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Lexicon :: Strong's H4900 - māšaḵ

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מָשַׁךְ
Transliteration
māšaḵ
Pronunciation
maw-shak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1257

Strong’s Definitions

מָשַׁךְ mâshak, maw-shak'; a primitive root; to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.):—draw (along, out), continue, defer, extend, forbear, × give, handle, make (pro-, sound) long, × sow, scatter, stretch out.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's H4900 in the following manner: draw (15x), draw out (3x), prolonged (3x), scattered (2x), draw along (1x), draw away (1x), continue (1x), deferred (1x), miscellaneous (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x
The KJV translates Strong's H4900 in the following manner: draw (15x), draw out (3x), prolonged (3x), scattered (2x), draw along (1x), draw away (1x), continue (1x), deferred (1x), miscellaneous (9x).

  1. to draw, drag, seize

    1. (Qal)

      1. to draw (and lift out), drag along, lead along, drag or lead off, draw down

      2. to draw (the bow)

      3. to proceed, march

      4. to draw out or give (a sound)

      5. to draw out, prolong, continue

      6. to trail (seed in sowing)

      7. to cheer, draw, attract, gratify

    2. (Niphal) to be drawn out

    3. (Pual)

      1. to be drawn out, be postponed, be deferred

      2. to be tall

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָשַׁךְ mâshak, maw-shak'; a primitive root; to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.):—draw (along, out), continue, defer, extend, forbear, × give, handle, make (pro-, sound) long, × sow, scatter, stretch out.
STRONGS H4900: Abbreviations
† מָשַׁךְ verb draw, drag (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic מְשַׁח (rare) be extended, also conduct, take, Syriac bdb060402 is be dry, shrivelled (of fruit., etc.); Ethiopic bdb060403 bend (the bow); Arabic bdb060404 grasp and hold I. Frey; IV. Frey Lane; compare also Assyrian mašku, skin (perhaps also march DlHWB 431), Arabic bdb060405 id., Aramaic bdb060406, מַשְׁכָּא id.); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular מ׳ 1 Kings 22:34 + 2 times, וּמָשַׁךְ consecutive Job 24:22; 3rd person feminine singular מָֽשְׁכָה Deuteronomy 21:3, etc.; Imperfect יִמְשׁוֺךְ Job 21:33; וַיִּמְשֹׁךְ Judges 20:37; 2nd person masculine singular suffix תִּמְשְׁכֵנִי Psalm 28:3; 1st person singular suffix אֶמְשְׁכֵם Hosea 11:4, etc.; Imperative מְשֹׁךְ Psalm 36:11, suffix מָשְׁכֵנִי Songs 1:4; masculine plural מִשְׁכוּ Exodus 12:21, מָשְׁכוּ Ezekiel 32:20; Infinitive construct מְשֹׁךְ Exodus 19:13; Joshua 6:5, לִמְשׁוֺךְ Ecclesiastes 2:3; Participle משֵׁךְ Amos 9:13; Psalm 109:12; plural משְׁכִים Judges 5:14; construct משְׁכֵי Isaiah 5:18; Isaiah 66:19; —
1. draw and lift out of (מִן), with accusative of person, וַיִּמְשְׁכוּ וַיַּעֲלוּ אֶתיֿוֺסֵף מִן הַבּוֺר Genesis 37:28 (E), so Jeremiah (+ בַּחֲבָלִים, ב instrumental) Jeremiah 38:13; compare תִּמְשֹׁךְ לִוְיָתָן בְּחַכָּה Job 40:25; draw, drag along משְׁכֵי עָוֺן בְּחַבְלֵי הֵשָּׁוְא Isaiah 5:18 (figurative); בְּמָשְׁכוֺ בְּרִשְׁתּוֺ Psalm 10:9 (figurative of wicked catching and dragging the poor); draw, lead along (with hostile purpose) with accusative of person Judges 4:7 (subject י׳; + אֶלֿ person and thing); lead or drag off (to doom, subject י׳) Psalm 28:3 (compare Psalm 26:9); similarly, or = draw down to death, מָשְׁכוּ אוֺתָהּ וגו׳ Ezekiel 32:20 (si vera lectio; reference to fall of Egypt), but read perhaps a form of שׁכב for משׁכו, Greek Version of the LXX Co Berthol, compare Sm.; absolute, subject heifer, מָֽשְׁכָה בְּעוֺל Deuteronomy 21:3 (ב instrumental); draw, lead (in love), (figurative, subject י׳) בְּחַבְלֵי אָדָם אֶמְשְׁכֵם Hosea 11:4, compare Jeremiah 31:3 (al. as 5. below)
2. draw the bow, בַּקֶּשֶׁת מ׳ 1 Kings 22:34 2 Chronicles 18:33, but משְׁכֵי ק׳ Isaiah 66:19 (where text dubious, Greek Version of the LXX Μοσοχ καὶ εἰς(θΩβελ), so Lo StaJavan 8 Du CheHpt, — not Gr CheComm Di).
3. proceed, march (compare German ziehen) וּמָשַׂכְתָּ֫ בְּהַר תָּבוֺר Judges 4:6; compare Judges 20:37 (absolute), Job 21:33 (אַחֲרָיו); so also (perhaps) Exodus 12:21 proceed (i.e. forthwith), and take you a sheep; and probably משְׁכִים בְּשֵׁבֶט Judges 5:14 those marching with the staff, etc. (most under 2 drawing with, i.e. wielding).
4. draw out a sound, give a sound, בִּמְשֹׁךְ הַיֹּבֵל Exodus 19:13 (E) when the ram('s horn) sounds, בְּקֶרֶן הַיֹּבֵל בִּמ׳ Joshua 6:5 (JE).
5. draw out, prolong, continue, מְשֹׁח חַסְדְּךָ לְֹידְעֶיךָ Psalm 36:10 prolong, continue thy kindness to them that know thee; אַליְֿהִי לוֺ משֵׁךְ חֶסֶד Psalm 109:12; (so possibly מְשַׁכְתִּיךָ חָ֑סֶד Jeremiah 31:3 I have prolonged kindness to thee, compare Ryle Nehemiah 9:30; and elsewhere as 1 above); compare עֲלֶיהֶם שָׁנִים וַתִּמ׳ רַבּוֺת Nehemiah 9:30 (חֶסֶד omitted); אַמְּךָ לְדֹר וָדֹר תִּמ׳ Neh 85:6 (|| הַלְעוֺלָם תֶּאֱנַף בָּנוּ); אַבִּירִים בְּכֹחוֺ וּמ׳ Job 24:22 i.e. he (God) prolongeth the life of the mighty (Du draggeth them off, as Psalm 28:3 1 above, — reading also אֹבְּדִים for אַבּ׳ with Greek Version of the LXX Bi); compare Niph..
6. trail seed (draw along in sowing) Amos 9:13 (opposed to דָֹּרֵךְ עֲנָבִים; compare מֶשֶׁךְ below).
7. (late) cheer (draw, attract, gratify) בַּיַּיִן מ׳ אֶתבְּֿשָׂרִי Ecclesiastes 2:3, — so De (who cites Late Hebrew, Chag14 a) Now Wild. — מָשַׁךְ יָדוֺ אֶתלֹּֿצֲצִים Hosea 7:5 is difficult, Greek Version of the LXX AV RV he stretcheth out his hand with, maketh common cause with, is hardly possibly, text probably corrupt We Now.
Niph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural לֹא יִמָּשֵׁ֑כוּ Isaiah 13:22 they shall not be prolonged (days of Babylon); 3rd person feminine singular לֹא תִּמָּשֵׁךְ Ezekiel 12:25, 28 it shall not be postponed.
Pu. Participle long drawn out: מְמֻשָּׁךְ Isaiah 18:2, 7 of persons, = tall; תֹּחֶלֶת מְמֻשָּׁכָה Proverbs 13:12 hope postponed, deferred.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

37:28

Exodus

12:21; 12:21; 19:13; 19:13

Deuteronomy

21:3; 21:3

Joshua

6:5; 6:5

Judges

4:6; 4:7; 5:14; 5:14; 20:37; 20:37

1 Kings

22:34; 22:34

2 Chronicles

18:33

Nehemiah

9:30; 9:30

Job

21:33; 21:33; 24:22; 24:22

Psalms

10:9; 26:9; 28:3; 28:3; 28:3; 36:10; 36:11; 109:12; 109:12

Proverbs

13:12

Ecclesiastes

2:3; 2:3

Song of Songs

1:4

Isaiah

5:18; 5:18; 13:22; 18:2; 18:7; 66:19; 66:19

Jeremiah

31:3; 31:3; 38:13

Ezekiel

12:25; 12:28; 32:20; 32:20

Hosea

7:5; 11:4; 11:4

Amos

9:13; 9:13

H4900

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4900 matches the Hebrew מָשַׁךְ (māšaḵ),
which occurs 36 times in 36 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:28 - So when the Midianite merchants passed by, Joseph's brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites then took Joseph to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:21 - Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel, and told them, "Go and select for yourselves a lamb or young goat for your families, and kill the Passover animals.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:13 - No hand will touch him - but he will surely be stoned or shot through, whether a beast or a human being; he must not live.' When the ram's horn sounds a long blast they may go up on the mountain."

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:3 - Then the elders of the city nearest to the corpse must take from the herd a heifer that has not been worked - that has never pulled with the yoke -

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:5 - When you hear the signal from the ram's horn, have the whole army give a loud battle cry. Then the city wall will collapse and the warriors should charge straight ahead."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:6 - She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali. She said to him, "Is it not true that the LORD God of Israel is commanding you? Go, march to Mount Tabor! Take with you ten thousand men from Naphtali and Zebulun!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:7 - I will bring Sisera, the general of Jabin's army, to you at the Kishon River, along with his chariots and huge army. I will hand him over to you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14 - They came from Ephraim, who uprooted Amalek, they follow after you, Benjamin, with your soldiers. From Makir leaders came down, from Zebulun came the ones who march carrying an officer's staff.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:37 - The men hiding in ambush made a mad dash to Gibeah. They attacked and put the sword to the entire city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:34 - Now an archer shot an arrow at random, and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king ordered his charioteer, "Turn around and take me from the battle line, because I'm wounded."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:33 - Now an archer shot an arrow at random and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king ordered his charioteer, "Turn around and take me from the battle line, for I am wounded."

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:30 - You prolonged your kindness with them for many years, and you solemnly admonished them by your Spirit through your prophets. Still they paid no attention, so you delivered them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:33 - The clods of the torrent valley are sweet to him; behind him everybody follows in procession, and before him goes a countless throng.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:22 - But God drags off the mighty by his power; when God rises up against him, he has no faith in his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:1 - (40:25) "Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook, and tie down its tongue with a rope?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:9 - He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:3 - Do not drag me away with evil men, with those who behave wickedly, who talk so friendly to their neighbors, while they plan to harm them!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:10 - Extend your loyal love to your faithful followers, and vindicate the morally upright!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 85:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:5 - Will you stay mad at us forever? Will you remain angry throughout future generations?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:12 - May no one show him kindness! May no one have compassion on his fatherless children!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:12 - Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is like a tree of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - I thought deeply about the effects of indulging myself with wine (all the while my mind was guiding me with wisdom) and the effects of behaving foolishly, so that I might discover what is profitable for people to do on earth during the few days of their lives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:4 - Draw me after you; let us hurry! May the king bring me into his bedroom chambers! The Maidens to the Lover: We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. The Beloved to Her Lover: How rightly the young women adore you! The Beloved to the Maidens:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:18 - Those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead, who pull sin as with cart ropes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:22 - Wild dogs will yip in her ruined fortresses, jackals will yelp in the once-splendid palaces. Her time is almost up, her days will not be prolonged.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:2 - that sends messengers by sea, who glide over the water's surface in boats made of papyrus. Go, you swift messengers, to a nation of tall, smooth-skinned people, to a people that are feared far and wide, to a nation strong and victorious, whose land rivers divide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:7 - At that time tribute will be brought to the LORD who commands armies, by a people that are tall and smooth-skinned, a people that are feared far and wide, a nation strong and victorious, whose land rivers divide. The tribute will be brought to the place where the LORD who commands armies has chosen to reside, on Mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:19 - I will perform a mighty act among them and then send some of those who remain to the nations - to Tarshish, Pul, Lud (known for its archers), Tubal, Javan, and to the distant coastlands that have not heard about me or seen my splendor. They will tell the nations of my splendor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:3 - In a far-off land the LORD will manifest himself to them. He will say to them, 'I have loved you with an everlasting love. That is why I have continued to be faithful to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:13 - So they pulled Jeremiah up from the cistern with ropes. Jeremiah, however, still remained confined to the courtyard of the guardhouse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:25 - For I, the LORD, will speak. Whatever word I speak will be accomplished. It will not be delayed any longer. Indeed in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and accomplish it, declares the sovereign LORD.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:28 - Therefore say to them, 'This is what the sovereign LORD says: None of my words will be delayed any longer! The word I speak will come to pass, declares the sovereign LORD.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:20 - They will fall among those killed by the sword. The sword is drawn; they carry her and all her hordes away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:5 - At the celebration of their king, his princes become inflamed with wine; they conspire with evildoers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:4 - I led them with leather cords, with leather ropes; I lifted the yoke from their neck, and gently fed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:13 - "Be sure of this, the time is coming," says the LORD, "when the plowman will catch up to the reaper and the one who stomps the grapes will overtake the planter. Juice will run down the slopes, it will flow down all the hillsides.
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