Strong's Lexicon

H4272

H4272 — מָחַץ

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmachatsverb-stemOccurrences: 14TWOT: 1183

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4272
Word:	מָחַץ
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	14
Transliteration:	machats
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	maw-khats'
Meaning:	1. to dash asunder 2. (by implication) to crush, smash or violently plunge 3. (figuratively) to subdue or destroy
KJV Renderings:	dip, pierce (through), smite (through), strike through, wound.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4599

מָחַץ verb smite through, wound severely, shatter (poetry) (Assyrian ma—âƒu , smite, wound, Dl^{HWB 398} ; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2959] churn; beat or agitate the milk, etc.; Sabean מחֿץֿ DHM^{ZXG xxx. 1876, 684; xxxvii. 1883, 338; Burgen u. Schlösser (SB. xcvii.
1881), 965} (of stone-cutter's work), Hom^{Chrestom.
127}; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 2960]); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳ מ Job 26:12 + 3 t.; וּמחֲצָה Judg 5:26 etc.; Imperfect יִמְחַץ Job 5:18; Ps 68:22 1 singular suffix אֶמְחָצֵם Ps 18:39 ׳ וָא 2Sam 22:39 — smite through, followed by ראֹשׁוֺ, of Jael, Judg 5:26 (|| הָלַם, מָחַק, חָלַף); of Israel, shattering enemies, ׳ חִצָּיו יִמ Num 24:8 (object omitted; || עַצְמֹתֵיהֶם יְגָרֵם) compare Num 24:17 (object ַפּאֲתֵי מוֺאָב); compare Ps 18:39 = 2Sam 22:39 of ׳ י,smiting through or shattering his foes, Ps 110:5 their heads Ps 110:6; Ps 68:22; Hab 3:13, loins Deut 33:1 compare Job 26:12 object רַהַב , q. v.; absolute, Deut 32:39 (opposed to רָפָא; || clause אָמִית וַאֲחַיֶּה ) compare Job 5:18 (opposed to רָפָא, || clause יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ). For תִּמְחַץ רגלך בְּדָם Ps 68:24, read תִּרְחַץ (Ps 58:11), Ol Br Che Bae We.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מחץ (h-ghatz’)

Numbers 24:17

KJV: I 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.smite…: or, smite through the princes of

EHCC: and shall smite the corners of Moab,

Deuteronomy 32:39

KJV: See 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.

EHCC: 7 wound, and I heal:

Judges 5:26

KJV: She 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.with…: Heb. she hammered

EHCC: when she had pierced and stricken

Job 26:12

KJV: He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.the proud: Heb. pride

EHCC: As smiteth through the proud.

Psalms 110:5

KJV: The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.

EHCC: at thy right hand shall strike through

Habakkuk 3:13

KJV: Thou 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.by…: Heb. making naked

EHCC: thow woundedst the head

Deuteronomy 33:11

KJV: Bless, 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.

EHCC: smite through the loins of them

Numbers 24:8

KJV: God 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.

EHCC: and pierce (them) through with his arrows.

Job 5:18

KJV: For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

EHCC: 48 woundeth, and his hands make whole.

Job 68:21

EHCC: (22). God shall wound the head of