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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
Dictionary Aids

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 142ZMG 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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:7 - So the LORD said, “I will destroy (annihilate) mankind whom I have created from the surface of the earth—not only man, but the animals and the crawling things and the birds of the air—because it [deeply] grieves Me [to see mankind’s sin] and I regret that I have made them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:4 - “For in seven days I am going to cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights; and I will destroy (blot out, wipe away) every living thing that I have made from the surface of the earth.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:23 - God destroyed (blotted out, wiped away) every living thing that was on the surface of the earth; man and animals and the crawling things and the birds of the heavens were destroyed from the land. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained alive.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:14 -

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this in the book as a memorial and [fn]recite it to Joshua, that I will utterly wipe out the memory of Amalek [and his people] from under heaven.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:32 - “Yet now, if You will, forgive their sin—and if not, please blot me out of Your book which You have written (kill me)!”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:33 - But the LORD said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book [not you].
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:23 -

‘The priest shall then write these curses on a scroll and shall wash them off into the water of bitterness;

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:11 - the [eastern] boundary shall go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and shall descend and reach to the [fn]slope on the east of the Sea of Chinnereth [the Sea of Galilee];
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:14 - ‘Let Me alone, so that I may destroy them and wipe out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:6 - “It shall be that her firstborn [son] will [fn]be given the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:19 - “Therefore when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your surrounding enemies, in the land which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance to possess, you shall wipe out the memory of Amalek from under heaven; you must not forget.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:20 - the LORD will not be willing to forgive him, but then the anger of the LORD and His [fn]jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse which is written in this book will rest on him; the LORD will blot out his name from under heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:17 - They said, “There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe will not be wiped out from Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:27 - But the LORD had not said that He would blot out the name of Israel from under the heavens, so He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam [II] the son of Joash [king of Israel].
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:13 - ‘I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem clean just as one wipes a [dirty] bowl clean, wiping it and turning it upside down.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:5 - Do not forgive their wrongdoing and do not let their sin be wiped out before You, for they have offended the builders [and provoked You].
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:14 - O my God, remember me concerning this and do not wipe out my loyal deeds and kindnesses which I have done for the house of my God and for its services.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:5 -

You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked and unrepentant;

You have wiped out their name forever and ever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:1 -

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had sinned with Bathsheba.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness;

According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:9 -

Hide Your face from my sins

And blot out all my iniquities.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:28 -

May they be blotted out of the book of life [and their lives come to an end]

And may they not be recorded with the righteous (those in right standing with God).

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:13 -

Let his descendants be cut off,

And in the following generation let their name be blotted out.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:14 -

Let the wickedness of his fathers be remembered by the LORD;

And do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:33 -

Wounds and disgrace he will find,

And his reproach (blame) will not be blotted out.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:20 -

This is the way of an adulterous woman:

She eats and wipes her mouth

And says, “I have done no wrong.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:3 -

Do not give your [generative] strength to women [neither foreign wives in marriages of alliances, nor [fn]concubines],

Nor your ways to that which destroys kings.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:6 -

On this mountain [Zion] the LORD of hosts will prepare a lavish banquet for all peoples [to welcome His reign on earth],

A banquet of aged wines—choice pieces [flavored] with marrow,

Of refined, aged wines.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:8 -

He will swallow up death [and abolish it] for all time.

And the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces,

And He will take away the disgrace of His people from all the earth;

For the LORD has spoken.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:25 -

“I, only I, am He who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake,

And I will not remember your sins.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:22 -

“I have wiped out your transgressions like a thick cloud

And your sins like a heavy mist.

Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:23 -

Yet You, O LORD, know

All their deadly plotting against me;

Do not forgive their wickedness

Or blot out their sin from Your sight.

But let them be overthrown before You;

Deal with them in the time of Your anger.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:6 - “Everywhere you live, the cities will become waste and the high places will become deserted, so that your altars may bear their guilt and become deserted, your idols may be broken and destroyed, your incense altars [for sun-worship] may be cut down, and your works may be blotted out.
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