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Lexicon :: Strong's H4229 - māḥâ

Aa
מָחָה
Transliteration
māḥâ
Pronunciation
maw-khaw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1178,1179,118

Strong’s Definitions

מָחָה mâchâh, maw-khaw'; a primitive root; properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. grease or make fat; also to touch, i.e. reach to:—abolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, × utterly, wipe (away, out).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's H4229 in the following manner: (blot, put, etc)...out (17x), destroy (6x), wipe (4x), blot (3x), wipe away (2x), abolished (1x), marrow (1x), reach (1x), utterly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x
The KJV translates Strong's H4229 in the following manner: (blot, put, etc)...out (17x), destroy (6x), wipe (4x), blot (3x), wipe away (2x), abolished (1x), marrow (1x), reach (1x), utterly (1x).

  1. 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)

  2. (Qal) to strike

  3. (Pual) full of marrow (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָחָה mâchâh, maw-khaw'; a primitive root; properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. grease or make fat; also to touch, i.e. reach to:—abolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, × utterly, wipe (away, out).
STRONGS H4229: Abbreviations
† I. מָחָה verb wipe, wipe out (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic bdb056201, efface, erase, cancel, obliterate; Aramaic מְחָא (I), compare Phoenician למחת according to stroke = exactly HoffinPhoenician Inschr., Abh. GGW, xxxvi. May 1889, 9). —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular מָחָה Numbers 5:23 + 3 times; 3rd person feminine singular ֽֽֽמחֲתָה Proverbs 30:20 + 4 times Perfect; Imperfect יִמְחֶה 2 Kings 21:13; וַיִּמַח (Baer; variant reading וַיִּמַּח) Genesis 7:23; 1st person singular suffix אֶמְחֶנּוּ Exodus 32:33; + 4 times 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 MT לַמְחוֺת); —
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 אֶתֿ עַל־פָּנֶיה יְרוּשָׁלִַם כַּאֲשֶׁר יִמְחֶה אֶתהַֿצַּלַּחַת מָחָה וְהָפַךְ 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, הָאֲדָמָה פְּנֵי מֵעַל 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. Perfect 3rd person masculine plural נִמְחוּ Ezekiel 6:6; Imperfect יִמָּחֶה Deuteronomy 25:6; Judges 21:17; יִמַּח Psalm 109:13; 3rd person feminine singular תִּמָּ֑ח Psalm 109:14; + 4 times 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 [Nehemiah 4:5]; Psalm 109:14; reproach, Proverbs 6:33.
3. be exterminated, מִןהָֿאָרֶץ Genesis 7:23 (J); of idolatrous works of Israel Ezekiel 6:6.
Hiph. Imperfect 2nd person 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. 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), bdb056202; according to L GeiUrspr. d. spr. 416 LagSemitic i. 26, BN 142 NöZMG xxxii, 1878, 409 weakend from bdb056203= bdb056204, Hebrew מָחַץ which see, compare Dr§ 178 n.; Assyrian maḫû = crush, oppress, according to DlHWB 396); — Perfect 3rd person 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. Participle מְמֻחָיִם (Ges§ 75. R. 13) in phrase שְׁמָנִים מ׳ Isaiah 25:6 fat pieces full of marrow.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H4223.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:7; 7:4; 7:23; 7:23; 7:23

Exodus

17:14; 17:14; 32:32; 32:32; 32:33; 32:33

Numbers

5:23; 5:23; 34:11

Deuteronomy

9:14; 25:6; 25:6; 25:19; 29:19

Judges

21:17; 21:17

2 Kings

14:27; 14:27; 21:13; 21:13

Nehemiah

4:5; 13:14; 13:14

Psalms

9:6; 51:3; 51:3; 51:11; 51:11; 69:29; 109:13; 109:13; 109:14; 109:14

Proverbs

6:33; 30:20; 30:20; 31:3; 31:3; 31:3

Isaiah

25:6; 25:8; 43:25; 43:25; 44:22

Jeremiah

18:23; 18:23

Ezekiel

6:6; 6:6

H4229

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Strong's Number H4229 matches the Hebrew מָחָה (māḥâ),
which occurs 36 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:23 - So H3541 He wiped H4229 out H4229 [fn]every H3605 living H3351 thing H3351 that was upon the face H6440 of the land H127, from mankind H120 to animals H929, to crawling H7431 things H7431, and the birds H5775 of the sky H8064, and they were wiped H4229 out H4229 from the earth H776; and only H389 Noah H5146 was left H7604, together with those that were with him in the ark H8392.

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Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Write H3789 this H2088 in [fn]a book H5612 as a memorial H2146 and [fn]recite H7760 H241 it to Joshua H3091, [fn]that I will utterly H4229 wipe H4229 out H4229 the memory H2143 of Amalek H6002 from under H8478 heaven H8064.”

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‘The priest H3548 shall then write H3789 these H428 curses H423 on a scroll H5612, and he shall [fn]wash H4229 them off H4229 into the water H4325 of bitterness H4751.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:11 - and the border H1366 shall go H3381 down H3381 from Shepham H8221 to Riblah H7247 on the east H6924 side of Ain H5871; and the border H1366 shall go H3381 down H3381 and reach H4229 to the slope H3802 on the east H6924 side H6924 of the Sea H3220 of Chinnereth H3672.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:27 - Yet the LORD H3068 did not say H1696 that He would wipe H4229 out H4229 the name H8034 of Israel H3478 from under H8478 heaven H8064, but He saved H3467 them by the hand H3027 of Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Joash H3060.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:5 - Do not [fn]forgive H3680 their guilt H5771 and do not let their sin H2403 be wiped H4229 out H4229 before H4480 H6440 You, for they have [fn]demoralized H3707 H5048 the builders H1129.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:14 - Remember H2142 me for this H2088, my God H430, and do not wipe H4229 out H4229 my loyal H2617 deeds H2617 which H834 I have performed H6213 for the house H1004 of my God H430 and its services H4929.

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You have rebuked H1605 the nations H1471, You have eliminated H6 the wicked H7563;

You have wiped H4229 out H4229 their name H8034 forever H5769 and ever H5703.

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For the music director. A Psalm of David, when [fn]Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

Be H2603 gracious H2603 to me, God H430, according to Your faithfulness H2617;

According to the greatness H7230 of Your compassion H7356, wipe H4229 out H4229 my wrongdoings H6588.

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Hide H5641 Your face H6440 from my sins H2399

And wipe H4229 out H4229 all H3605 my guilty H5771 deeds H5771.

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May they be wiped H4229 out H4229 of the book H5612 of life H2416,

And may they not be [fn]recorded H3789 with the righteous H6662.

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May his descendants H319 be [fn]eliminated H3772;

May their name H8034 be wiped H4229 out H4229 in a following H312 generation H1755.

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May the guilt H5771 of his fathers H1 be remembered H2142 [fn]before H413 the LORD H3068,

And do not let the sin H2403 of his mother H517 be wiped H4229 out H4229.

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He will find H4672 wounds H5061 and disgrace H7036,

And his shame H2781 will not be removed H4229.

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This H3651 is the way H1870 of an adulterous H5003 woman H802:

She eats H398 and wipes H4229 her mouth H6310,

And says H559, “I have done H6466 no H3808 wrong H205.”

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Do not give H5414 your strength H2428 to women H802,

Or your ways H1870 to that which destroys H4229 kings H4428.

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Now the LORD H3068 of armies H6635 will prepare H6213 a [fn]lavish H8081 banquet H4960 for all H3605 peoples H5971 on this H2088 mountain H2022;

A banquet H4960 of [fn]aged H8105 wine H8105, [fn]choice H8081 pieces with marrow H4229,

And [fn]refined H2212, aged H8105 wine H8105.

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He will [fn]swallow H1104 up H1104 death H4194 for all H5331 time H5331,

And the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 will wipe H4229 tears H1832 away H4229 from all H3605 faces H6440,

And He will remove H5493 the disgrace H2781 of His people H5971 from all H3605 the earth H776;

For the LORD H3068 has spoken H1696.

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“I, I alone, am the one who wipes H4229 out H4229 your wrongdoings H6588 for My own sake H4616,

And I will not remember H2142 your sins H2403.

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“I have wiped H4229 out H4229 your wrongdoings H6588 like a thick H5645 cloud H5645

And your sins H2403 like a [fn]heavy H6051 mist H6051.

Return H7725 to Me, for I have redeemed H1350 you.”

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But You, LORD H3068, know H3045

All H3605 their [fn]deadly H4194 schemes H6098 against H5921 me;

Do not [fn]forgive H3722 their wrongdoing H5771

Or wipe H4229 out H4229 their sin H2403 from Your sight H6440.

But may they be [fn]overthrown H3782 before H6440 You;

Deal H6213 with them in the time H6256 of Your anger H639!

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