Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H4229
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- machah
- Pronunciation
- maw-khaw'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H4229
- Brief meaning
- Properly, to stroke or rub, by implication, to erase, also to smooth (as if with oil)
- Source renderings
- abolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, utterly, wipe (away, out)
- Root word
- a primitive root
- Full definition from the source
- 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. Root word: a primitive root.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
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04229\ 4229 machah 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, X utterly, wipe (away, out).