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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #4290 - מַחְתֶּרֶת
Transliteration
machtereth
Phonetics
makh-teh'-reth
Origin
from (H2864)
Parts of Speech
masculine noun
TWOT
783a
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- a breaking in, burglary
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
ASV (2)
Exodus
1
Jeremiah
1
BSB (2)
Exodus
1
Jeremiah
1
CSB (2)
Exodus
1
Jeremiah
1
ESV (2)
Exodus
1
Jeremiah
1
KJV (2)
Exodus
1
Jeremiah
1
LEB (2)
Exodus
1
Jeremiah
1
LSB (4)
Exodus
2
Jeremiah
2
N95 (2)
Exodus
1
Jeremiah
1
NAS (4)
Exodus
1
Jeremiah
1
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (2)
Exodus
1
Jeremiah
1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions
2226) rth (ההתר HhTR) AC: Dig CO: ? AB: ?: A digging through to penetrate through or into something.
V) rth (ההתר HhTR) - Dig: Also to row as digging in the water with a paddle. KJV (8): (vf: Paal) dig, row - Strongs: H2864 (חָתַר)
af2) trthm (מההתרת MHhTRT) - Searching: As a digging for something. KJV (2): breaking, search - Strongs: H4290 (מַחְתֶּרֶת)
AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2025
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
מַחְתֶּ֫רֶת noun masculine breaking in, burglary — יִמָּצֵא הַגַּנָּב׳אִםבַּֿמּ Exodus 22:1i.e. caught in the act (JE); so מְצָאתִים׳לֹא בַּמּ Jeremiah 2:34, not in the act of breaking in didst thou find them (2 feminine singular suffix Ges§ 44, 2, R 4), i.e. those whom thou hast slain were not detected in crime.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
מַחְתֶּרֶת f. (from the root חָתַר) the breaking through of a thief by night, Exodus 22:1; Jeremiah 2:34.
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List of Word Forms
בַּמַּחְתֶּ֛רֶת בַמַּחְתֶּ֥רֶת במחתרת bam·maḥ·te·reṯ ḇam·maḥ·te·reṯ bammachTeret bammaḥtereṯ ḇammaḥtereṯ vammachTeret
