Machah מָחָה

Machah (Hebrew מָחָה, Strong's H4229) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to wipe”. It occurs 36 times in 32 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H4229A: to wipe

H4229B: to strike

H4229C: be marrow

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Machah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 6:7
  And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”
• Genesis 7:4
  For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
• Genesis 7:23
  And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.

Exodus

• Exodus 17:14
  And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
• Exodus 32:32
  Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”
• Exodus 32:33
  And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.The LORD replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot out of My book.

Numbers

• Numbers 5:23
  And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:And the priest shall write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.
• Numbers 34:11
  And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 9:14
  Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they are.”
• Deuteronomy 25:6
  And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.
• Deuteronomy 25:19
  Therefore it shall be, when the Lord thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.When the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that He is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you are to blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!
• Deuteronomy 29:20
  The Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven.The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven

Judges

• Judges 21:17
  And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.They added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 14:27
  And the Lord said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.and since the LORD had said that He would not blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.
• 2 Kings 21:13
  And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down.

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 4:5
  And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.
• Nehemiah 13:14
  Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my deeds of loving devotion for the house of my God and for its services.

Psalms

• Psalm 9:5
  Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
• Psalm 51:1
  Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
• Psalm 51:9
  Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.
• Psalm 69:28
  Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.
• Psalm 109:13
  Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
• Psalm 109:14
  Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 6:33
  A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.
• Proverbs 30:20
  Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
• Proverbs 31:3
  Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 25:6
  And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.
• Isaiah 25:8
  He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
• Isaiah 43:25
  I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
• Isaiah 44:22
  I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 18:23
  Yet, Lord, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.But You, O LORD, know all their deadly plots against me. Do not wipe out their guilt or blot out their sin from Your sight. Let them be overthrown before You; deal with them in the time of Your anger.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 6:6
  In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.Wherever you live, the cities will be laid waste and the high places will be demolished, so that your altars will be laid waste and desecrated, your idols smashed and obliterated, your incense altars cut down, and your works blotted out.

Notes

1. 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.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).