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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:19 - And God split open the hollow place that is at Lehi, and water came out from it. And when he drank, his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore the name of it was called En-hakkore;[fn] it is at Lehi to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:22 - Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle
along with crushed grain,
yet his folly will not depart from him.
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