Strong's Lexicon

H4278

H4278 — מֶחקָר

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

Hebrewmechqarnoun mascOccurrences: 1TWOT: 729b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4278
Word:מֶחקָר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H2713
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:mechqar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:mekh-kawr'
Meaning:1. (properly) scrutinized 2. (by implication) a recess
KJV Renderings:deep place.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3078

[מֶחְקָר] noun masculine range (as place to be explored), מֶחְקְרֵיאָֿ֑רֶץ Ps 95:4 (compare חֵקֶר Job 38:16).


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מחק (mah-ghak’)

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: she smote off his head,
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