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Lexicon :: Strong's H4388 - maḵtēš

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מַכְתֵּשׁ
Transliteration
maḵtēš
Pronunciation
mak-taysh'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1061a

Strong’s Definitions

מַכְתֵּשׁ maktêsh, mak-taysh'; from H3806; a mortar; by analogy, a socket (of a tooth):—hollow place, mortar.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H4388 in the following manner: hollow places (1x), mortar (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H4388 in the following manner: hollow places (1x), mortar (1x).

  1. mortar

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַכְתֵּשׁ maktêsh, mak-taysh'; from H3806; a mortar; by analogy, a socket (of a tooth):—hollow place, mortar.
STRONGS H4388: Abbreviations
† מַכְתֵּשׁ noun masculine mortar (place of pounding, braying; compare Palmyrene proper name, masculine מכתש = contundens VogNo. 97) — absolute מ׳ Proverbs 27:22 (see foregoing H3806); hollow resembling a mortar Judges 15:19 (whence came forth a water-spring; compare GFM), [H4389 Zephaniah 1:11] — Jerusalem, compare SchwallyZAW x. (1890), 173 f.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

15:19

Proverbs

27:22

H4388

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4388 matches the Hebrew מַכְתֵּשׁ (maḵtēš),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:19 - And God cleaveth the hollow place which is in Lehi, and waters come out of it, and he drinketh, and his spirit cometh back, and he reviveth; therefore hath one called its name 'The fountain of him who is calling,' which is in Lehi unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:22 - If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things -- with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.
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