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the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #4272 - מָחַץ

Transliteration

mâchats

Phonetics

maw-khats'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

1183

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to smite through, shatter, wound severely
1. (Qal)
  1. to shatter
  2. shattering (participle)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 4766 ‑ στρωννύω (strone'‑noo‑mee); 906 ‑ βάλλω (bal'‑lo); 911 ‑ βάπτω (bap'‑to); 2352 ‑ θραύω (throw'‑o); 2608 ‑ κατάγνυμι (kat‑ag'‑noo‑mee); 2700 ‑ κατατοξεύω (kat‑at‑ox‑yoo'‑o); 3817 ‑ παίω (pah'‑yo); 3960 ‑ πατάσσω (pat‑as'‑so); 4917 ‑ συνθλάω (soon‑thlah'‑o);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (13)

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 2

Psalms 4

Habakkuk 1

BSB (14)

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 2

Psalms 5

Habakkuk 1

CSB (13)

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 2

Psalms 5

Habakkuk 1

ESV (14)

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 2

Psalms 5

Habakkuk 1

KJV (14)

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 2

Psalms 5

Habakkuk 1

LEB (14)

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 2

Psalms 5

Habakkuk 1

LSB (15)

Numbers 3

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 2

Psalms 5

Habakkuk 1

N95 (10)

Numbers 3

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 2

Habakkuk 1

NAS (14)

Numbers 3

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 2

Psalms 5

Habakkuk 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (14)

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 2

Psalms 5

Habakkuk 1

ASV (13)

and shall smite 1

he smiteth 1

he will strike 1

he woundeth 1

i will smite 1

i wound 1

in pieces, and smite 1

smite 1

them, and smitten 1

thou woundest 1

will smite 1

will strike 1

yea, she pierced 1

BSB (14)

and crushed them 1

he shattered 1

he strikes 1

he will crush 3

i crushed them 1

i wound 1

may be dipped 1

she shattered 1

smash 1

to pierce them 1

will crush 1

you crushed 1

CSB (13)

crush 4

crush them 1

crushes 1

may wade 1

shattered 1

smash 2

strike 1

strikes 1

wound 1

ESV (14)

crush 2

crushed 1

pierce 1

shatter 2

shattered 2

shatters 1

strike 2

through 2

wound 1

KJV (14)

dipped 1

pierce 1

pierced 1

smite 2

smiteth 1

strike 1

wound 3

wounded 2

woundedst 1

woundeth 1

LEB (14)

and she shattered 1

he strikes 1

he struck down 1

he will pierce 1

he will shatter 1

he will shatter the ⌊rulers⌋ 1

i struck 1

i wound 1

it will crush 1

may shatter them 1

smite 1

them out and i smashed them 1

will shatter 1

you crushed 1

LSB (15)

crush 6

crushed 5

shatter 1

through 1

wounded 1

wounds 1

N95 (10)

crush 1

shatter 2

shattered 3

struck 1

through 1

wounded 1

wounds 1

NAS (14)

shatter 4

shattered 3

smash 3

smashed 2

wounded 1

wounds 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (14)

and shall strike 1

he injures 1

he strikes 1

he will crush 2

i will strike 1

i wound 1

strike 1

will strike 1

you crushed 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2334) y h m (מההתס MHhTs) AC: Strike CO: Gash AB: ?: A large gash from the strike of a sword or arrow. [from: hm]

V) y h m (מההתס MHhTs) - Strike: KJV (14): (vf: Paal, Participle) wound, smite, pierce, strike, dip - Strongs: H4272 (מָחַץ)

N^m) y h m (מההתס MHhTs) - Gash: KJV (1): stroke - Strongs: H4273 (מַחַץ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מָחַץ verb smite through, wound severely, shatter (poetry) (Assyrian ma—âƒu, smite, wound, Dl^{HWB 398}; Arabic

churn; beat or agitate the milk, etc.; Sabean מחֿץֿ DHM^{ZXG xxx. 1876,684; xxxvii. 1883,338; Burgen u. Schlösser (SB. xcvii. 1881), 965} (of stone-cutter's work), Hom^{Chrestom. 127}; Ethiopic

); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳מ Job 26:12 3t.; וּמחֲצָה Judges 5:26 etc.; Imperfect יִמְחַץ Job 5:18; Psalm 68:22; 1 singular suffix אֶמְחָצֵם Psalm 18:39; ׳וָא 2 Samuel 22:39; — smite through, followed by ראֹשׁוֺ, of Jael, Judges 5:26 ("" הָלַם, מָחַק, חָלַף); of Israel, shattering enemies, ׳חִצָּיו יִמ Numbers 24:8 (object omitted; "" עַצְמֹתֵיהֶם יְגָרֵם) compare Numbers 24:17 (object ַמּאֲתֵי מוֺאָב); compare Psalm 18:39 = 2 Samuel 22:39; of ׳י, smiting through or shattering his foes, Psalm 110:5; their heads Psalm 110:6; Psalm 68:22; Habakkuk 3:13, loins Deuteronomy 33:1; compare Job 26:12 object רַהַב, q. v.; absolute, Deuteronomy 32:39 (opposed to רָפָא; "" clause אָמִית וַאֲחַיֶּה) compare Job 5:18 (opposed to רָפָא, "" clause יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ). For תִּמְחַץרגלך בְּדָם Psalm 68:24, read תִּרְחַץ ( Psalm 58:11), Ol Br Che Bae We.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מָחַץ

(1) to agitate, to shake, e.g. the foot in bood. Psalms 68:24; Numbers 24:8, וְחִצָּיו יִמְחַץ “and he shaketh his arrows,” sc. in blood; compare Ps. loc. cit. (Arab. مخض to agitate, e.g. water in a bucket, see Alb. Schult. De Defectibus Ling. Hebr., p. 75. Origg. Hebr., t. i. p. 100).

(2) to shake, to smite, as any one’s head, Psalms 68:22, 110:6 the loins, Deuteron. 33:11. Figuratively, Job 26:12, “by his wisdom he smiteth its (the sea’s) pride,” i.e. he restrains its proud waves. Hence

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List of Word Forms

אֶ֭מְחָצֵם אמחצם וָאֶמְחָצֵ֖ם וּמָחֲצָ֥ה וּמָחַץ֙ ואמחצם ומחץ ומחצה יִ֝מְחַ֗ץ יִמְחַץ֮ יִמְחָֽץ׃ ימחץ ימחץ׃ מְחַ֨ץ מָ֣חַץ מָ֥חַץ מָחַ֖ץ מָחַ֙צְתִּי֙ מָחַ֤צְתָּ מחץ מחצת מחצתי תִּֽמְחַ֥ץ תמחץ ’em·ḥā·ṣêm ’emḥāṣêm Emchatzem mā·ḥaṣ mā·ḥaṣ·tā mā·ḥaṣ·tî Machatz maChatzta maChatzti māḥaṣ māḥaṣtā māḥaṣtî mə·ḥaṣ meChatz məḥaṣ tim·ḥaṣ timChatz timḥaṣ ū·mā·ḥă·ṣāh ū·mā·ḥaṣ umaChatz umachaTzah ūmāḥaṣ ūmāḥăṣāh vaemchaTzem wā’emḥāṣêm wā·’em·ḥā·ṣêm yim·ḥaṣ yim·ḥāṣ yimChatz yimḥaṣ yimḥāṣ