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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #4277 - מָחַק

Transliteration

mâchaq

Phonetics

maw-khak'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

1184

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

(Qal) to utterly destroy, annihilate

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Judges 1

BSB (1)

Judges 1

CSB (1)

Judges 1

ESV (1)

Judges 1

KJV (1)

Judges 1

LEB (1)

Judges 1

LSB (1)

Judges 1

N95 (1)

Judges 1

NAS (1)

Judges 1

NLT (0)

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

WEB (1)

Judges 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2335) q h m (מההק MHhQ) AC: Strike CO: ? AB: ?: [from: hm]

V) q h m (מההק MHhQ) - Strike: KJV (1): (vf: Paal) smite - Strongs: H4277 (מָחַק)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[מָחַק] verb utterly destroy, annihilate (compare GFM) (Late Hebrew id. wipe or rub of, erase; , Aramaic מְחַק id.; Arabic

utterly destroy, annihilate); — only 3 feminine singular: מָֽחֲקָה ראֹשׁוֺ Judges 5:26 ("" הָלַם, מָחַץ, חָלַף).

[מֶחְקָר] see חקר.

מחר (√ of following; be in front of meet, compare Assyrian ma—â Ruth , Dl^{HWB 400} come to meet, receive [compare קִכֵּל], and Id^{Prol 93}; Sabean מחֿר receive, etc., noun id., token of favour, "" gift, נחלת; DHM^{ZMG xxxvii. 1883,408}).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מָחַק to smith in pieces, to destroy, once found Judges 5:26. Arab. ملحق to blot out, Conj. II. to destroy. Kindred are מָחָא, מָחָה.

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List of Word Forms

מָחֲקָ֣ה מחקה mā·ḥă·qāh machaKah māḥăqāh