4272. machats

Lexicon

machats: To smite, crush, wound, shatter

Original Word: מָחַץ
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: machats
Pronunciation: mah-KHATS
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-khats')
Definition: To smite, crush, wound, shatter
Meaning: to dash asunder, to crush, smash, violently plunge, to subdue, destroy

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

dip, pierce through, smite through, strike through, wound

A primitive root; to dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroy -- dip, pierce (through), smite (through), strike through, wound.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to smite through, wound severely, shatter
NASB Translation
crush through (1), shatter (6), shattered (4), struck (1), wounded (1), wounds (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מָחַץ verb smite through, wound severely, shatter (poetry) (Assyrian ma—âƒu, smite, wound, Dl^{HWB 398}; Arabic churn; beat or agitate the milk, etc.; Sabean מחֿץֿ DHM^{ZXG xxx. 1876, 684; xxxvii. 1883, 338; Burgen u. Schlösser (SB. xcvii. 1881), 965} (of stone-cutter's work), Hom^{Chrestom. 127}; Ethiopic ); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳מ Job 26:12 3t.; וּ˜מחֲצָה Judges 5:26 etc.; Imperfect יִמְחַץ Job 5:18; Psalm 68:22; 1singular suffix אֶמְחָצֵם Psalm 18:39; ׳וָא 2 Samuel 22:39; — smite through, followed by ראֹשׁוֺ, of Jael, Judges 5:26 ("" הָלַם, מָחַק, חָלַף); of Israel, shattering enemies, ׳חִצָּיו יִמ Numbers 24:8 (object omitted; "" עַצְמֹתֵיהֶם יְגָרֵם) compare Numbers 24:17 (object ַ˜מּאֲתֵי מוֺאָב); compare Psalm 18:39 = 2 Samuel 22:39; of ׳י,smiting through or shattering his foes, Psalm 110:5; their heads Psalm 110:6; Psalm 68:22; Habakkuk 3:13, loins Deuteronomy 33:1; compare Job 26:12 object רַהַב, q. v.; absolute, Deuteronomy 32:39 (opposed to רָפָא; "" clause אָמִית וַאֲחַיֶּה) compare Job 5:18 (opposed to רָפָא, "" clause יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ). For תִּמְחַץ רגלך בְּדָם Psalm 68:24, read תִּרְחַץ (Psalm 58:11), Ol Br Che Bae We.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G906 (βάλλω, ballō): To throw or cast, often used in the context of casting down or throwing down.
• G911 (βαπτίζω, baptizō): To immerse or submerge, sometimes used metaphorically for overwhelming or subduing.
• G2352 (θραύω, thrauō): To break or shatter, similar in meaning to crushing or smashing.
• G2608 (καταβάλλω, kataballō): To cast down or overthrow, often used in the context of defeating or subduing.
• G2700 (κατακλάω, kataklaō): To break in pieces, akin to crushing or shattering.
• G3817 (πατάσσω, patassō): To strike or smite, often used in the context of inflicting a blow that crushes or destroys.
• G3960 (πλήσσω, plēssō): To strike or smite, similar to the act of crushing or subduing.
• G4766 (στραγγαλίζω, strangalizō): To strangle or choke, metaphorically related to subduing or overpowering.
• G4917 (συντρίβω, syntribō): To crush or break in pieces, directly corresponding to the Hebrew concept of מָחַץ (machats).

Usage: The verb מָחַץ (machats) is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe actions of crushing or smashing, often in a violent or forceful manner. It conveys the idea of destruction or subjugation, whether in a physical or metaphorical sense.

Context: • The Hebrew verb מָחַץ (machats) appears in various contexts throughout the Old Testament, often associated with divine judgment or military conquest. It is used to describe the act of crushing enemies or breaking them into pieces, symbolizing total defeat and subjugation.
• In Judges 5:26, the term is used in the Song of Deborah, where Jael crushes the head of Sisera: "She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman's hammer. She struck Sisera, she crushed his head, she shattered and pierced his temple."
• In Psalm 68:21, it is used to describe God's judgment upon His enemies: "Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, the hairy crowns of those who persist in their guilty ways."
• The term is also used metaphorically to describe the breaking of bones or the destruction of strength, as seen in Lamentations 3:34: "To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the earth."
• The usage of מָחַץ (machats) often emphasizes the completeness and irreversibility of the action, whether it is the physical destruction of an enemy or the metaphorical breaking of one's spirit or power.

Forms and Transliterations

אֶ֭מְחָצֵם אמחצם וָאֶמְחָצֵ֖ם וּמָחֲצָ֥ה וּמָחַץ֙ ואמחצם ומחץ ומחצה יִ֝מְחַ֗ץ יִמְחַץ֮ יִמְחָֽץ׃ ימחץ ימחץ׃ מְחַ֨ץ מָ֣חַץ מָ֥חַץ מָחַ֖ץ מָחַ֙צְתִּי֙ מָחַ֤צְתָּ מחץ מחצת מחצתי תִּֽמְחַ֥ץ תמחץ ’em·ḥā·ṣêm ’emḥāṣêm Emchatzem mā·ḥaṣ mā·ḥaṣ·tā mā·ḥaṣ·tî Machatz maChatzta maChatzti māḥaṣ māḥaṣtā māḥaṣtî mə·ḥaṣ meChatz məḥaṣ tim·ḥaṣ timChatz timḥaṣ ū·mā·ḥă·ṣāh ū·mā·ḥaṣ umaChatz umachaTzah ūmāḥaṣ ūmāḥăṣāh vaemchaTzem wā’emḥāṣêm wā·’em·ḥā·ṣêm yim·ḥaṣ yim·ḥāṣ yimChatz yimḥaṣ yimḥāṣ

Englishman's Concordance

Numbers 24:8
HEB: יְגָרֵ֖ם וְחִצָּ֥יו יִמְחָֽץ׃
NAS: their bones in pieces, And shatter [them] with his arrows.
KJV: their bones, and pierce [them] through with his arrows.
INT: and will crush his arrows and shatter

Numbers 24:17
HEB: שֵׁ֙בֶט֙ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּמָחַץ֙ פַּאֲתֵ֣י מוֹאָ֔ב
NAS: from Israel, And shall crush through the forehead
KJV: out of Israel, and shall smite the corners
INT: A scepter Israel and shall crush the forehead of Moab

Deuteronomy 32:39
HEB: אָמִ֣ית וַאֲחַיֶּ֗ה מָחַ֙צְתִּי֙ וַאֲנִ֣י אֶרְפָּ֔א
NAS: and give life. I have wounded and it is I who heal,
KJV: and I make alive; I wound, and I heal:
INT: put and give have wounded I heal

Deuteronomy 33:11
HEB: יָדָ֖יו תִּרְצֶ֑ה מְחַ֨ץ מָתְנַ֧יִם קָמָ֛יו
NAS: of his hands; Shatter the loins
KJV: of his hands: smite through the loins
INT: of his hands and accept Shatter the loins rise

Judges 5:26
HEB: מָחֲקָ֣ה רֹאשׁ֔וֹ וּמָחֲצָ֥ה וְחָלְפָ֖ה רַקָּתֽוֹ׃
NAS: his head; And she shattered and pierced
KJV: his head, when she had pierced and stricken through
INT: smashed his head shattered and pierced his temple

2 Samuel 22:39
HEB: וָאֲכַלֵּ֥ם וָאֶמְחָצֵ֖ם וְלֹ֣א יְקוּמ֑וּן
NAS: And I have devoured them and shattered them, so that they did not rise;
KJV: And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise:
INT: burn up and shattered did not rise

Job 5:18
HEB: יַכְאִ֣יב וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ יִ֝מְחַ֗ץ [וְיָדֹו כ]
NAS: and gives relief; He wounds, and His hands
KJV: and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands
INT: inflicts and gives wounds able heal

Job 26:12
HEB: (וּ֝בִתְבוּנָתֹ֗ו ק) מָ֣חַץ רָֽהַב׃
NAS: And by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
KJV: and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
INT: the sea fruit shattered Rahab

Psalm 18:38
HEB: אֶ֭מְחָצֵם וְלֹא־ יֻ֣כְלוּ
NAS: I shattered them, so that they were not able
KJV: I have wounded them that they were not able
INT: shattered were not able

Psalm 68:21
HEB: אַךְ־ אֱלֹהִ֗ים יִמְחַץ֮ רֹ֤אשׁ אֹ֫יְבָ֥יו
NAS: God will shatter the head
KJV: But God shall wound the head
INT: Surely God will shatter the head of his enemies

Psalm 68:23
HEB: לְמַ֤עַן ׀ תִּֽמְחַ֥ץ רַגְלְךָ֗ בְּ֫דָ֥ם
NAS: That your foot may shatter [them] in blood,
KJV: That thy foot may be dipped in the blood
INT: because of may shatter your foot blood

Psalm 110:5
HEB: עַל־ יְמִֽינְךָ֑ מָחַ֖ץ בְּיוֹם־ אַפּ֣וֹ
NAS: is at Your right hand; He will shatter kings
KJV: at thy right hand shall strike through kings
INT: is at your right will shatter the day of his wrath

Psalm 110:6
HEB: מָלֵ֣א גְוִיּ֑וֹת מָ֥חַץ רֹ֝֗אשׁ עַל־
NAS: [them] with corpses, He will shatter the chief men
KJV: [the places] with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads
INT: will fill corpses will shatter the chief over

Habakkuk 3:13
HEB: אֶת־ מְשִׁיחֶ֑ךָ מָחַ֤צְתָּ רֹּאשׁ֙ מִבֵּ֣ית
NAS: of Your anointed. You struck the head
KJV: with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head
INT: the salvation of your anointed struck the head of the house

14 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4272
14 Occurrences

’em·ḥā·ṣêm — 1 Occ.
mā·ḥaṣ — 3 Occ.
mā·ḥaṣ·tā — 1 Occ.
mā·ḥaṣ·tî — 1 Occ.
mə·ḥaṣ — 1 Occ.
tim·ḥaṣ — 1 Occ.
ū·mā·ḥaṣ — 1 Occ.
ū·mā·ḥă·ṣāh — 1 Occ.
wā·’em·ḥā·ṣêm — 1 Occ.
yim·ḥāṣ — 3 Occ.