Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H4535 |
|---|---|
| Word: | מַסָּח |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Etymology: | from H5255 in the sense of staving off |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | maccach |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | mas-sawkh' |
| Meaning: | 1. a cordon, (adverbially) or (as a) military barrier |
| KJV Renderings: | broken down. |
Strong's is an index and starting point, not the final meaning of a word. Do not build doctrine from a gloss, root, or number. Test meaning by sentence, grammar, authorial usage, context, and the passage argument.
מַסָּח dubious word, only in וּשְׂמַרְתֶּם אֶתמִֿשְׁמֶרֶת הַבַּיִת מַסָּ֑ח 2Kgs 11:6 Thes and others below √ נסח = for plucking away i.e. repulse, defence, but very uncertain; probably textual error; omitted by ᵐ5 B We Stap. 354; ᵐ5 L Μεσσαε.
[מִסְחָר] see סחר
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
