Strong's Lexicon maktesh: Mortar Original Word: מַכְתֵּשׁ Word Origin: From the root verb כָּתַשׁ (katash), meaning "to pound" or "to crush." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for "maktesh" in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a specific Hebrew term with cultural and historical significance unique to the Old Testament context. Usage: The term "maktesh" refers to a mortar, a bowl-shaped vessel used for grinding or crushing substances. In a biblical context, it is often used metaphorically to describe a place or situation of judgment or destruction. Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient times, a mortar was an essential household and industrial tool used for grinding grains, spices, and other materials. The imagery of a mortar would have been familiar to the Israelites, symbolizing thoroughness and completeness in the process of crushing or grinding. This imagery is used metaphorically in the Bible to convey the idea of thorough judgment or destruction. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom kathash Definition mortar NASB Translation hollow (1), mortar (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs מַכְתֵּשׁ noun masculine mortar (place of pounding, braying; compare Palmyrene proper name, masculine מכתש = contundens VogNo. 97) — absolute ׳מ Proverbs 27:22 (see foregoing); hollow resembling a mortar Judges 15:19 (whence came forth a water-spring; compare GFM), Zephaniah 1:11 #NAME? Jerusalem, compare SchwZAW x. (1890), 173 f. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance hollow place, mortar From kathash; a mortar; by analogy, a socket (of a tooth) -- hollow place, mortar. see HEBREW kathash Forms and Transliterations בַּֽמַּכְתֵּ֡שׁ במכתש הַמַּכְתֵּ֣שׁ המכתש bam·maḵ·têš bammachTesh bammaḵtêš ham·maḵ·têš hammachTesh hammaḵtêšLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Judges 15:19 HEB: אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֶת־ הַמַּכְתֵּ֣שׁ אֲשֶׁר־ בַּלֶּ֗חִי NAS: split the hollow place that is in Lehi KJV: clave an hollow place that [was] in the jaw, INT: split God the hollow which the jaw Proverbs 27:22 2 Occurrences |
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