Strong's Lexicon

H4600

H4600 — מָעַך

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

Hebrewma`akverb-stemOccurrences: 3TWOT: 1229

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4600
Word:מָעַך
Part of Speech:verb-stem
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:3
Transliteration:ma`ak
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:maw-ak'
Meaning:1. to press, i.e. to pierce, emasculate, handle
KJV Renderings:bruised, stuck, be pressed.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4763

[מָעַךְ] verb press, squeeze (Late Hebrew id.; ᵑ7 מְעַךְ; Arabic [untranscribed source text 3057] rub); —

Qal Passive participle וּמָעוּךְ וְכָתוּת וְנָתוּק וְכָרוּת Lev 22:24 ( H ), not to be offered to ׳ י, reference to emasculation (compare Di); וַחֲנִיתוֺ מְעוּכָהבָֿאָרֶץ 1Sam 26:7 and his spear pressed (thrust) into the ground.
Pu`al Perfect 3 masculine plural שָׁמָּה מֹעֲכוּ שְׁדֵיהֶן Ezek 23:3 there were their breasts squeezed (|| עִשּׂוּ; unchastely; figurative of intercourse of Samaria and Jerusalem with Egypt, involving idolatry).


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מעך (mah-fath)

Leviticus 22:24

KJV: Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land.
EHCC: Ye sball not offer unto the Lord thet which

Leviticus 154:26

EHCC: 7.his spear stuck in the ground

Ezekiel 23:3

KJV: And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.
EHCC: there were their breasts pressed,
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