Masas מָסַס

Masas (Hebrew מָסַס, Strong's H4549) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to melt”. It occurs 21 times in 20 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

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

Exodus

• Exodus 16:21
  And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.Every morning each one gathered as much as was needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 1:28
  Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”
• Deuteronomy 20:8
  And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as his heart.Then the officers shall speak further to the army, saying, “Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let him return home, so that the hearts of his brothers will not melt like his own.”

Joshua

• Joshua 2:11
  And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.
• Joshua 5:1
  And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and their spirits failed for fear of the Israelites.
• Joshua 7:5
  And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.

Judges

• Judges 15:14
  And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.When Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 15:9
  But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to destroy them, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 17:10
  And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.Then even the most valiant soldier with the heart of a lion will melt with fear, because all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man who has valiant men with him.

Psalms

• Psalm 22:14
  I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
• Psalm 68:2
  As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.
• Psalm 97:5
  The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.
• Psalm 112:10
  The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 10:18
  And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.The splendor of its forests and orchards, both soul and body, it will completely destroy, as a sickness consumes a man.
• Isaiah 13:7
  Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt:Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.
• Isaiah 19:1
  The burden of Egypt. Behold, the Lord rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.
• Isaiah 34:3
  Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 21:7
  And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord God.And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.”

Micah

• Micah 1:4
  And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.

Nahum

• Nahum 2:10
  She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!

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).