BDB4743
I. [מַסָּה] noun feminine despair (literally melting, failing); — only לְמַסַּת נְקִיִּים יִלְעָ֑ג Job 9:23 at the despair of innocent ones he mocketh; so ᵑ7 Ew Di Bu Du > Ges Hi and others trial (by calamity), √ נסה .
Strong's Lexicon
H4531
H4531 — מַסָּה
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H4531 |
|---|---|
| Word: | מַסָּה |
| Part of Speech: | noun fem |
| Etymology: | from H5254 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 5 |
| Transliteration: | maccah |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | mas-saw' |
| Meaning: | 1. a testing, of men (judicial) or of God (querulous) |
| KJV Renderings: | temptation, trial. |
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BDB5228
II. מַסָּה noun feminine test, trial, proving; — ׳ מ Ps 95:8 construct מַסַּת Job 9:23 plural מַסֹּת Deut 4:34; Deut 7:19, מַסּוֺת Deut 29:2 — testingsor provings of Pharaoh and Egyptians at Exodus, Deut 4:34 (see Dr), Deut 7:19; Deut 29:2 (|| אֹתֹת); — test, trial, of innocent person Job 9:23 according to Hi and others, but see I. מַסָּה below מסס.
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
מסה (mas-sah’)
Deuteronomy 4:34
- KJV: Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
- EHCC: by temptations, by signs, and by woole,
Deuteronomy 6:16
- KJV: Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
- EHCC: as ye tempted (him) in Mussah.
Deuteronomy 7:19
- KJV: The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the Lord thy God brought thee out: so shall the Lord thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.
- EHCC: The great temptations which thine evo
Deuteronomy 9:22
- KJV: And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth–hattaavah, ye provoked the Lord to wrath.
- EHCC: at Messah, and at Kibroth-hattearah,
Deuteronomy 29:3
- KJV: The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:
- EHCC: (2). The great templations which thine |
Deuteronomy 33:8
- KJV: And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
- EHCC: whom thou didst prove at % |
Job 9:23
- KJV: If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
- EHCC: he will laugh at the trial of the innoce, |
Psalms 95:8
- KJV: Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:provocation: Heb. contention
- EHCC: the day of temptation in the wildernes’.