מֶחְקָר
mechqâr · H4278 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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depth
A location of extremely low elevation as opposed to the peak of a mountain
ExamplesPsalm 95:4 In whose hand are the depths of the earth, The peaks of the mountains are also His.
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
- אֶרֶץland, earth, ground 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יָדhand, power 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
- תְּהוֹם tᵉhôwm · H8415 · ocean, great deep, spring
- Hebrew term for the primordial deep or abyss; both מֶחְקָר and תְּהוֹם denote unfathomable depths, though תְּהוֹם typically refers to watery depths or the cosmic deep while מֶחְקָר emphasizes the unsearchable aspect of deep places
- מְצוֹלָה mᵉtsôwlâh · H4688 · ravine, pit, depth
- Hebrew term for depths or deep places, often watery depths; overlaps semantically with מֶחְקָר as both denote deep, often inaccessible places, though מְצוֹלָה more commonly refers to sea depths
In the other Testament 2 words
- βάθος báthos · G899 · depth, deep, deep place
- Greek equivalent for 'deep place' or 'depth'; used in LXX to translate Hebrew terms for deep places and depths, including Job 38:16 where it parallels the Hebrew concept of unfathomable depths
- ἄβυσσος ábyssos · G12 · abyss, abode of evil spirits, very deep place
- Greek term for the deep, bottomless depth; commonly used in LXX for primordial depths and unfathomable places, a natural translation equivalent for Hebrew terms denoting deep, unsearchable places
Semantic domains 1 entry
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4278. mechqar [מֶחְקָר] noun masculine range (as place to be explored), מֶחְקְרֵיאָֿ֑רֶץ…
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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