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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 portions H4864 to them from [fn]his own table, but Benjamin’s portion H4864 was five times greater than any of theirs. So they feasted and drank freely with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:38 - Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that they would make a great cloud H4864 of smoke rise from the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:40 - But the cloud H4864 began to rise from the city in a column of smoke, and Benjamin turned behind them; and behold, the whole city was going up in smoke to heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:8 - Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house, and wash your feet.” And Uriah went out of the king’s house, and a present H4864 from the king went out after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:6 - So the king called for Jehoiada the chief priest and said to him, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and from Jerusalem the levy H4864 fixed by Moses the servant of Yahweh on the congregation of Israel for the tent of the testimony?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:9 - And they [fn]made a proclamation in Judah and Jerusalem to bring to Yahweh the levy H4864 fixed by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:18 - Then the king held a great feast, Esther’s feast, for all his princes and his servants; he also held a remission of taxes for the provinces and gave gifts H4864 according to the king’s hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:2 -

May my prayer be established as incense before You;

The lifting H4864 up of my hands as the evening offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:1 -

“Flee for safety, O sons of Benjamin,

From the midst of Jerusalem!

Now blow a trumpet in Tekoa

And raise a signal H4864 over [fn]Beth-haccerem,

For evil looks down from the north,

As well as great destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:5 - But as [fn]Jeremiah had not yet set out to return, [fn]he said, “Return then to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people; or else go anywhere that is right in your eyes to go.” So the captain of the bodyguard gave him a ration and a gift H4864 and let him go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:14 -

Nun

Your prophets have beheld for you

Worthless and ineffective visions;

And they have not uncovered your iniquity

So as to [fn]return you from captivity,

But they have beheld for you worthless and misleading [fn]oracles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:40

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:40 - “For on My holy mountain, on the high mountain of Israel,” declares Lord Yahweh, “there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land; there I will accept them, and there I will [fn]seek your contributions and the choicest of your gifts H4864, with all your holy things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:11 -

Therefore because you [fn]impose heavy rent on the poor

And take a tribute H4864 of grain from them,

Though you have built houses of cut stone,

Yet you will not live in them;

You have planted desirable vineyards, yet you will not drink their wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:18 -

“I will assemble those who grieve about the appointed feasts—

They were from you, O Zion;

The reproach of exile is a burden H4864 on [fn]them.

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