Word Study · Strong's H4531 · Hebrew
מַסָּה
massah
mas-saw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: maççâh
“a testing, of men (judicial) or of God (querulous)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a testing, of men (judicial) or of God (querulous)
Rendered in the KJV as
temptation, trial.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- בְּמַסֹּת֩1
- הַמַּסּוֹת֙1
- הַמַּסֹּ֨ת1
- לְמַסַּ֖ת1
How it is rendered · 3
- the trials2
- by trials1
- to [the] despair of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural2
- preposition + noun · feminine plural1
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncfpa · 2
- HR/Ncfpa · 1
- HR/Ncfsc · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Deuteronomy carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Deuteronomy3 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 4:34בְּמַסֹּת֩bemasotpreposition + noun · feminine pluralOr has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?here: by trials
- Deuteronomy 7:19הַמַּסֹּ֨תhamasotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralthe great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.here: the trials
- Deuteronomy 29:3הַמַּסּוֹת֙hamasotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralYou saw with your own eyes the great trials, and those miraculous signs and wonders.here: the trials
Same headword in Strong's