Strong H4680מָצָה

to drain

Transliteration
mâtsâh
Pronunciation
maw-tsaw'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root; to suck out; by implication to {drain} to squeeze out: - {suck} wring (out).

Detailed definition

1) to drain, drain out
1a) (Qal) to drain, drain out
1b) (Niphal) to be drained out

In the Bible

Strong H4680 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • out3
  • wrung3
  • wring1

First verses

  1. Leviticus 1:15
    And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar:
  2. Leviticus 5:9
    And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering.
  3. Judges 6:38
    And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.
  4. Psalms 73:10
    Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
  5. Psalms 75:8
    For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
  6. Isaiah 51:17
    Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.
  7. Ezekiel 23:34
    Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.
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