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Lexicon :: Strong's H4229 - māḥâ

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מָחָה
Transliteration
māḥâ
Pronunciation
maw-khaw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1178,1179,118

Strong’s Definitions

מָחָה mâchâh, maw-khaw'; a primitive root; properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. grease or make fat; also to touch, i.e. reach to:—abolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, × utterly, wipe (away, out).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's H4229 in the following manner: (blot, put, etc)...out (17x), destroy (6x), wipe (4x), blot (3x), wipe away (2x), abolished (1x), marrow (1x), reach (1x), utterly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x
The KJV translates Strong's H4229 in the following manner: (blot, put, etc)...out (17x), destroy (6x), wipe (4x), blot (3x), wipe away (2x), abolished (1x), marrow (1x), reach (1x), utterly (1x).

  1. to wipe, wipe out

    1. (Qal)

      1. to wipe

      2. to blot out, obliterate

      3. to blot out, exterminate

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be wiped out

      2. to be blotted out

      3. to be exterminated

    3. (Hiphil) to blot out (from memory)

  2. (Qal) to strike

  3. (Pual) full of marrow (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָחָה mâchâh, maw-khaw'; a primitive root; properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. grease or make fat; also to touch, i.e. reach to:—abolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, × utterly, wipe (away, out).
STRONGS H4229: Abbreviations
† I. מָחָה verb wipe, wipe out (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic bdb056201, efface, erase, cancel, obliterate; Aramaic מְחָא (I), compare Phoenician למחת according to stroke = exactly HoffinPhoenician Inschr., Abh. GGW, xxxvi. May 1889, 9). —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular מָחָה Numbers 5:23 + 3 times; 3rd person feminine singular ֽֽֽמחֲתָה Proverbs 30:20 + 4 times Perfect; Imperfect יִמְחֶה 2 Kings 21:13; וַיִּמַח (Baer; variant reading וַיִּמַּח) Genesis 7:23; 1st person singular suffix אֶמְחֶנּוּ Exodus 32:33; + 4 times Imperfect; Imperative מְחֵה Psalm 51:3; Psalm 51:11; suffix מְחֵנִי Exodus 32:32; Infinitive absolute מָחֹה Exodus 17:14; construct לִמְחוֺת 2 Kings 14:27; Participle מֹחֶה Isaiah 43:25; feminine plural (לְ)מֹחוֺת Proverbs 31:3; (Ges Fl Nö De Str for MT לַמְחוֺת); —
1. wipe, the mouth Proverbs 30:20; tears from (מעל) the face Isaiah 25:8; written curse, into the water (אלמֿים) for drinking Numbers 5:23 (P); Moses' name from the book (מספר) of God Exodus 32:32, 33 (J); וּמָחִיתִי אֶתֿ עַל־פָּנֶיה יְרוּשָׁלִַם כַּאֲשֶׁר יִמְחֶה אֶתהַֿצַּלַּחַת מָחָה וְהָפַךְ 2 Kings 21:13 and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipeth a dish, — he doth wipe and turn it (but read probably מָחֹה וְהָפֹךְ) upside down.
2. blot out = obliterate from the memory, מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם from under heaven e.g. the name Deuteronomy 9:14; Deuteronomy 29:19; 2 Kings 14:27; the remembrance Exodus 17:14 (twice in verse) (J), Deuteronomy 25:19; the name for ever Psalm 9:6; transgressions (פשׁע; no more remembered by God against sinner) Psalm 51:3; Isaiah 43:25; Isaiah 44:22; עָון Psalm 51:11.
3. blot out = exterminate, כלהֿיקוֺם all existing things Genesis 7:23 (J) and mankind, הָאֲדָמָה פְּנֵי מֵעַל Genesis 6:7; Genesis 7:4 (J); מֹחוֺת מְלָכִין Proverbs 31:3 (with the text-change, see above) = destroyers of kings (i.e. impure women), but expression strange and dubious.
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine plural נִמְחוּ Ezekiel 6:6; Imperfect יִמָּחֶה Deuteronomy 25:6; Judges 21:17; יִמַּח Psalm 109:13; 3rd person feminine singular תִּמָּ֑ח Psalm 109:14; + 4 times Imperfect; —
1. be wiped out מִסֵּפֶר חַיִּים Psalm 69:29.
2. be blotted out, מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל of a name Deuteronomy 25:6, a tribe Judges 21:17; name (|| posterity) Psalm 109:13; from memory, of sins Nehemiah 3:37 [Nehemiah 4:5]; Psalm 109:14; reproach, Proverbs 6:33.
3. be exterminated, מִןהָֿאָרֶץ Genesis 7:23 (J); of idolatrous works of Israel Ezekiel 6:6.
Hiph. Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תֶּ֫מַח Nehemiah 13:14; תֶּ֑מְחִי Jeremiah 18:23 (but tone suggests תֶּ֫מַח compare Ges§ 75. R. 17; Gie reads Qal and doubts Hiph. altogether); Infinitive לַמְחוֺת Proverbs 31:3 (= לְהַמְחוֺת but see Qal 3); — blot out, from the memory; pious acts Nehemiah 13:14; sins Jeremiah 18:23.

† II. מָחָה verb strike (Aramaic מְחָא (II), bdb056202; according to L GeiUrspr. d. spr. 416 LagSemitic i. 26, BN 142 NöZMG xxxii, 1878, 409 weakend from bdb056203= bdb056204, Hebrew מָחַץ which see, compare Dr§ 178 n.; Assyrian maḫû = crush, oppress, according to DlHWB 396); — Perfect 3rd person masculine singular consecutive, וּמָחָה עַלכֶּֿתֶף וגו׳ Numbers 34:11 (P) and the border shall strike upon (reach unto) the shoulder of the sea of Chinnereth (> Di and others derive from I. מָחָה rub along by, brush past, skirt).

† III. מָחָה verb denominative only
Pu. Participle מְמֻחָיִם (Ges§ 75. R. 13) in phrase שְׁמָנִים מ׳ Isaiah 25:6 fat pieces full of marrow.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H4223.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:7; 7:4; 7:23; 7:23; 7:23

Exodus

17:14; 17:14; 32:32; 32:32; 32:33; 32:33

Numbers

5:23; 5:23; 34:11

Deuteronomy

9:14; 25:6; 25:6; 25:19; 29:19

Judges

21:17; 21:17

2 Kings

14:27; 14:27; 21:13; 21:13

Nehemiah

4:5; 13:14; 13:14

Psalms

9:6; 51:3; 51:3; 51:11; 51:11; 69:29; 109:13; 109:13; 109:14; 109:14

Proverbs

6:33; 30:20; 30:20; 31:3; 31:3; 31:3

Isaiah

25:6; 25:8; 43:25; 43:25; 44:22

Jeremiah

18:23; 18:23

Ezekiel

6:6; 6:6

H4229

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Strong's Number H4229 matches the Hebrew מָחָה (māḥâ),
which occurs 36 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:7 - And Jehovah saith, 'I wipe away man whom I have prepared from off the face of the ground, from man unto beast, unto creeping thing, and unto fowl of the heavens, for I have repented that I have made them.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:4 - for after other seven days I am sending rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and have wiped away all the substance that I have made from off the face of the ground.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:23 - And wiped away is all the substance that is on the face of the ground, from man unto beast, unto creeping thing, and unto fowl of the heavens; yea, they are wiped away from the earth, and only Noah is left, and those who are with him in the ark;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:14 - And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Write this, a memorial in a Book, and set it in the ears of Joshua, that I do utterly wipe away the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:32 - and now, if Thou takest away their sin -- and if not -- blot me, I pray thee, out of Thy book which Thou hast written.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:33 - And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Whoso hath sinned against Me -- I blot him out of My book;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:23 - 'And the priest hath written these execrations in a book, and hath blotted them out with the bitter waters,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:11 - and the border hath gone down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east of Ain, and the border hath gone down, and hath smitten against the shoulder of the sea of Chinnereth eastward;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:14 - desist from Me, and I destroy them, and blot out their name from under the heavens, and I make thee become a nation more mighty and numerous than it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:6 - and it hath been, the first-born which she beareth doth rise for the name of his dead brother, and his name is not wiped away out of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:19 - And it hath been, in Jehovah thy God's giving rest to thee, from all thine enemies round about, in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance to possess it -- thou dost blot out the rememberance of Amalek from under the heavens -- thou dost not forget.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:20 - Jehovah is not willing to be propitious to him, for then doth the anger of Jehovah smoke, also His zeal, against that man, and lain down on him hath all the oath which is written in this book, and Jehovah hath blotted out his name from under the heavens,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:17 - And they say, 'A possession of an escaped party is to Benjamin, and a tribe is not blotted out from Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:27 - and Jehovah hath not spoken to blot out the name of Israel from under the heavens, and saveth them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Joash.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:13 - And I have stretched out over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and wiped Jerusalem as one wipeth the dish -- he hath wiped, and hath turned it on its face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:5 - and do not cover over their iniquity, and their sin from before Thee let not be blotted out, for they have provoked to anger -- over-against those building.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:14 - Be mindful of me, O my God, for this, and do not blot out my kind acts that I have done, for the house of my God, and for its charges.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:5 - Thou hast rebuked nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Their name Thou hast blotted out to the age and for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:1 - To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David, in the coming inn unto him of Nathan the prophet, when he hath gone in unto Bath-Sheba. Favour me, O God, according to Thy kindness, According to the abundance of Thy mercies, Blot out my transgressions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:9 - Hide Thy face from my sin. And all mine iniquities blot out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:28 - They are blotted out of the book of life, And with the righteous are not written.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:13 - His posterity is for cutting off, In another generation is their name blotted out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:14 - The iniquity of his fathers Is remembered unto Jehovah, And the sin of his mother is not blotted out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:33 - A stroke and shame he doth find, And his reproach is not wiped away,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:20 - So -- the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, 'I have not done iniquity.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:3 - Give not to women thy strength, And thy ways to wiping away of kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:6 - And made hath Jehovah of Hosts, For all the peoples in this mount, A banquet of fat things, a banquet of preserved things, Fat things full of marrow, preserved things refined.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:8 - He hath swallowed up death in victory, And wiped hath the Lord Jehovah, The tear from off all faces, And the reproach of His people He turneth aside from off all the earth, For Jehovah hath spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:25 - I -- I am He who is blotting out Thy transgressions for Mine own sake, And thy sins I do not remember.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:22 - I have blotted out, as by a thick cloud, Thy transgressions, And as by a cloud thy sins, Return unto Me, for I have redeemed thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:23 - And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known, All their counsel against me is for death, Thou dost not cover over their iniquity, Nor their sin from before Thee blottest out, And they are made to stumble before Thee, In the time of Thine anger work against them!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:6 - In all your dwellings the cities are laid waste, And the high places are desolate, So that waste and desolate are your altars, And broken and ceased have your idols, And cut down have been your images, And blotted out have been your works.
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