מָשַׁשׁ
mâshash · maw-shash'
to feel of; by implication, to grope
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to feel of; by implication, to grope
- to feel of
- by implication, to grope
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: feel, grope, search.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- 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
- 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 › to consume, to destroy › to consume, to destroy
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to consume, to destroy that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָשַׁשׁ 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- peradventure will feel1 · 11%
- and he felt1 · 11%
- searched1 · 11%
- thou hast searched1 · 11%
- which may be felt1 · 11%
- and thou shalt grope1 · 11%
- gropeth1 · 11%
- and grope1 · 11%
- they grope1 · 11%
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.