Strong H4600מָעַךְ
to bruise
- Transliteration
- mâ‛ak
- Pronunciation
- maw-ak'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; to {press} that {is} to {pierce} {emasculate } handle: - {bruised} {stuck} be pressed.
Detailed definition
STEP sense: to bruise
Exact lexical definition: press
Part of speech: verb
BDB context: [ מָעַךְ ] vb . press , squeeze Qal not to be offered to י׳ , reference to emasculation; and his spear pressed (thrust) into the ground Pu . there were their breasts squeezed
In the Bible
Strong H4600 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bruised1
- press1
- stick1
First verses
- Leviticus 22:24Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land.
- 1 Samuel 26:7So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.
- Ezekiel 23:3And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.