Strong H4959מָשַׁשׁ

to feel

Transliteration
mâshash
Pronunciation
maw-shash'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root; to feel of; by implication to grope: - {feel} {grope} search.

Detailed definition

1) to feel, grope
1a) (Qal) to feel, grope
1b) (Piel) to feel over or through, grope
1b1) to feel through
1b2) to grope
1c)(Hiphil) to feel

In the Bible

Strong H4959 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • feel3
  • grope3
  • search2
  • gropeth1

First verses

  1. Genesis 27:12
    My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
  2. Genesis 27:22
    And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
  3. Genesis 31:34
    Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel’s furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.
  4. Genesis 31:37
    Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.
  5. Exodus 10:21
    And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
  6. Deuteronomy 28:29
    And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
  7. Job 5:14
    They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
  8. Job 12:25
    They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
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