מָחַץ
mâchats · maw-khats'
to dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroy
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroy
- to dash asunder
- by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge
- figuratively, to subdue or destroy
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dip, pierce (through), smite (through), strike through, wound.
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
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to separate and protect › to pursue the straight path
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to separate and protect that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָחַץ 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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and pierce1 · 7%
- and shall smite1 · 7%
- i wound1 · 7%
- smite1 · 7%
- when she had pierced1 · 7%
- them, and wounded1 · 7%
- he woundeth1 · 7%
- he smiteth1 · 7%
- i have wounded1 · 7%
- shall wound1 · 7%
- may be dipped1 · 7%
- shall strike1 · 7%
- he shall wound1 · 7%
- thou woundedst1 · 7%
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.