Meach מְחָא
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| מְחָא | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | meach |
| Strong's number | H4223 |
| Language | Aramaic |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to smite |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Daniel (3) |
Meach (Aramaic מְחָא, Strong's H4223) is an Aramaic verb meaning “to smite”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to strike, smite, kill
1a) (P'al) to strike
1b) (Pael) to hinder
1c) (Ithp'al) to allow to be stricken
1a) (P'al) to strike
1b) (Pael) to hinder
1c) (Ithp'al) to allow to be stricken
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | smote (2), hanged (1), stay (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | he is to be impaled (1), it struck (1), had struck (1), can restrain (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Meach, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Ezra
- Ezra 6:11Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.I also decree that if any man interferes with this directive, a beam is to be torn from his house and raised up, and he is to be impaled on it. And his own house shall be made a pile of rubble for this offense.
Daniel
- Daniel 2:34Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.
- Daniel 2:35Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
- Daniel 4:35And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).