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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #4229 - מָחָה

Transliteration

mâchâh

Phonetics

maw-khaw'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

1178,1179,1181c

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

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)
(Qal) to strike
(Pual) full of marrow (participle)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 633 ‑ ἀπονίπτω (ap‑on‑ip'‑to); 851 ‑ ἀφαιρέω (af‑ahee‑reh'‑o); 1813 ‑ ἐξαλείφω (ex‑al‑i'‑fo);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (36)

Genesis 4

Exodus 4

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 4

Judges 1

2 Kings 4

Nehemiah 2

Psalms 6

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 1

BSB (33)

Genesis 4

Exodus 4

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 4

Judges 1

2 Kings 4

Nehemiah 2

Psalms 6

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 1

CSB (32)

Genesis 4

Exodus 3

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 4

Judges 1

2 Kings 4

Nehemiah 2

Psalms 6

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 1

ESV (36)

Genesis 4

Exodus 4

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 4

Judges 1

2 Kings 4

Nehemiah 2

Psalms 6

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 1

KJV (36)

Genesis 4

Exodus 4

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 4

Judges 1

2 Kings 4

Nehemiah 2

Psalms 6

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 1

LEB (35)

Genesis 4

Exodus 3

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 4

Judges 1

2 Kings 4

Nehemiah 2

Psalms 6

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (36)

Genesis 4

Exodus 4

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 4

Judges 1

2 Kings 4

Nehemiah 2

Psalms 6

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 1

ASV (36)

against me, him will i blot out 1

and blot out 1

and he shall blot 1

and i will wipe 1

and if not, blot 1

and shall reach 1

and they were destroyed 1

and wipeth 1

as a man wipeth 1

be blotted out 3

be not blotted 1

be not blotted out 1

blot 1

blot out 1

concerning this, and wipe not out 1

full of marrow 1

i have blotted out 1

i will destroy 1

i, even i, am he that blotteth out 1

it, that thou shalt blot out 1

let them be blotted 1

may be abolished 1

neither blot out 1

not that he would blot out 1

shall not be wiped away 1

that i will utterly 1

them, and blot out 1

thou hast blotted out 1

to that which destroyeth 1

was destroyed 1

will blot out 1

will i destroy 1

will wipe away 1

wiping 1

BSB (33)

and blot out 2

and i will wipe 1

and i will wipe out 1

and wash them off 1

and wipes 1

be blotted out 4

be wiped away 1

be wiped out 1

blot me 1

blot out 3

blotted out 1

i have blotted out 1

i will blot out 2

i will utterly blot out 1

may they be blotted out 1

on those who ruin 1

one wipes out 1

that he would not blot out 1

they were blotted out 1

was destroyed 1

who blots out 1

will blot out 1

will wipe away 1

wiping it 1

you are to blot out 1

you have erased 1

CSB (32)

away 2

be blotted out 2

blot out 1

erase 3

erased 3

off 3

out 11

reach 1

sweep away 1

wipe 1

wiped 1

wipes 2

wiping 1

ESV (36)

blot 1

blot out 9

blotted 3

blotted out 7

destroy 1

marrow 1

one wipes 1

out 5

reach 1

utterly 1

wash 1

wipe 1

wipe away 1

wiped away 1

wipes 1

wiping 1

KJV (36)

abolished 1

away 2

blot 2

blotted 1

destroy 2

destroyed 3

destroyeth 1

marrow 1

out 17

reach 1

utterly 1

wipe 1

wipeth 2

wiping 1

LEB (35)

against me i will blot 1

and border 1

and he blotted out 1

and he will wipe them off 1

and i will blot out 1

and i will wipe 1

and let 1

and let me blot out 1

and wipes 1

be blotted out 2

blot out 2

blotted out 1

filled with marrow 1

he wipes 1

i have wiped 1

i will destroy 1

i will utterly blot out 1

let 1

let them be blotted out 1

one wipes 1

please blot 1

they were blotted out 1

to be blotted out 1

to blot out 1

to destroy 1

who blots out 1

will 1

will be destroyed 1

will blot out 1

will wipe off 1

wipe out 1

you have blotted out 1

you shall blot out 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (36)

and blot out 1

and he shall blot 1

and i will wipe 1

and shall reach 1

and wipes 1

as a man wipes 1

be blotted out 3

blot out 2

full of marrow 1

i have blotted out 1

i will destroy 2

let them be blotted 1

may be abolished 1

neither blot out 1

not be blotted 1

not be blotted out 1

that he would blot out 1

that i will utterly 1

they were destroyed 1

to that which destroys 1

was destroyed 1

will blot out 1

will not be wiped away 1

will wipe away 1

wiping 1

you have blotted out 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1284) h m (מהה MHh) AC: Strike CO: Marrow AB: ?: The pictograph m is a picture of water or other liquid, the h is a picture of a wall that separates the inside from the outside. Combined these mean "liquid inside". The marrow is a buttery liquid inside the bones and is used as a choice food. To obtain the marrow, the bone must be struck to break it open.

A) h m (מהה MHh) AC: ? CO: Fat AB: ?: In the sense of the fat of the marrow.

N^m) h m (מהה MHh) - Fat: KJV (2): fatling, fat one - Strongs: H4220 (מֵחַ)

f^m) i h m (מההי MHhY) - Ram: In the sense of fat. An engine of war for battering down walls. KJV (1): engine - Strongs: H4239 (מְחִי)

E) a h m (מההא MHhA) AC: Strike CO: ? AB: ?

V) a h m (מההא MHhA) - Strike: The striking of the bone to break it open to access the marrow. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (7): (vf: Paal, Piel) clap, smote, hang - Strongs: H4222 (מָחָא), H4223 (מְחָא)

H) e h m (מההה MHhH) AC: Smear CO: ? AB: ?: The smearing of the marrow onto a food.

V) e h m (מההה MHhH) - Sm (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Pual, Participle) |kjv: out, destroy, wipe, blot, polish, marrow, reach - Strongs: H4229 (מָחָה)

J) h f m (מוהה MWHh) AC: ? CO: Marrow AB: ?

N^m ) h f m (מוהה MWHh) - Marrow: KJV (1): marrow - Strongs: H4221 (מֹחַ)

Adopted Roots:

A2084 M r c (Gnaw, Bones)
A2334 Y h m (Strike, Gash)
A2335 Q h m (Strike)
A2357 H s m (Smear, Ointment)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. מָחָה verb wipe, wipe out (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic

, efface, erase, cancel, obliterate; Aramaic מְחָא (I), compare Phoenician למחת according to stroke = exactly Hoffin^{Phoenician Inschr., Abh. GGW, xxxvi. May 1889,9}). —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular מָחָה Numbers 5:23 3t.; 3 feminine singular מחֲתָה Proverbs 30:20 4t. Pf; Imperfect יִמְחֶה 2 Kings 21:13; וַיִּמַח (Baer; variant reading וַיִּמַּח) Genesis 7:23; 1 singular suffix אֶמְחֶנּוּ Exodus 32:33; 4t. 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 ᵑ0לַמְחוֺת); —

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 אֶתֿיְרוּשָׁלִַם כַּאֲשֶׁר יִמְחֶה אֶתהַֿצַּלַּחַת מָחָה וְהָפַךְ עַלמָּֿנֶיהָ 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, מֵעַל מְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה 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`al Perfect 3 masculine plural נִמְחוּ Ezekiel 6:6; Imperfect יִמָּחֶה Deuteronomy 25:6; Judges 21:17; יִמַּח Psalm 109:13; 3 feminine singular תִּמָּ֑ח Psalm 109:14; 4t. 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; Psalm 109:14; reproach, Proverbs 6:33.

3 be exterminated, מִןהָֿאָרֶץ Genesis 7:23 (J); of idolatrous works of Israel Ezekiel 6:6.

Hiph`il Imperfect 2 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`il 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), ; according to L Gei^{Urspr. d. spr. 416} Lag^{Semitic i. 26, BN 142} Nö^{ZMG xxxii, 1878,409 weakend} from = , Hebrew מָחַץ q. v. compare Dr^{§ 178 n}.; Assyrian ma—û = crush, oppress, according to Dl^{HWB 396}); — Perfect 3 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`al Participle מְמֻחָיִם (Ges^{§ 75}. R.13) in phrase ׳שְׁמָנִים מ Isaiah 25:6 fat pieces full of marrow.

מְחִי see II. מחה.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מָחָה [The primary meaning given in Thes. is to stroke, to rub over].

(1) to wipe, off or away, to wipe. (Arab. ماحا id., kindred in Greek are μάσσω, μέμαχα; μύσσω, ἀπο-ἐπι-; with a prefixed sibilant σμάω, σμύω, σμήχω, σμώχω. The theme μάσσω is yet more nearly approached by מָשַׁשׁ, מָשַׁח). Used e.g. of tears, Isaiah 25:8 the mouth, Proverbs 30:20 something written, Exodus 32:32, 33 Exodus 32:33 compare Numbers 5:23 sin, i.e. to forgive, Psalms 51:3, 11 Psalms 51:11; Isaiah 43:25, 44:22.

(2) to destroy men, Genesis 6:7, 7:4 any one’s name or memory, Exodus 17:14; Deuteronomy 9:14 a city, 2 Kings 21:13 a passage in which the primary power (No. 1) is retained, “I will destroy (prop. wipe off) Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, he wipeth it, and turneth it over.”

Niphal, fut. apoc. יִמַּח Psalms 109:13 (for יִמָּח), pass. of No. 2; to be blotted out, Deuteronomy 25:6; Ezekiel 6:6; Judges 21:17; Proverbs 6:33.

Hiphil, fut. apoc. תֶּמַח i.q. Kal No. 2, to blot out, to destroy, Nehemiah 13:14 Jerem. 18:23. Proverbs 31:3, וּדְרָכֶיךָ לַמְחוֹת מְלָכִין “and (give not) thy ways to destroy kings.” The passage is so rendered by those who suppose that a too warlike spirit is here reprehended. I prefer, to those who corrupt kings, i.e. harlots; nor is there any need for us, in this sense, to read לְמֹחוֹת מְלָכִין, if מָחָה be taken for the fem. of the adjective מָחֶה.

II.

מָחָה i.q. מָחָא to strike upon, followed by עַל to extend to, in a geographical sense, Numbers 34:11. Hence מְתִי. [In Thes. this is joined with the preceding, as also is the following article.]

III.

מָחָה i.q. מָחַח, مَخَّ Conj IV. to be marrowy, whence

Piel, to take out marrow; Arab. Conj. II. and Pual, pass. Isaiah 25:6, שְׁמָנִים מְמֻחָיִם “fatness unmarrowed,” taken out of a marrowy bone, very delicate. מְמֻחָיִם for the common מְמֻחִים; see sing. מְמֻחַי for מְמֻחֶה; comp. מֵרְאֶה; see Heb. Gramm. § 90, 9. [In Thes. this root is not divided into three parts.]

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List of Word Forms

אֶמְחֶ֖נּוּ אֶמְחֶ֨ה אֶמְחֶה֙ אמחה אמחנו וְאֶמְחֶ֣ה וְנִמְח֖וּ וַיִּ֜מַח וַיִּמָּח֖וּ וּמָ֣חֲתָה וּמָחִ֗יתִי וּמָחִ֨יתִי וּמָחָ֖ה וּמָחָ֛ה וּמָחָ֤ה וּמָחָ֨ה ואמחה וימח וימחו ומחה ומחיתי ומחתה ונמחו יִ֭מָּחֽוּ יִמְחֶ֤ה יִמַּ֥ח יִמָּחֶ֥ה ימח ימחה ימחו לִמְחוֹת֙ לַֽמְח֥וֹת למחות מְחֵ֣ה מְחֵ֣נִי מְחֵֽה׃ מְמֻ֣חָיִ֔ם מָ֝חִ֗יתָ מָחִ֤יתִי מָחָ֔ה מָחֹ֤ה מֹחֶ֥ה מחה מחה׃ מחית מחיתי מחני ממחים תִּמְחֶה֙ תִּמָּֽח׃ תִּמָּחֶ֑ה תִמָּחֶֽה׃ תֶּ֑מְחִי תֶּ֣מַח תמח תמח׃ תמחה תמחה׃ תמחי ’em·ḥeh ’em·ḥen·nū ’emḥeh ’emḥennū emCheh emChennu lam·ḥō·wṯ lamChot lamḥōwṯ lim·ḥō·wṯ limchOt limḥōwṯ mā·ḥāh mā·ḥî·ṯā mā·ḥî·ṯî mā·ḥōh maChah maChita maChiti maChoh māḥāh māḥîṯā māḥîṯî māḥōh mə·ḥê·nî mə·ḥêh mə·mu·ḥā·yim meCheh meCheni məḥêh məḥênî meMuchaYim məmuḥāyim mō·ḥeh moCheh mōḥeh te·maḥ tem·ḥî Temach temaḥ Temchi temḥî tim·ḥeh tim·mā·ḥeh ṯim·mā·ḥeh tim·māḥ timCheh timḥeh timMach timmaCheh timmāḥ timmāḥeh ṯimmāḥeh ū·mā·ḥă·ṯāh ū·mā·ḥāh ū·mā·ḥî·ṯî umaChah uMachatah umaChiti ūmāḥāh ūmāḥăṯāh ūmāḥîṯî vaiYimach vaiyimmaChu veemCheh venimChu way·yi·maḥ way·yim·mā·ḥū wayyimaḥ wayyimmāḥū wə’emḥeh wə·’em·ḥeh wə·nim·ḥū wənimḥū yim·ḥeh yim·mā·ḥeh yim·mā·ḥū yim·maḥ yimCheh yimḥeh yimMach yimmaCheh Yimmachu yimmaḥ yimmāḥeh yimmāḥū