מָסֹרֶת
mâçôreth · H4562 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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bond, obligation
State in which humans are under obligation to other humans, as in a covenant
ExamplesEzekiel 20:37 “I will make you pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant;
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
- בְּרִיתcovenant, treaty 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 2
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 1 word
- עֲבֹת ʻăbôth · H5688 · rope, cord
- עֲבֹת (ʿăḇōṯ) denotes cords or ropes used for binding, often appearing in contexts of restraint (e.g., Judg 15:13-14), making it a functional synonym for 'bond' in the sense of a physical restraint.
In the other Testament 2 words
- δεσμόν desmón · G1199 · bonds, chains, fetters
- Greek δεσμός (desmos) is the standard NT equivalent for 'bond/fetter,' precisely matching the Hebrew מָסֹרֶת in denoting a physical restraint or binding.
- σύνδεσμος sýndesmos · G4886 · bindings, bonds, that which ties together
- Greek σύνδεσμος (syndesmos) denotes a bond or binding element, used both literally and metaphorically for that which holds together, serving as a functional equivalent to מָסֹרֶת.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Control002003002007
- מָסֹרֶת denotes a bond, a restraint exercising control over what it binds.
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4562. masoreth מָסֹ֫רֶת noun feminine construct ׳מ הַבְּרִית bond of the covenant Eze…
מָסֹ֫רֶת noun feminine construct ׳מ הַבְּרִית bond of the covenant Eze 20:37 (= מַאֲסֹרֶת; text dubious compare LagGN 1882, 168 f. M 61; Co reads מוסר, i.e. מוּסָר see below יסר; so ᵑ6).
[מוֺסֵר]
noun masculineIsa 28:22 band, bond, in poetry & late (= מֹאסֵר; Ethiopic Syriac , compare Assyrian mêsiru, sheathing, plating, e.g. LyonSargontexte, p. 16, l. 65 & p. 80) — construct מוֺסַר Job 12:18 (so Di Hoffm and others for מוּסַר); plural מוֺסֵרוֺת Jer 5:5; Jer 27:2; construct מֹסְרוֺת Job 39:5; מוֺסְרֵי Isa 52:2; suffix מוֺסֵרָי֑ Psa 116:16; מוֺסְרוֺתֶיךָ Jer 30:8; מוֺסְרֵיכֶם Isa 28:22; מוֺסְרוֺתֵי֑מוֺ Psa 2:3 etc.; — bands accusative after פִתֵּהַ Job 39:5 restraining-bands of wild ass; Psa 116:16 bonds of distress; Isa 52:2 ׳מ צַוָּארֵח bonds of captivity of Zion, verb Hithpa`el; compare also Job 12:18 מִּתֵּחַ מְלָכִים מוֺסַר (so read, see above & AV RV); Di understands bonds imposed by kings; Hoffm girdles of kings, & reads וַיָּסַר in ||, for וַיֶּאְסַר; more often accusative after נִתֵּק Psa 2:3 bonds imposed by ׳י & his anointed, compare Jer 5:5 & Jer 2:20 (ᵑ9 ᵐ5, see Commentaries); of Yahweh's breaking bonds of Israel Jer 30:8; Nah 1:13 (last four || עֹל שָׁבַר), bonds of oppressed Psa 107:14; מ ׳יֶחְזְקוּ Isa 28:22, i.e. bonds imposed by Assyria; compare Jer 27:2 (|| מֹט) literal, symbolic of rule of Nebuchadrezzar.
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
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