Word Study · Strong's H4532 · Hebrew
מַסָּה
Massah
mas-saw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Maççâh
“Massah, a place in the Desert”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Massah, a place in the Desert
Rendered in the KJV as
Massah.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- בְּמַסָּ֔ה1
- בַּמַּסָּֽה׃1
- וּבְמַסָּ֔ה1
- מַ֝סָּ֗ה1
- מַסָּ֖ה1
How it is rendered · 4
- Massah2
- and at Massah1
- at Massah1
- at the Massah1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- proper noun (a name)2
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
- preposition with the article + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 2
- HC/R/Npl · 1
- HR/Npl · 1
- HRd/Npl · 1
All 5, 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 6:16בַּמַּסָּֽה׃bamasahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.here: at the Massah
- Deuteronomy 9:22וּבְמַסָּ֔הuvemasahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)You continued to provoke the LORD at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah.here: and at Massah
- Deuteronomy 33:8בְּמַסָּ֔הbemasahpreposition + proper noun (a name)Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah.here: at Massah
Same headword in Strong's