2

slipping 1

waver 1

way 2

N95 (3)

slip 1

slipped 1

unsteady 1

NAS (7)

shake 1

slip 2

slipped 2

unsteady 1

wavering 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (5)

bent 1

have not slipped 2

shall slide 1

slips 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2346) d o m (מאהד MAhD) AC: Slip CO: ? AB: ?: A slipping of the foot.

V) d o m (מאהד MAhD) - Slip: KJV (6): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) slip, slide, shake - Strongs: H4571 (מָעַד)

o^f2) t d o f m (מואהדת MWAhDT) - Lame: As a foot that has slipped and become lame. KJV (1): joint - Strongs: H4154 (מוּעֶדֶת)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[מָעַד] verb slip, slide, totter, shake (only Hebrew); —

Qal Perfect 3 plural מָֽעֲדוּ 2 Samuel 22:37 = Psalm 18:37; Imperfect 3 feminine singular תִּמְעַד Psalm 37:31; אֶמְעָ֑ד Psalm 26:1; Participle plural construct מוֺעֲדֵי Job 12:5; — slip, subject feet, (figurative) 2 Samuel 22:37 = Psalm 18:37; Job 12:5; subject אֲשֻׁרָיו Psalm 37:31; compare Psalm 26:1.

Pu`al Participle מוּעָ֑דֶת ( = ׳מְמוּ Ges^{§ 53 s}; or old

Qal Passive participle, — compare Ba^{NB 273}; — but passive not needed here, read perhaps ׳מוֺ

Qal Participle active see Schw^{ZAW x, 1890,176}); — ׳רֶגֶל מ Proverbs 25:19 (simile of untrustworthiness).

Hiph`il Perfect וְהִמְעַדְתָּ֫ (so read for HCT והעמדת, compare Sm Co Da Berthol) Ezekiel 29:7; cause to shake object כָּלמָֿתְנַיִם, i.e. make them totter; compare Imperative הַמְעַ֑ד (object id.) Psalm 69:24.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מָעַד to waver, to totter. Psalms 18:37, 26:1 37:31 Job 12:5, מוֹעֲדֵי רֶגֶל “whose foot tottereth.” Proverbs 25:19, רֶגֶל מוָּֽעדֶת “a tottering foot,” for מוֹעֶדֶת, וֹ shortened into וּ, compare Lehrg. p. 309. Others take מוּעֶדֶת as an abstr. noun, a tottering, of the form סוּגַר, עוּגָב, in fem.

Hiphil, to cause to totter, or shake, Psalms 69:24.

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List of Word Forms

אֶמְעָֽד׃ אמעד׃ הַמְעַֽד׃ המעד׃ לְמ֣וֹעֲדֵי למועדי מָ֝עֲד֗וּ מָעֲד֖וּ מעדו תִמְעַ֣ד תמעד ’em‘āḏ ’em·‘āḏ emAd ham‘aḏ ham·‘aḏ hamAd lə·mō·w·‘ă·ḏê leMoadei ləmōw‘ăḏê mā‘ăḏū mā·‘ă·ḏū maaDu ṯim‘aḏ ṯim·‘aḏ timAd