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Strong's H4546 מְסִלָּה (mecillah)

Mecillah means “causeway” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G4546 — sampson (“Samson”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H4546
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 26
Books 12

Strong's H4546 Quick Answer

Strong's H4546 מְסִלָּה (mcillah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. mcillah (mes-il-law') n-f. 1. a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively 2. specifically a viaduct, a staircase It has 26 linked Bible usages across 12 books. Visible English usage signals include highway, highways, causeway, paths, and path. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
mcillah (mes-il-law') n-f. 1. a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively 2. specifically a viaduct, a staircase
Usage
26 linked usages
Books
12 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
highway, highways, causeway, paths, and path

Meaning and Definition

mcillah (mes-il-law') n-f. 1. a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively 2. specifically a viaduct, a staircase [from H5549] KJV: causeway, course, highway, path, terrace. Root(s): H5549

Original Word
מְסִלָּה
Transliteration
mcillah
Derivation
Root: סלל First root strongs: 5549
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4546. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H4546 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mcillah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

highway Judges 21:19 13× highways Judges 20:31 causeway 1 Chronicles 26:16 path Joel 2:8 paths Isaiah 59:7

How Strong's H4546 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 26 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H4546 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H4546 in the Old Testament

26 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Numbers 20:19 KJV

And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing anything else, go through on my feet.

Judges 5:20 KJV

They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.

Judges 20:31 KJV

And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

Usage Excerpts

First 26 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4546.

Numbers 20:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing anything else, go through on my feet.
Judges 5:20 Old Testament, KJV
They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
Judges 20:31 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
Judges 20:32 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.
Judges 20:45 Old Testament, KJV
And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.
Judges 21:19 Old Testament, KJV
Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
1 Samuel 6:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh.
2 Samuel 20:12 Old Testament, KJV
And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.
2 Samuel 20:13 Old Testament, KJV
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
2 Kings 18:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field.
1 Chronicles 26:16 Old Testament, KJV
To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.
1 Chronicles 26:18 Old Testament, KJV
At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
2 Chronicles 9:11 Old Testament, KJV
And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
Psalms 84:5 Old Testament, KJV
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
Proverbs 16:17 Old Testament, KJV
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
Isaiah 7:3 Old Testament, KJV
Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;
Isaiah 11:16 Old Testament, KJV
And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
Isaiah 19:23 Old Testament, KJV
In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.
Isaiah 33:8 Old Testament, KJV
The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
Isaiah 36:2 Old Testament, KJV
And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.
Isaiah 40:3 Old Testament, KJV
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Isaiah 49:11 Old Testament, KJV
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
Isaiah 59:7 Old Testament, KJV
Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
Isaiah 62:10 Old Testament, KJV
Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.
Jeremiah 31:21 Old Testament, KJV
Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
Joel 2:8 Old Testament, KJV
Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4546, grouped by book.

Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 5 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 9 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H4546 FAQ

What does mecillah (מְסִלָּה) mean?

Mecillah (Strong's H4546) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "causeway". mcillah (mes-il-law') n-f. 1. a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively 2. specifically a viaduct, a staircase

How many times is mecillah (מְסִלָּה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 26 linked usages for Strong's H4546 across 12 books.

Where can I study mecillah (מְסִלָּה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4546 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate mecillah (מְסִלָּה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as highway, highways, causeway, paths, and path. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.