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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #4277 - מָחַק
Transliteration
mâchaq
Phonetics
maw-khak'
Origin
a primitive root
Parts of Speech
verb
TWOT
1184
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- (Qal) to utterly destroy, annihilate
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Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
[מָחַק] verb utterly destroy, annihilate (compare GFM) (Late Hebrew id. wipe or rub of, erase; , Aramaic מְחַק id.; Arabic
utterly destroy, annihilate); — only 3 feminine singular: מָֽחֲקָה ראֹשׁוֺ Judges 5:26 ("" הָלַם, מָחַץ, חָלַף).
[מֶחְקָר] see חקר.
מחר (√ of following; be in front of meet, compare Assyrian ma—â Ruth , Dl HWB 400 come to meet, receive [compare קִכֵּל], and Id Prol 93; Sabean מחֿר receive, etc., noun id., token of favour, "" gift, נחלת; DHM ZMG xxxvii. 1883,408).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
מָחַק to smith in pieces, to destroy, once found Judges 5:26. Arab. ملحق to blot out, Conj. II. to destroy. Kindred are מָחָא, מָחָה.
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List of Word Forms
מָחֲקָ֣ה מחקה mā·ḥă·qāh machaKah māḥăqāh