H4603 מָעַל
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 35 KJV occurrences
מָעַל
mâʻal · maw-al'
Definition
properly, to cover up; used only figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. treacherously
KJV Renderings
transgress, (commit, do a) trespass(-ing).
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 35)
- Leviticus 5:15If 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:
- Numbers 5:12Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
- Joshua 22:16Thus 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?
- 1 Chronicles 10:13¶ 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 28:19For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 36:14¶ 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.
- Proverbs 16:10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
- Ezekiel 18:24¶ 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.