Machats מָחַץ
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| מָחַץ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | machats |
| Strong's number | H4272 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to wound |
| Occurrences | 14 in 14 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (5) |
Machats (Hebrew מָחַץ, Strong's H4272) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to wound”. It occurs 14 times in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to smite through, shatter, wound severely
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to shatter
1a2) shattering (participle)
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to shatter
1a2) shattering (participle)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | wound (3), smite (2), wounded (2), pierce (1), pierced (1), woundeth (1), smiteth (1), dipped (1), strike (1), woundedst (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | he will crush (3), pierce them (1), i wound (1), smash (1), she shattered (1), crushed them (1), he strikes (1), he shattered (1), i crushed them (1), will crush (1), may be dipped (1), you crushed (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Machats, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Numbers
- Numbers 24:8God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.
- Numbers 24:17I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
- Deuteronomy 33:11Bless, Lord, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.Bless his substance, O LORD, and accept the work of his hands. Smash the loins of those who rise against him, and of his foes so they can rise no more.”
Judges
- Judges 5:26She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple.
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 22:39And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.
Job
- Job 5:18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
- Job 26:12He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
Psalms
- Psalm 18:38I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.I crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.
- Psalm 68:21But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.
- Psalm 68:23That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.that your foot may be dipped in the blood of your foes— the tongues of your dogs in the same.”
- Psalm 110:5The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
- Psalm 110:6He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.
Habakkuk
- Habakkuk 3:13Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. Selah
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).