Strong's Lexicon

H4355

H4355 — מָכַך

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

Hebrewmakakverb-stemOccurrences: 3TWOT: 1193

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4355
Word:מָכַך
Part of Speech:verb-stem
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:3
Transliteration:makak
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:maw-kak'
Meaning:1. to tumble (in ruins) 2. (figuratively) to perish
KJV Renderings:be brought low, decay.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4637

[מָכַךְ] verb be low, humiliated (Aramaic מְכַךְ, [untranscribed source text 2979]; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2980] is suck entirely out, diminish, consume) —

Qal Imperfect וַיָּמֹ֫כּוּ Ps 106:43 of perverse Israel
Niph`al Imperfect יִמַּךְ Eccl 10:18 sink (in decay) of house-timbers.
Hoph`al Perfect וְהֻמְּכוּ Job 24:24 be brought low, of wicked.


I. מִכְלָה see כלא . II. [מִכְלָה] see כלה .


מִכְלוֺל, מִכְלָל, [מַכְלֻל] see כלל .


מַכֹּ֫לֶת see אכל . [מִכְמָן], מִכְמַנֵּי see כון .


מִכְמָס, מִכְמָשׂ see כמס .


מִכְמָר, [מַכְמֹר], [מִכְמֶ֫רֶת], מִכְמֹ֫רֶת see III. כמר .


מִכְמְתָת see כמת .


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מכך (mah-chach’)

Psalms 106:43

KJV: Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.brought…: or, impoverished, or, weakened
EHCC: and were brought low for their iniquity.
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