Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H4290
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
- machtereth
- Pronunciation
- makh-teh'-reth
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H4290
- Brief meaning
- A burglary, figuratively, unexpected examination
- Source renderings
- breaking up, secret search
- Root word
- from H2864
- Full definition from the source
- A burglary; figuratively, unexpected examination. Root word: from H2864.
- Digital-source-added cross-reference note
- H2864
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.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
04290\ 4290 machtereth makh-teh'-reth from 2864; a burglary; figuratively, unexpected examination:--breaking up, secret search. see HEBREW for 02864