- Original: מקּלה מקּל - Transliteration: Maqqel - Phonetic: mak-kale - Definition: 1. rod, staff a. rod, stick b. staff (in travel) c. wand (of diviner) - Origin: from an unused root meaning apparently to germinate - TWOT entry: 1236 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From an unused root meaning apparently to germinate; a shoot that is stick (with leaves on or for walking striking guiding divining): - rod ([hand-]) staff. Total KJV Occurrences: 18 • handstaves, 1 Ezekiel 39:9 • rod, 2 Jeremiah 1:11; Jeremiah 48:17 • rods, 6 Genesis 30:37(2); Genesis 30:38; Genesis 30:39; Genesis 30:41(2) • staff, 7 Genesis 32:10; Exodus 12:11; Numbers 22:27; 1 Samuel 17:40; Hosea 4:12; Zechariah 11:10; Zechariah 11:14 • staves, 2 1 Samuel 17:43; Zechariah 11:7