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H4549

מָסַס

mâçaç · maw-sas'

to liquefy; figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief)

Lexicon

Derivation: a primitive root;

to liquefy; figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief)

  1. to liquefy
  2. figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief)

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: discourage, faint, be loosed, melt (away), refuse, [idiom] utterly.

Letters

מ
Mem
ס
Samekh
ס
Samekh
  1. מMem40

    Picture: waves of water

    Concrete
    water · sea · blood · liquid
    Extended
    chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
  2. סSamekh60

    Picture: a prop or pillar

    Concrete
    pillar · prop · thorn
    Extended
    to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
  3. סSamekh60

    Picture: a prop or pillar

    Concrete
    pillar · prop · thorn
    Extended
    to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

water, chaos, the mighty deep › to support and uphold › to support and uphold

Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to support and uphold that works to support and uphold.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָסַס 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

21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

  • melted3 · 14%
  • shall melt3 · 14%
  • melteth2 · 10%
  • it melted1 · 5%
  • have discouraged1 · 5%
  • faint1 · 5%
  • did melt1 · 5%
  • loosed1 · 5%
  • and refuse1 · 5%
  • shall utterly1 · 5%
  • melt1 · 5%
  • it is melted1 · 5%
  • and melt away1 · 5%
  • fainteth1 · 5%
  • shall be melted1 · 5%
  • shall be molten1 · 5%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

וַיִּמַּ֣ס2יִמָּ֑ס1וְנָמָֽס׃1הֵמַ֨סּוּ1נָ֝מֵ֗ס1וְנָמֵ֖ס1יִמַּ֥ס1וְנָמָ֑ס1יִמָּס׃1הִמֵּ֣ס1וְנָמַ֥סּוּ1וַיִּמַּ֥סּוּ1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.

Concordance