מַחַץ
machats · H4273 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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wound, injury
Injury, usually sustained by being struck with a hammer, club or similar object, resulting in breaking the underlying bones
ExamplesIsaiah 30:26 And the light of the full moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, on the day the LORD binds up the fracture of His people and heals the wound He has inflicted.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מַכָּהstroke 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רָפָאto heal 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- נֶגַע negaʻ · H5061 · plague, disease, stroke
- נֶגַע denotes a stroke or plague, often in contexts of divine judgment or affliction, overlapping semantically with מַחַץ as both refer to a striking or blow, though נֶגַע has broader application to diseases and plagues.
- מַכָּה makkâh · H4347 · stroke, lash, stripe
- מַכָּה is a common Hebrew term for a blow, stroke, or wound, functioning as a near synonym to מַחַץ in denoting the result or act of striking, though מַכָּה has broader usage across various contexts of injury and defeat.
In the other Testament 1 word
- πληγή plēgḗ · G4127 · to hit, to strike, to beat
- πληγή is the standard Greek equivalent for Hebrew מַחַץ, both denoting a stroke or blow, particularly in contexts of divine judgment or physical impact. This is a direct translation equivalent that would be used to render the Hebrew term in the Septuagint.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Impact002001001024
- מַחַץ, occurring once in Psalm 68:21, names the crushing blow God deals to His enemies' heads, sharing the same violent-impact sense as its related verb מָחַץ (mâchats, H4272).
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4273. machats מַ֫חַץ noun [masculine] severe wound; — only construct יִרְמָּא מַכָּתוֺ…
מַ֫חַץ noun [masculine] severe wound; — only construct יִרְמָּא מַכָּתוֺ מַחַץ Isa 30:26 of ׳יs restoration of his people (|| עַמּוֺ שֶׁבֶר חָבַשׁ).
מַחְצֵב see חצב. מַחֲצִית מֶחֱצָה, see חצה.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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