Massa מַסַּע
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| מַסַּע | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | massa |
| Strong's number | H4550 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | journey |
| Occurrences | 12 in 11 verses |
| Most frequent in | Numbers (6) |
Massa (Hebrew מַסַּע, Strong's H4550) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “journey”. It occurs 12 times in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) a pulling up (of stakes), breaking camp, setting out, journey
1a) pulling up, breaking camp
1b) setting out
1c) station, stage, journey
1a) pulling up, breaking camp
1b) setting out
1c) station, stage, journey
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | journeys (9), journeying (1), journeyings (1), journey (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | set out (2), place to place (1), moving from place to place (1), stages of their journey (1), their journeys (1), traveling from place to place (1), was the order of march (1), journeys (1), their journey (1), are the stages (1), your journey (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Massa, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 13:3And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth–el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth–el and Hai;From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,
Exodus
- Exodus 17:1And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
- Exodus 40:36And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out through all the stages of their journey.
- Exodus 40:38For the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.For the cloud of the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel through all their journeys.
Numbers
- Numbers 10:2Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.“Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out.
- Numbers 10:6When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.When you sound the short blasts a second time, the camps that lie on the south side are to set out. The blasts are to signal them to set out.
- Numbers 10:12And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.
- Numbers 10:28Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.This was the order of march for the Israelite divisions as they set out.
- Numbers 33:1These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.These are the journeys of the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt by their divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.
- Numbers 33:2And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the Lord: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.At the LORD’s command, Moses recorded the stages of their journey. These are the stages listed by their starting points:
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 10:11And the Lord said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.Then the LORD said to me, “Get up. Continue your journey ahead of the people, that they may enter and possess the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.”
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).