מָחָה
mâchâh · maw-khaw'
properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. grease or make fat; also to touch, i.e. reach to
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. grease or make fat; also to touch, i.e. reach to
- properly, to stroke or rub
- by implication, to erase
- also, to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. grease or make fat
- also, to touch, i.e. reach to
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: abolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, [idiom] utterly, wipe (away, out).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to separate and protect › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to separate and protect that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָחָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
36 occurrences · 36 OT · 0 NT · 35 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- be blotted out3 · 11%
- i will destroy1 · 4%
- will i destroy1 · 4%
- was destroyed1 · 4%
- and they were destroyed1 · 4%
- for i will utterly1 · 4%
- put out1 · 4%
- and if not, blot1 · 4%
- against me, him will i blot out1 · 4%
- and he shall blot1 · 4%
- and shall reach1 · 4%
- them, and blot out1 · 4%
- be not put out1 · 4%
- it, that thou shalt blot out1 · 4%
- shall blot out1 · 4%
- be not destroyed1 · 4%
- not that he would blot out1 · 4%
- and i will wipe1 · 4%
- as a man wipeth1 · 4%
- wiping1 · 4%
- concerning this, and wipe not out1 · 4%
- thou hast put out1 · 4%
- blot out1 · 4%
- and blot out1 · 4%
- let them be blotted1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.