Strong's Lexicon

H4273

H4273 — מַחַץ

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

Hebrewmachatsnoun mascOccurrences: 1TWOT: 1183a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4273
Word:מַחַץ
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H4272
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:machats
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:makh'-ats
Meaning:1. a contusion
KJV Renderings:stroke.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4600

מַ֫חַץ noun [masculine] severe wound; — only construct מַחַץ מַכָּתוֺ יִרְפָּא Isa 30:26 of ׳ י's restoration of his people (|| חָבַשׁ שֶׁבֶר עַמּוֺ).


מַחְצֵב see חצב . מֶחֱצָה, מַחֲצִית see חצה .


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מחץ (mah’-ghatz)

Isaiah 30:26

KJV: Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
EHCC: and healeth the stroke of their wound.
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