Strong's Lexicon

H4550

H4550 — מַסַּע

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

Hebrewmaccanoun mascOccurrences: 12TWOT: 1380a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4550
Word:מַסַּע
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H5265
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:12
Transliteration:macca
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:` (mas-sah') n-m.
Meaning:1. a departure (from striking the tents), i.e. march (not necessarily a single day's travel) 2. (by implication) a station (or point of departure)
KJV Renderings:journey(-ing).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB5244

מַסַּע noun [masculine] pulling up, breaking camp, setting out, journey; — absolute ׳ מ Num 10:2; Deut 10:11 plural construct מַסְעֵי Num 10:28; Num 33:1 suffix מַסָּעָיו Gen 13:3, מַסְעֵיהֶם Exod 17:1 + 6 t.; —

1.
a. pulling up, breaking camp (with accusative מַחֲנֶה; Ges«GKC:45e»§ 45e, «GKC:115d»115d) Num 10:2.
b. setting out Num 10:6, compare Num 10:23.
2. station, stage, journey (by stages), ׳ וַיֵּלֶךְ לְמ Gen 13:3 and he went by (according to) his journeyings (compare הלך , p. 231 a above); לְמַסְעֵיהֶם Exod 17:1 compare Exod 40:36; Exod 40:38; Num 10:12 (all P ; all with נָסַע), Num 33:1; Num 33:2 (|| מוֺצָאֵיהֶם), Num 33:2 (|| id. ); קוּם לֵךְ לְמַסַּע Deut 10:11 for journeying (see Dr).


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מסע (mas-sāg’)

1 Kings 6:7

KJV: And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
EHCC: stone made ready before it was brought
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