STRONGS NUMBER H4604


Word Summary
maal: an unfaithful or treacherous act
Original Word: מַעַל
Transliteration: maal
Phonetic Spelling: (mah'-al)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: an unfaithful or treacherous act
Meaning: an unfaithful or treacherous act
Strong's Concordance
falsehood, grievously, sore, transgression, trespass, very

From ma'al; treachery, i.e. Sin -- falsehood, grievously, sore, transgression, trespass, X very.

see HEBREW ma'al

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4604. maal

I. מַ֫עַל‎ noun masculineEzra 9:2 unfaithful, treacherous act (Late Hebrew מְעִילָה‎); — ׳מ‎ Leviticus 5:15-16t.; מָ֑עַל‎ Numbers 5:12 2t.; suffix מַעֲלוֺ‎ Ezekiel 17:20 4t.; מַעֲלָם‎ 39:26 3t.; —

1 ag. man: מעל נשׁאר‎ Job 21:34 faithlessness remains (compare Numbers 5:12, 27; Proverbs 16:10 under מָעַל‎).

2 elsewhere ag. God, with בְּ‎, Joshua 22:22 (P); without בְּ‎, 1 Chronicles 9:1; 2 Chronicles 29:19; 33:19; Ezra 9:2, 4; 10:6. — מַעַל‎ elsewhere only with מָעַל‎ q. v. (1; all cited).