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Lexicon :: Strong's H4223 - mᵊḥā'

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מְחָא
Transliteration
mᵊḥā'
Pronunciation
mekh-aw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to מָחָא (H4222)
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TWOT Reference: 2824

Strong’s Definitions

מְחָא mᵉchâʼ, mekh-aw'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H4222; to strike in pieces; also to arrest; specifically to impale:—hang, smite, stay.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H4223 in the following manner: smote (2x), can (1x), hanged (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H4223 in the following manner: smote (2x), can (1x), hanged (1x).

  1. to strike, smite, kill

    1. (P'al) to strike

    2. (Pael) to hinder

    3. (Ithp'al) to allow to be stricken

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְחָא mᵉchâʼ, mekh-aw'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H4222; to strike in pieces; also to arrest; specifically to impale:—hang, smite, stay.
STRONGS H4223: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† [מְחָא] verb smite (see Biblical Hebrew II. H4229 מָחָה); —
Pe. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular מְחַת, ל of thing, Daniel 2:34,35 (+ עַל).
Pa. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular ימַחֵא בִידֵהּ Daniel 4:32, i.e. hinder him (compare Ecclesiastes 8:4 Targum; DAramaic Dialektproben. p. 5; Talmud: LevyNHWB under the word).
Hithpa. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִתְמְחֵא Ezra 6:11 let him be smitten (nailed) עֲלֹ֑הִי.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

6:11

Ecclesiastes

8:4

Daniel

2:34; 2:35; 4:32

H4223

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Strong's Number H4223 matches the Hebrew מְחָא (mᵊḥā'),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:11 - Also I make a decree that if anyone alters this edict, a beam shall be pulled out of his house, and he shall be impaled on it, and his house shall be made a dunghill.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:34 - As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:35 - Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, all together were broken in pieces, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:35 - all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
and he does according to his will among the host of heaven
and among the inhabitants of the earth;
and none can stay his hand
or say to him, “What have you done?”
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