מַכְתֵּשׁ
maktêsh · mak-taysh'
a mortar; by analogy, a socket (of a tooth)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3806 (כָּתַשׁ);
a mortar; by analogy, a socket (of a tooth)
- a mortar
- by analogy, a socket (of a tooth)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: hollow place, mortar.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the open hand that covers › the mark, the covenant sign › to consume, to destroy
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the open hand that covers of the mark, the covenant sign that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַכְתֵּשׁ 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- an hollow place1 · 50%
- in a mortar1 · 50%
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.