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Lexicon :: Strong's H4272 - māḥaṣ

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מָחַץ
Transliteration
māḥaṣ
Pronunciation
maw-khats'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1183

Strong’s Definitions

מָחַץ mâchats, maw-khats'; a primitive root; to dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroy:—dip, pierce (through), smite (through), strike through, wound.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H4272 in the following manner: wound (7x), smite through (2x), pierce (2x), strike through (1x), pierce through (1x), dipped (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H4272 in the following manner: wound (7x), smite through (2x), pierce (2x), strike through (1x), pierce through (1x), dipped (1x).
  1. to smite through, shatter, wound severely

    1. (Qal)

      1. to shatter

      2. shattering (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָחַץ mâchats, maw-khats'; a primitive root; to dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroy:—dip, pierce (through), smite (through), strike through, wound.
STRONGS H4272: Abbreviations
מָחַץ verb smite through, wound severely, shatter (poetry) (Assyrian maḫâṣu, smite, wound, DlHWB 398; Arabic bdb056301 churn; beat or agitate the milk, etc.; Sabean מחֿץֿ DHMZXG xxx. 1876, 684; xxxvii. 1883, 338; Burgen u. Schlösser (SB. xcvii. 1881), 965 (of stone-cutter's work), HomChrestom. 127; Ethiopic bdb056302); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular מ׳ Job 26:12 + 3 times; וּֽֽֽמחֲצָה Judges 5:26 etc.; Imperfect יִמְחַץ Job 5:18; Psalm 68:22; 1st person singular suffix אֶמְחָצֵם Psalm 18:39; וָא׳ 2 Samuel 22:39; — smite through, followed by ראֹשׁוֺ, of Jael, Judges 5:26 (|| הָלַם, מָחַק, חָלַף); of Israel, shattering enemies, חִצָּיו יִמ׳ Numbers 24:8 (object omitted; || עַצְמֹתֵיהֶם יְגָרֵם) compare Numbers 24:17 (object מוֹאָב פַּֽאֲתֵי); compare Psalm 18:39 = 2 Samuel 22:39; of י׳, smiting through or shattering his foes, Psalm 110:5; their heads Psalm 110:6; Psalm 68:22; Habakkuk 3:13, loins Deuteronomy 33:1; compare Job 26:12 object רַהַב, which see; absolute, Deuteronomy 32:39 (opposed to רָפָא; || clause אָמִית וַאֲחַיֶּה) compare Job 5:18 (opposed to רָפָא, || clause יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ). For תִּמְחַץ רגלך בְּדָם Psalm 68:24, read תִּרְחַץ (Psalm 58:11), Ol Br Che Bae We.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

24:8; 24:17

Deuteronomy

32:39; 33:1

Judges

5:26; 5:26

2 Samuel

22:39; 22:39

Job

5:18; 5:18; 26:12; 26:12

Psalms

18:39; 18:39; 58:11; 68:22; 68:22; 68:24; 110:5; 110:6

Habakkuk

3:13

H4272

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4272 matches the Hebrew מָחַץ (māḥaṣ),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:8 -

“God brought Israel out of Egypt;

Israel has [fn]strength like the wild ox;

He will devour [Gentile] nations, his adversaries (enemies),

And will crush their bones in pieces,

And shatter them with his arrows.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:17 -

I see Him, but not now;

I behold Him, but not near.

A star shall come forth from [the descendants of] Jacob,

A scepter shall rise out of [the descendants of] Israel

And shall crush the forehead of Moab

And destroy all the sons of Sheth.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:39 -

‘See now that I, I am He,

And there is no god besides Me;

It is I who put to death and I who give life.

I have wounded and it is I who heal,

And there is no one who can deliver from [the power of] My hand.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:11 -

“O LORD, bless Levi’s substance (ability),

And accept and take pleasure in the work of his hands;

Crush and shatter the loins of those who rise up against him,

And of those who hate him, so that they do not rise again.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:26 -

“She reached out her [left] hand for the tent peg,

And her right hand for the workmen’s hammer.

Then she struck Sisera, she smashed his head;

And she shattered and pierced his temple.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:39 -

“I consumed them and shattered them, so that they did not rise;

They fell under my feet.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:18 -

“For He inflicts pain, but He binds up and gives relief;

He wounds, but His hands also heal.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:12 -

“He stirred up the sea by His power,

And by His understanding He smashed [proud] [fn]Rahab.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:38 -

I shattered them so that they were not able to rise;

They fell [wounded] under my feet.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:21 -

Surely God will shatter the head of His enemies,

The hairy scalp of one who goes on in his guilty ways.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:23 -

That your foot may crush them in blood,

That the tongue of your dogs may have its share from your enemies.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:5 -

The LORD is at Your right hand,

He [fn]will crush kings in the day of His wrath.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:6 -

He will execute judgment [in overwhelming punishment] among the nations;

He will fill them with corpses,

He will crush the chief men over a broad country.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:13 -

You went forth for the salvation of Your people,

For the salvation and rescue of Your anointed [people Israel].

You struck the [fn]head from the house of the wicked

To lay him open from the thigh to the neck. Selah (pause, and calmly think of that).

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