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Lexicon :: Strong's H4272 - māḥaṣ

Aa
מָחַץ
Transliteration
māḥaṣ
Pronunciation
maw-khats'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1183

Strong’s Definitions

מָחַץ mâchats, maw-khats'; a primitive root; to dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroy:—dip, pierce (through), smite (through), strike through, wound.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H4272 in the following manner: wound (7x), smite through (2x), pierce (2x), strike through (1x), pierce through (1x), dipped (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H4272 in the following manner: wound (7x), smite through (2x), pierce (2x), strike through (1x), pierce through (1x), dipped (1x).

  1. to smite through, shatter, wound severely

    1. (Qal)

      1. to shatter

      2. shattering (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָחַץ mâchats, maw-khats'; a primitive root; to dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroy:—dip, pierce (through), smite (through), strike through, wound.
STRONGS H4272: Abbreviations
† מָחַץ verb smite through, wound severely, shatter (poetry) (Assyrian maḫâṣu, smite, wound, DlHWB 398; Arabic bdb056301 churn; beat or agitate the milk, etc.; Sabean מחֿץֿ DHMZXG xxx. 1876, 684; xxxvii. 1883, 338; Burgen u. Schlösser (SB. xcvii. 1881), 965 (of stone-cutter's work), HomChrestom. 127; Ethiopic bdb056302); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular מ׳ Job 26:12 + 3 times; וּֽֽֽמחֲצָה Judges 5:26 etc.; Imperfect יִמְחַץ Job 5:18; Psalm 68:22; 1st person singular suffix אֶמְחָצֵם Psalm 18:39; וָא׳ 2 Samuel 22:39; — smite through, followed by ראֹשׁוֺ, of Jael, Judges 5:26 (|| הָלַם, מָחַק, חָלַף); of Israel, shattering enemies, חִצָּיו יִמ׳ Numbers 24:8 (object omitted; || עַצְמֹתֵיהֶם יְגָרֵם) compare Numbers 24:17 (object מוֹאָב פַּֽאֲתֵי); compare Psalm 18:39 = 2 Samuel 22:39; of י׳, smiting through or shattering his foes, Psalm 110:5; their heads Psalm 110:6; Psalm 68:22; Habakkuk 3:13, loins Deuteronomy 33:1; compare Job 26:12 object רַהַב, which see; absolute, Deuteronomy 32:39 (opposed to רָפָא; || clause אָמִית וַאֲחַיֶּה) compare Job 5:18 (opposed to רָפָא, || clause יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ). For תִּמְחַץ רגלך בְּדָם Psalm 68:24, read תִּרְחַץ (Psalm 58:11), Ol Br Che Bae We.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

24:8; 24:17

Deuteronomy

32:39; 33:1

Judges

5:26; 5:26

2 Samuel

22:39; 22:39

Job

5:18; 5:18; 26:12; 26:12

Psalms

18:39; 18:39; 58:11; 68:22; 68:22; 68:24; 110:5; 110:6

Habakkuk

3:13

H4272

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4272 matches the Hebrew מָחַץ (māḥaṣ),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:8 - God led him out of Egypt; he has as it were the glory of a unicorn: he shall consume the nations of his enemies, and he shall [fn]drain their marrow, and with his darts he shall shoot through the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:17 - I will point to him, but not now; I bless him, but he draws not near: a star shall rise out of Jacob, a man shall spring out of Israel; and shall crush the princes of Moab, and shall spoil all the sons of Seth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:39 - Behold, behold that I am he, and there is no god beside me: I kill, and I will make to live: I will smite, and I will heal; and there is none who shall deliver out of my hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:11 - Bless, Lord, his strength, and accept the works of his hands; break the loins of his enemies that have risen up against him, and let not them that hate him rise up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:26 - She stretched forth her left hand to [fn]the nail, and her right hand to the workman's hammer, and she [fn]smote Sisara with it, she nailed through his head and smote him; she nailed through his temples.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:39 - And [fn]I will crush them, and they shall not rise; and they shall fall under my feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:18 - For he causes a man to be in pain, and restores him again: he smites, and his hands heal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:12 - He has calmed the sea with his might, and by his wisdom the whale has been overthrown.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:38

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:38 - (LXX 17:39) I will dash them to pieces and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:21 - (LXX 67:22) But God shall crush the heads of his enemies; the hairy crown of them that go on in their trespasses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:23 - (LXX 67:24) That thy foot may be dipped in blood, and the tongue of thy dogs be stained with that of thine enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:5 - (LXX 109:5) The Lord at thy right hand has dashed in pieces kings in the day of his wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:6 - (LXX 109:6) He shall judge among the nations, he shall fill up the number of corpses, he shall crush the heads of many on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:13 - Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, to save thine anointed: thou shalt bring death on the heads of transgressors; thou hast brought bands upon their neck. Pause.
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