4682. matstsah

Lexicon

matstsah: Unleavened bread

Original Word: מַצָּה
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Transliteration: matstsah
Pronunciation: mahts-tsaw'
Phonetic Spelling: (mats-tsaw')
Definition: Unleavened bread
Meaning: sweetness, sweet, an unfermented cake, loaf, the festival of Passover

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

unleaved bread, cake, without leaven

From matsats in the sense of greedily devouring for sweetness; properly, sweetness; concretely, sweet (i.e. Not soured or bittered with yeast); specifically, an unfermented cake or loaf, or (elliptically) the festival of Passover (because no leaven was then used) -- unleaved (bread, cake), without leaven.

see HEBREW matsats

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from matsats
Definition
unleavened bread or cake
NASB Translation
unleavened (15), Unleavened Bread (10), unleavened bread (25), unleavened cakes (3).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. מַצָּה noun feminine unleavened bread, or cake(s); — absolute ׳מ Leviticus 2:5; Leviticus 8:26 (אַחַת ׳חַלַּת מ), Numbers 6:19 (id.), Numbers 6:19; usually plural מַצּוֺת Exodus 12:15 44t.; מַצֹּת Exodus 12:18 3t; — unleavened bread, prepared in form of לֶחֶם Exodus 29:2; חַלָּה Exodus 29:2 4t. P; רקיקים Exodus 29:2; 1 Chronicles 23:29 4t. P; עגּה Exodus 12:39; used at ordinary meals (prepared hastily): ׳אפה מ Genesis 19:3 (J), Exodus 12:39 (J), 1 Samuel 28:24; probably also Judges 6:19,20,21 (twice in verse); elsewhere at sacrificial meals, e.g. ritual peace-offerings Leviticus 2:4 (twice in verse); Leviticus 2:5; Leviticus 6:9; Leviticus 7:12 (twice in verse); Leviticus 10:12; consecration of priesthood Exodus 29:2 (3 t. in verse); Exodus 29:23; Leviticus 8:2,26,26; at peace-offering of Nazirite Numbers 6:15 (twice in verse); Numbers 6:17,19 (twice in verse); at Passover Exodus 12:8; Numbers 9:11 (all P); especially at feast of unleavened bread [cakes] for 7 days after Passover ׳שׁמר חג המ Exodus 23:15 (E), Exodus 34:18 (J); ׳שׁסר מ Exodus 12:17 (P), עשׂה ׳חג (ה)מ2Chronicles 30:13,21; 35:17; Ezra 6:22; ׳בחג המ Deuteronomy 16:16; 2Chronicles 8:13; ׳לי ׳חג המ Leviticus 23:6. During these seven days all Israel ate מצות Exodus 12:15,18,20 (P), Exodus 23:15 (E), Exodus 13:6,7; Exodus 34:18 (J), Leviticus 23:6; Numbers 28:17 (P), Deuteronomy 16:3,8; Joshua 5:11; Ezekiel 45:21. — 2 Kings 23:9 read probably מִצְוֺת or מִנָיוֺת for ᵑ0 ׳מ (אכל); so Gei Kue Kmp Bu.

[מָצֻק] see מָצוּק below II. צוק

[מְצֻקָה] see מצוּקָה below I. צוק

[מֻצֶ֫קֶת] see ׳מוּצ below יצק. מֵצַר see I. צרר.

מצר (√ of following)

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the root verb מָצַץ (matsats), meaning "to suck" or "to drain."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G740: ἄρτος (artos) • Bread, loaf
• G2556: κακός (kakos) • Bad, evil (not directly related but contrasts with the purity symbolized by unleavened bread)
• G3163: μάχη (mache) • Fight, conflict (not directly related but can metaphorically contrast with the peace and purity symbolized by matzah)

These Greek entries provide a broader understanding of bread and its symbolic meanings in the New Testament, contrasting with the purity and simplicity of matzah in the Hebrew tradition.

Usage: • The term מַצָּה is primarily used to refer to unleavened bread, which is a key element in the observance of Passover. It signifies bread made without yeast, symbolizing purity and the haste with which the Israelites left Egypt. The word is also associated with the broader concept of sweetness or pleasantness.

Context: • מַצָּה (matzah) is a significant term in the Hebrew Bible, particularly in the context of the Passover festival. The unleavened bread, or matzah, is a central symbol of the Exodus narrative, representing the Israelites' rapid departure from Egypt, which did not allow time for their bread to rise. This bread is consumed during the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread, as commanded in Exodus 12:15-20. The absence of leaven (yeast) in the bread is symbolic of the removal of sin and corruption, aligning with the broader biblical theme of holiness and separation from impurity.
• In the Berean Standard Bible, Exodus 12:15 states, "For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day, you are to remove the leaven from your houses, for whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel."
• Matzah is also mentioned in the context of various offerings and rituals, where it serves as a reminder of God's deliverance and the covenant relationship between God and Israel. The consumption of unleavened bread during Passover is a perpetual ordinance for the Jewish people, emphasizing remembrance and gratitude for divine salvation.

Forms and Transliterations

הַמַּצּ֑וֹת הַמַּצּ֔וֹת הַמַּצּ֖וֹת הַמַּצּ֛וֹת הַמַּצּ֜וֹת הַמַּצּֽוֹת׃ הַמַּצּוֹת֒ הַמַּצּוֹת֙ הַמַּצּוֹת֮ המצות המצות׃ וּבַמַּצּ֑וֹת וּמַצּ֔וֹת וּמַצּ֥וֹת ובמצות ומצות מַצָּ֖ה מַצָּ֤ה מַצָּ֥ה מַצֹּ֑ת מַצֹּת֙ מַצּ֑וֹת מַצּ֔וֹת מַצּ֖וֹת מַצּ֗וֹת מַצּ֛וֹת מַצּ֜וֹת מַצּ֣וֹת מַצּ֤וֹת מַצּ֥וֹת מַצּֽוֹת׃ מַצּוֹת֙ מצה מצות מצות׃ מצת ham·maṣ·ṣō·wṯ hammaṣṣōwṯ hammatztzOt maṣ·ṣāh maṣ·ṣō·wṯ maṣ·ṣōṯ maṣṣāh maṣṣōṯ maṣṣōwṯ matzTzah matzTzot ū·ḇam·maṣ·ṣō·wṯ ū·maṣ·ṣō·wṯ ūḇammaṣṣōwṯ ūmaṣṣōwṯ umatzTzot uvammatzTzot

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 19:3
HEB: לָהֶם֙ מִשְׁתֶּ֔ה וּמַצּ֥וֹת אָפָ֖ה וַיֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃
NAS: for them, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
KJV: and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
INT: prepared A feast unleavened and baked ate

Exodus 12:8
HEB: צְלִי־ אֵ֣שׁ וּמַצּ֔וֹת עַל־ מְרֹרִ֖ים
NAS: and they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
KJV: with fire, and unleavened bread; [and] with bitter
INT: roasted fire unleavened and and bitter

Exodus 12:15
HEB: שִׁבְעַ֤ת יָמִים֙ מַצּ֣וֹת תֹּאכֵ֔לוּ אַ֚ךְ
NAS: you shall eat unleavened bread, but on the first
KJV: shall ye eat unleavened bread; even
INT: Seven days unleavened shall eat even

Exodus 12:17
HEB: וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֮ אֶת־ הַמַּצּוֹת֒ כִּ֗י בְּעֶ֙צֶם֙
NAS: You shall also observe the [Feast of] Unleavened Bread, for on this
KJV: And ye shall observe [the feast of] unleavened bread; for in this selfsame
INT: observe Unleavened for very

Exodus 12:18
HEB: בָּעֶ֔רֶב תֹּאכְל֖וּ מַצֹּ֑ת עַ֠ד י֣וֹם
NAS: you shall eat unleavened bread, until
KJV: ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one
INT: evening shall eat unleavened until day

Exodus 12:20
HEB: מוֹשְׁבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם תֹּאכְל֖וּ מַצּֽוֹת׃ פ
NAS: you shall eat unleavened bread.'
KJV: shall ye eat unleavened bread.
INT: your dwellings shall eat unleavened

Exodus 12:39
HEB: מִמִּצְרַ֛יִם עֻגֹ֥ת מַצּ֖וֹת כִּ֣י לֹ֣א
NAS: into cakes of unleavened bread. For it had not become leavened,
KJV: And they baked unleavened cakes
INT: of Egypt cakes of unleavened since had not

Exodus 13:6
HEB: יָמִ֖ים תֹּאכַ֣ל מַצֹּ֑ת וּבַיּוֹם֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י
NAS: you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh
KJV: thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh
INT: days shall eat unleavened day the seventh

Exodus 13:7
HEB: מַצּוֹת֙ יֵֽאָכֵ֔ל אֵ֖ת
NAS: Unleavened bread shall be eaten
KJV: Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven
INT: Unleavened shall be eaten the seven

Exodus 23:15
HEB: אֶת־ חַ֣ג הַמַּצּוֹת֮ תִּשְׁמֹר֒ שִׁבְעַ֣ת
NAS: the Feast of Unleavened Bread;
KJV: the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat
INT: the Feast of Unleavened shall observe seven

Exodus 23:15
HEB: יָמִים֩ תֹּאכַ֨ל מַצּ֜וֹת כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּיתִ֗ךָ
NAS: of Unleavened Bread; for seven
KJV: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven
INT: days eat Bread I commanded

Exodus 29:2
HEB: וְלֶ֣חֶם מַצּ֗וֹת וְחַלֹּ֤ת מַצֹּת֙
NAS: and unleavened bread and unleavened
KJV: And unleavened bread, and cakes
INT: bread and unleavened cakes and unleavened

Exodus 29:2
HEB: מַצּ֗וֹת וְחַלֹּ֤ת מַצֹּת֙ בְּלוּלֹ֣ת בַּשֶּׁ֔מֶן
NAS: bread and unleavened cakes
KJV: and cakes unleavened tempered
INT: and unleavened cakes and unleavened mixed oil

Exodus 29:2
HEB: בַּשֶּׁ֔מֶן וּרְקִיקֵ֥י מַצּ֖וֹת מְשֻׁחִ֣ים בַּשָּׁ֑מֶן
NAS: with oil, and unleavened wafers
KJV: and wafers unleavened anointed
INT: oil wafers and unleavened spread oil

Exodus 29:23
HEB: אֶחָ֑ד מִסַּל֙ הַמַּצּ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֖ר לִפְנֵ֥י
NAS: from the basket of unleavened bread which
KJV: out of the basket of the unleavened bread that [is] before
INT: and one the basket of unleavened which is before

Exodus 34:18
HEB: אֶת־ חַ֣ג הַמַּצּוֹת֮ תִּשְׁמֹר֒ שִׁבְעַ֨ת
NAS: the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
KJV: The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep.
INT: the Feast of Unleavened shall observe seven

Exodus 34:18
HEB: יָמִ֜ים תֹּאכַ֤ל מַצּוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּיתִ֔ךָ
NAS: of Unleavened Bread. For seven
KJV: thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded
INT: days eat Bread I commanded

Leviticus 2:4
HEB: סֹ֣לֶת חַלּ֤וֹת מַצֹּת֙ בְּלוּלֹ֣ת בַּשֶּׁ֔מֶן
NAS: in an oven, [it shall be] unleavened cakes
KJV: in the oven, [it shall be] unleavened cakes
INT: of fine cakes unleavened mixed oil

Leviticus 2:4
HEB: בַּשֶּׁ֔מֶן וּרְקִיקֵ֥י מַצּ֖וֹת מְשֻׁחִ֥ים בַּשָּֽׁמֶן׃
NAS: with oil, or unleavened wafers
KJV: with oil, or unleavened wafers
INT: oil wafers unleavened spread oil

Leviticus 2:5
HEB: בְּלוּלָ֥ה בַשֶּׁ֖מֶן מַצָּ֥ה תִהְיֶֽה׃
NAS: [it shall be] of fine flour, unleavened, mixed
KJV: it shall be [of] fine flour unleavened, mingled
INT: mixed oil unleavened become

Leviticus 6:16
HEB: אַהֲרֹ֣ן וּבָנָ֑יו מַצּ֤וֹת תֵּֽאָכֵל֙ בְּמָק֣וֹם
NAS: It shall be eaten as unleavened cakes in a holy
KJV: eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten
INT: Aaron and his sons unleavened shall be eaten place

Leviticus 7:12
HEB: הַתּוֹדָ֗ה חַלּ֤וֹת מַצּוֹת֙ בְּלוּלֹ֣ת בַּשֶּׁ֔מֶן
NAS: he shall offer unleavened cakes
KJV: of thanksgiving unleavened cakes
INT: of thanksgiving cakes unleavened mixed oil

Leviticus 7:12
HEB: בַּשֶּׁ֔מֶן וּרְקִיקֵ֥י מַצּ֖וֹת מְשֻׁחִ֣ים בַּשָּׁ֑מֶן
NAS: with oil, and unleavened wafers
KJV: with oil, and unleavened wafers
INT: oil wafers and unleavened spread oil

Leviticus 8:2
HEB: וְאֵ֖ת סַ֥ל הַמַּצּֽוֹת׃
NAS: and the basket of unleavened bread,
KJV: and a basket of unleavened bread;
INT: rams and the basket of unleavened

Leviticus 8:26
HEB: וּמִסַּ֨ל הַמַּצּ֜וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ לִפְנֵ֣י
NAS: From the basket of unleavened bread
KJV: And out of the basket of unleavened bread,
INT: the basket of unleavened that was before

53 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4682
53 Occurrences

ham·maṣ·ṣō·wṯ — 16 Occ.
maṣ·ṣāh — 4 Occ.
maṣ·ṣō·wṯ — 30 Occ.
ū·maṣ·ṣō·wṯ — 2 Occ.
ū·ḇam·maṣ·ṣō·wṯ — 1 Occ.