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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #4388 - מַכְתֵּשׁ

Transliteration

maktêsh

Phonetics

mak-taysh'

Origin

from (H3806)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1061a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

mortar

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2629 ‑ κατακόπτω (kat‑ak‑op'‑to);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Judges 1

Proverbs 1

BSB (2)

Judges 1

Proverbs 1

CSB (2)

Judges 1

Proverbs 1

ESV (2)

Judges 1

Proverbs 1

KJV (2)

Judges 1

Proverbs 1

LEB (2)

Judges 1

Proverbs 1

LSB (2)

Judges 1

Proverbs 1

N95 (2)

Judges 1

Proverbs 1

NAS (3)

Judges 1

Proverbs 1

NLT (0)

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

WEB (2)

Judges 1

Proverbs 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2301) s t k (כתסה KTSh) AC: Pound CO: Mortar AB: ?: A hollowed out stone bowl used to crush seeds, herbs or other plant material for food or medicine.

V) s t k (כתסה KTSh) - Pound: KJV (1): (vf: Paal) bray - Strongs: H3806 (כָּתַשׁ)

a^m) s t k m (מכתסה MKTSh) - Mor |kjv: hollow, mortar - Strongs: H4388 (מַכְתֵּשׁ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מַכְתֵּשׁ noun masculine mortar (place of pounding, braying; compare Palmyrene proper name, masculine מכתש = contundens Vog^{No. 97}) — absolute ׳מ Proverbs 27:22 (see foregoing); hollow resembling a mortar Judges 15:19 (whence came forth a water-spring; compare GFM), Zephaniah 1:11 #NAME? Jerusalem, compare Schw^{ZAW x. (1890), 173 f}.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מַכְתֵּשׁ m. (from the root כָּתַשׁ).

(1) a mortar, Proverbs 27:22.

(2) Judges 15:19, prob. mortariolum dentium, Gr. ὁλμίσκος, socket of a tooth, see Bochart, Hieroz. t. i. p. 202. [Is it not a place of such a form that is spoken of in the cited passage?]

(3) Zephaniah 1:11 [Maktesh], pr.n. of a valley near Jerusalem, prob. so called from its resemblance to a mortar.

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List of Word Forms

בַּֽמַּכְתֵּ֡שׁ במכתש הַמַּכְתֵּ֣שׁ המכתש bam·maḵ·têš bammachTesh bammaḵtêš ham·maḵ·têš hammachTesh hammaḵtêš