Strong's Definition
or (feminine) maqqlah {mak-kel-aw'}; from an unused root meaning apparently to germinate; a shoot, i.e. stick (with leaves on, or for walking, striking, guiding, divining)
KJV Usage: rod, ((hand- ))staff
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מַקֵּל (maq.qel) — rod. 1) rod, staff 1a) rod, stick 1b) staff (in travel) 1c) wand (of diviner)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Trees
branch either the branch of a living tree or a branch that has been cut off in order to be used as a staff or rod
GEN 30:37 · GEN 30:37 · GEN 30:38 · GEN 30:39 · GEN 30:41 · GEN 30:41 · JER 1:11
Tools
stick, rod, club, scepter = stick ◄ usually made of wood; ► attribute of a shepherd or a ruler, but also used for other purposes, such as beating, walking, divination, etc.; ≈ associated with shepherding, authority, punishment
GEN 32:11 · EXO 12:11 · NUM 22:27 · 1SA 17:40 · 1SA 17:43 · JER 48:17 · HOS 4:12 · ZEC 11:7 · ZEC 11:10 · ZEC 11:14
Weapons | ≈ חֵץ · מָגֵן · צִנָּה · קֶשֶׁת · רֹמַח
Collocation: מַקֵּל יָד
war club, mace exact meaning unknown; possibly: = a short wooden rod used for striking the enemy in hand-to-hand combat; it could be held with one hand and was used to strike the enemy on all parts of his body, particularly where he was unprotected by armor; possibly fitted with a heavy head made of stone or metal
1 EZK 39:9 NIV NJPS GNT CEV ESV "(war) club" | NJB "javelin" | REB "throwing-stick" | RSV NRSV "handpike"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מַקֵּל n.m. rod, staff branch of tree as rod, stick, used by Jacob in breeding his flocks
staff, used in journeying
wand of diviner
base