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Lexicon :: Strong's H4864 - maśśᵊ'ēṯ

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מַשְּׂאֵת
Transliteration
maśśᵊ'ēṯ
Pronunciation
mas-ayth'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1421h

Strong’s Definitions

מַשְׂאֵת masʼêth, mas-ayth'; from H5375; properly, (abstractly) a raising (as of the hands in prayer), or rising (of flame); figuratively, an utterance; concretely, a beacon (as raised); a present (as taken), mess, or tribute; figuratively, a reproach (as a burden):—burden, collection, sign of fire, (great) flame, gift, lifting up, mess, oblation, reward.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H4864 in the following manner: burden (3x), mess (3x), collection (2x), flame (2x), gifts (1x), oblations (1x), reward (1x), sign (1x), lifting up (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's H4864 in the following manner: burden (3x), mess (3x), collection (2x), flame (2x), gifts (1x), oblations (1x), reward (1x), sign (1x), lifting up (1x).

  1. uprising, utterance, burden, portion, uplifting

    1. that which rises, uprising, uplifting, signal, rising

    2. utterance, oracle

    3. burden

    4. portion, present, largesse, gift, contribution, offering, tribute

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַשְׂאֵת masʼêth, mas-ayth'; from H5375; properly, (abstractly) a raising (as of the hands in prayer), or rising (of flame); figuratively, an utterance; concretely, a beacon (as raised); a present (as taken), mess, or tribute; figuratively, a reproach (as a burden):—burden, collection, sign of fire, (great) flame, gift, lifting up, mess, oblation, reward.
STRONGS H4864: Abbreviations
† מַשְׂאֵת noun feminine uprising, utterance, burden, portion (on formation compare Ol§ 109 a Sta§ 272 b Köii. 1, 183; Phoenician (Pun) has משאת = payment, tax see Lzb326); — absolute מ׳ Judges 20:40 +; construct מַשְׂאַת Genesis 43:34 +; plural absolute מַשְׂאֹת Genesis 43:34, + (probably) מַשְׂאוֺת Lamentations 2:14 (see below); construct מַשְׂאֹת Genesis 43:34; —
1. that which rises, uprising, uplifting:
a. הֶעָשָׁן מ׳ Judges 20:38 uprising of smoke, compare (הֶע׳ omitted) Judges 20:40.
b. in general = signal Jeremiah 6:1 (= נֵס Gf.).
c. uplifting of hands (כַּפַּי) in prayer Psalm 141:2 (|| תְּפִלָּה).
2. utterance, oracle (= III. מַשָּׂא), Lamentations 2:14 (Bu Löhr).
3. burden Zephaniah 3:18 (of reproach, figurative).
4.
a. portion (carried to some one), especially from table of king or superior, Genesis 43:34 (3 times in verse) (J; on custom see Di and references), 2 Samuel 11:8; so read perhaps also 2 Samuel 19:43 (for MT נִשֵּׂאת) Gr HPS.
b. perhaps also more generally, present, largess from a superior Jeremiah 40:5 (+ אֲרֻחָה food-allowance), Esther 2:18 (כְּיַד הַמֶּלֶךְ).
c. exacted or enforced gift, from inferior, בַּר מ׳ Amos 5:11 (compare Phoenician above; see also מנחה).
d. sacred contribution, tax משֶׁה מ׳ (י׳) עֶבֶד 2 Chronicles 24:6, 9.
e. offering to י׳ Ezekiel 20:40.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

43:34; 43:34; 43:34; 43:34

Judges

20:38; 20:40; 20:40

2 Samuel

11:8; 19:43

2 Chronicles

24:6; 24:9

Esther

2:18

Psalms

141:2

Jeremiah

6:1; 40:5

Lamentations

2:14; 2:14

Ezekiel

20:40

Amos

5:11

Zephaniah

3:18

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Strong's Number H4864 matches the Hebrew מַשְּׂאֵת (maśśᵊ'ēṯ),
which occurs 16 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:34 - And he took and sent messes H4864 unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess H4864 was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:38 - Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame H4864 with smoke rise up out of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:40 - But when the flame H4864 began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:8 - And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess H4864 of meat from the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:6 - And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, H4864 according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:9 - And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection H4864 that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:18 - Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, H4864 according to the state of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:2 - Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up H4864 of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:1 - O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign H4864 of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:5 - Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, H4864 and let him go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:14 - Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens H4864 and causes of banishment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:40

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:40 - For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, H4864 with all your holy things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:11 - Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens H4864 of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:18 - I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. H4864
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