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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #4290 - מַחְתֶּרֶת

Transliteration

machtereth

Phonetics

makh-teh'-reth

Root Word (Etymology)

from (H2864)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TWOT

783a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) a breaking in, burglary

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (2)

Exodus 1

Jeremiah 1

NAS (2)

Exodus 1

Jeremiah 1

HCS (2)

Exodus 1

Jeremiah 1

BSB (2)

Exodus 1

Jeremiah 1

ESV (1)

Jeremiah 1

WEB (2)

Exodus 1

Jeremiah 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2226) r t h (ההתר HhTR) AC: Dig CO: ? AB: ?: A digging through to penetrate through or into something.

V) r t h (ההתר HhTR) - Dig: Also to row as digging in the water with a paddle. KJV (8): (vf: Paal) dig, row - Strongs: H2864 (חָתַר)

a^f2) t r t h m (מההתרת MHhTRT) - Searching: As a digging for something. KJV (2): breaking, search - Strongs: H4290 (מַחְתֶּרֶת)

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.

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