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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 BoxExo 19:13 - No hand shall touch him, but he shall be stoned or shot;[fn] whether beast or man, he shall not live.’ When the trumpet sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:7 - And I will draw out Sisera, the general of Jabin’s army, to meet you by the river Kishon with his chariots and his troops, and I will give him into your hand’?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14 - From Ephraim their root they marched down into the valley,[fn]
following you, Benjamin, with your kinsmen;
from Machir marched down the commanders,
and from Zebulun those who bear the lieutenant’s[fn] staff;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:37 - Then the men in ambush hurried and rushed against Gibeah; the men in ambush moved out and struck all the city with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:34 - But a certain man drew his bow at random[fn] and struck the king of Israel between the scale armor and the breastplate. Therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn around and carry me out of the battle, for I am wounded.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:33 - But a certain man drew his bow at random[fn] and struck the king of Israel between the scale armor and the breastplate. Therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn around and carry me out of the battle, for I am wounded.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:30 - Many years you bore with them and warned them by your Spirit through your prophets. Yet they would not give ear. Therefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:33 - The clods of the valley are sweet to him;
all mankind follows after him,
and those who go before him are innumerable.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:22 - Yet God[fn] prolongs the life of the mighty by his power;
they rise up when they despair of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:1 - [fn] “Can you draw out Leviathan[fn] with a fishhook
or press down his tongue with a cord?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:9 - he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket;
he lurks that he may seize the poor;
he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:3 - Do not drag me off with the wicked,
with the workers of evil,
who speak peace with their neighbors
while evil is in their hearts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:10 - Oh, continue your steadfast love to those who know you,
and your righteousness to the upright of heart!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:5 - Will you be angry with us forever?
Will you prolong your anger to all generations?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:12 - Let there be none to extend kindness to him,
nor any to pity his fatherless children!

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:4 - Draw me after you; let us run.
The king has brought me into his chambers.

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We will exult and rejoice in you;
we will extol your love more than wine;
rightly do they love you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:18 - Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood,
who draw sin as with cart ropes,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:22 - Hyenas[fn] will cry in its towers,
and jackals in the pleasant palaces;
its time is close at hand
and its days will not be prolonged.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:2 - which sends ambassadors by the sea,
in vessels of papyrus on the waters!
Go, you swift messengers,
to a nation tall and smooth,
to a people feared near and far,
a nation mighty and conquering,
whose land the rivers divide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:7 - At that time tribute will be brought to the LORD of hosts
from a people tall and smooth,
from a people feared near and far,
a nation mighty and conquering,
whose land the rivers divide, to Mount Zion, the place of the name of the LORD of hosts.

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I have loved you with an everlasting love;
therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:28 - Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: None of my words will be delayed any longer, but the word that I speak will be performed, declares the Lord GOD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:20 - They shall fall amid those who are slain by the sword. Egypt[fn] is delivered to the sword; drag her away, and all her multitudes.

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became sick with the heat of wine;
he stretched out his hand with mockers.

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with the bands of love,
and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws,
and I bent down to them and fed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:13 - “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD,
“when the plowman shall overtake the reaper
and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed;
the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
and all the hills shall flow with it.
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