Massah מַסָּה
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| מַסָּה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | massah |
| Strong's number | H4531 (H4531B, H4531A) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | trial |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Deuteronomy (3) |
Massah (Hebrew מַסָּה, Strong's H4531) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “trial”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H4531B: trial
testing, proving, trial
H4531A: despair
despair
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | temptations (3), trial (1), temptation (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | trials (3), despair (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Massah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 4:34Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
- Deuteronomy 7:19The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the Lord thy God brought thee out: so shall the Lord thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.
- Deuteronomy 29:3The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:You saw with your own eyes the great trials, and those miraculous signs and wonders.
Job
- Job 9:23If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
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).