Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H4799
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
- marach
- Pronunciation
- maw-rakh'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H4799
- Brief meaning
- Properly, to soften by rubbing or pressure, hence (medicinally) to apply as an emollient
- Source renderings
- lay for a plaister
- Root word
- a primitive root
- Full definition from the source
- Properly, to soften by rubbing or pressure; hence (medicinally) to apply as an emollient. 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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04799\ 4799 marach maw-rakh' a primitive root; properly, to soften by rubbing or pressure; hence (medicinally) to apply as an emollient:--lay for a plaister.