4374. mekasseh
Strong's Lexicon
mekasseh: Covering, cover

Original Word: מכסה
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: mekasseh
Pronunciation: meh-KAH-seh
Phonetic Spelling: (mek-as-seh')
Definition: Covering, cover
Meaning: a covering, garment, a coverlet, an awning, the omentum

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from kasah
Definition
a covering
NASB Translation
attire (1), awning (1), covering (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
מְכַסֶּה noun masculineIsaiah 23:18 covering; — ׳מ Leviticus 9:19; Isaiah 23:18; suffix מְכַסֵּךְ Ezekiel 27:7; plural suffix מְכַסֶּיךָ Isaiah 14:11; of fat covering (the inwards) Leviticus 9:19; worms, covering the dead Isaiah 14:11, deck of a ship Ezekiel 27:7 (Co Kajütenwand); garment Isaiah 23:18.

II. כסה (√ of following; probably bind; compare Assyrian kasû, take captive,

Pi`el fetter, kasîtu, kisittu, a fetter; ZehnpfBAS i, 596 DlBaer's Ezech. xii, HWB 342).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
clothing, to cover, that which covers

From kacah; a covering, i.e. Garment; specifically, a coverlet (for a bed), an awning (from the sun); also the omentum (as covering the intestines) -- clothing, to cover, that which covereth.

see HEBREW kacah

Forms and Transliterations
וְהַֽמְכַסֶּה֙ וְלִמְכַסֶּ֥ה וּמְכַסֶּ֖יךָ והמכסה ולמכסה ומכסיך מְכַסֵּֽךְ׃ מכסך׃ mə·ḵas·sêḵ mechasSech məḵassêḵ ū·mə·ḵas·se·ḵā umechasSeicha ūməḵasseḵā vehamchasSeh velimchasSeh wə·ham·ḵas·seh wə·lim·ḵas·seh wəhamḵasseh wəlimḵasseh
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Englishman's Concordance
Leviticus 9:19
HEB: הָאַ֔יִל הָֽאַלְיָ֤ה וְהַֽמְכַסֶּה֙ וְהַכְּלָיֹ֔ת וְיֹתֶ֖רֶת
NAS: the fat tail, and the [fat] covering, and the kidneys
KJV: the rump, and that which covereth [the inwards], and the kidneys,
INT: the ram the fat and the covering and the kidneys and the lobe

Isaiah 14:11
HEB: יֻצַּ֣ע רִמָּ֔ה וּמְכַסֶּ֖יךָ תּוֹלֵעָֽה׃
NAS: you And worms are your covering.'
KJV: under thee, and the worms cover thee.
INT: are spread Maggots cover and the worms

Isaiah 23:18
HEB: לֶאֱכֹ֥ל לְשָׂבְעָ֖ה וְלִמְכַסֶּ֥ה עָתִֽיק׃ פ
NAS: and choice attire for those who dwell
KJV: and for durable clothing.
INT: food sufficient attire and choice

Ezekiel 27:7
HEB: אֱלִישָׁ֖ה הָיָ֥ה מְכַסֵּֽךְ׃
NAS: your distinguishing mark; Your awning was blue
KJV: of Elishah was that which covered thee.
INT: of Elishah became your awning

4 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4374
4 Occurrences


mə·ḵas·sêḵ — 1 Occ.
ū·mə·ḵas·se·ḵā — 1 Occ.
wə·ham·ḵas·seh — 1 Occ.
wə·lim·ḵas·seh — 1 Occ.

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