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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.
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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:8 - God brings him out of Egypt
and is for him like the horns of the wild ox;
he shall eat up the nations, his adversaries,
and shall break their bones in pieces
and pierce them through with his arrows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:17 - I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not near:
a star shall come out of Jacob,
and a scepter shall rise out of Israel;
it shall crush the forehead[fn] of Moab
and break down all the sons of Sheth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:39 - “‘See now that I, even I, am he,
and there is no god beside me;
I kill and I make alive;
I wound and I heal;
and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:11 - Bless, O LORD, his substance,
and accept the work of his hands;
crush the loins of his adversaries,
of those who hate him, that they rise not again.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:26 - She sent her hand to the tent peg
and her right hand to the workmen’s mallet;
she struck Sisera;
she crushed his head;
she shattered and pierced his temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:39 - I consumed them; I thrust them through, so that they did not rise;
they fell under my feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:18 - For he wounds, but he binds up;
he shatters, but his hands heal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:12 - By his power he stilled the sea;
by his understanding he shattered Rahab.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:38

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:38 - I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise;
they fell under my feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:21 - But God will strike the heads of his enemies,
the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:23 - that you may strike your feet in their blood,
that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 110:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:5 - The Lord is at your right hand;
he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 110:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:6 - He will execute judgment among the nations,
filling them with corpses;
he will shatter chiefs[fn]
over the wide earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:13 - You went out for the salvation of your people,
for the salvation of your anointed.
You crushed the head of the house of the wicked,
laying him bare from thigh to neck.[fn] Selah
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