Strong's Lexicon

H4682

H4682 — מַצָּה

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

Hebrewmatstsahnoun femOccurrences: 53TWOT: 1234a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4682
Word:מַצָּה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from H4711 in the sense of greedily devouring for sweetness
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:53
Transliteration:matstsah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:mats-tsaw'
Meaning:1. (properly) sweetness 2. (concretely) sweet (i.e. not soured or bittered with yeast) 3. (specifically) an unfermented cake or loaf 4. (elliptically) the festival of Passover (because no leaven was then used)
KJV Renderings:unleaved (bread, cake), without leaven.

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BDB4783

I. מַצָּה noun feminine unleavened bread, or cake(s); — absolute ׳ מ Lev 2:5; Lev 8:26 ( אַחַת ׳ חַלַּת מ), Num 6:19 (id.), Num 6:19 usually plural מַצּוֺת Exod 12:15 + 44 t.; מַצֹּת Exod 12:18 + 3 t; — unleavened bread, prepared in form of לֶחֶם Exod 29:2 חַלָּה Exod 29:2 + 4 t. P ; רקיקים Exod 29:2; 1Chr 23:29 + 4 t. P ; עגּה Exod 12:39 used at ordinary meals (prepared hastily): ׳ אפה מ Gen 19:3 ( J ), Exod 12:39 ( J ), 1Sam 28:24 probably also Judg 6:19; Judg 6:20; Judg 6:21 (twice in verse); elsewhere at sacrificial meals, e.g. ritual peace-offerings Lev 2:4 (twice in verse); Lev 2:5 ; Lev 6:9; Lev 7:12 (twice in verse); Lev 10:12 consecration of priesthood Exod 29:2 (3 t. in verse); Exod 29:23; Lev 8:2; Lev 8:26; Lev 8:26 at peace-offering of Nazirite Num 6:15 (twice in verse); Num 6:17; Num 6:19 (twice in verse); at Passover Exod 12:8; Num 9:11 (all P ); especially at feast of unleavened bread [cakes] for 7 days after Passover ׳ שׁמר חג המ Exod 23:15 ( E ), Exod 34:18 ( J ); ׳ שׁסר מ Exod 12:17 ( P ), עשׂה ׳ חג (ה)מ 2Chr 30:13; 2Chr 30:21; 2Chr 35:17; Ezra 6:22 ׳ בחג המ Deut 16:16; 2Chr 8:13 ׳ לי ׳ חג המ Lev 23:6. During these seven days all Israel ate מצות Exod 12:15; Exod 12:18; Exod 12:20 ( P ), Exod 23:15 ( E ), Exod 13:6 ; Exod 13:7; Exod 34:18 ( J ), Lev 23:6 ; Num 28:17 ( P ), Deut 16:3 ; Deut 16:8; Josh 5:11; Ezek 45:21. — 2Kgs 23:9 read probably מִצְוֺת or מִנָיוֺת for ᵑ0 ׳ מ (אכל); so Gei Kue Kmp Bu.


[מָצֻק] see מָצוּק below II. צוק


[מְצֻקָה] see מצוּקָה below I. צוק


[מֻצֶ֫קֶת] see ׳ מוּצ below יצק. מֵצַר see I. צרר .


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מצה (matz-tzah’)

Exodus 12:8

KJV: And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
EHCC: roast with fire, and unteavened bread ;

Exodus 18:6

KJV: And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
EHCC: thou shalt eat unleavened bread,

Exodus 28:15

KJV: And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
EHCC: the feast of unleuvened bread: thou shalt

Exodus 29:2

KJV: And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.
EHCC: And unleavened bread, and cakes xaleovened

Exodus 94:18

EHCC: The feast of unleavened bread shalt tha

Leviticus 2:4

KJV: And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.
EHCC: unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with

Leviticus 6:16

KJV: And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.
EHCC: (9). with wnleavened bread

Leviticus 7:12

KJV: If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.
EHCC: unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and

Leviticus 8:2

KJV: Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread;
EHCC: 0 basket of unleavened bread ;

Leviticus 10:12

KJV: And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy:
EHCC: eat it without leaven

Leviticus 23:6

KJV: And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
EHCC: the feast of ualeavened bread unto the Lord:

Numbers 6:15

KJV: And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings.
EHCC: a basket of sxleavened bread,

Numbers 9:11

KJV: The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
EHCC: eat it with unleavened bread /

Numbers 28:17

KJV: And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
EHCC: shall unleavened bread be eaten. |

Judges 6:19

KJV: And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.a kid: Heb. a kid of the goats
EHCC: wnleavened cakes af an ephah of flour:

2 Kings 93:9

EHCC: they did eat of the unleavened bread

1 Chronicles 23:29

KJV: Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;pan: or, flat plate
EHCC: for the unieavened cakes,

2 Chronicles 8:13

KJV: Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
EHCC: in the feast of uxleavened bread,

2 Chronicles 30:13

KJV: And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
EHCC: 21. the feast of anleavened bread

2 Chronicles 35:17

KJV: And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.present: Heb. found
EHCC: the feast of unleavened bread seven dayn

Ezra 6:22

KJV: And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
EHCC: the feast of uxleavened bread
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