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
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
- Leviticus 1:15And 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:
- Leviticus 5:9And 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.
- Judges 6:38And 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.
- Psalms 73:10Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
- Psalms 75:8For 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.
- Isaiah 51:17Awake, 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.
- Ezekiel 23:34Thou 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.