Word Study · Strong's H4260 · Hebrew
מַחֲמָאָה
machamaah
makh-am-aw-aw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: machămâʼâh
“something buttery (i.e. unctuous and pleasant), as (figuratively) flattery”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
something buttery (i.e. unctuous and pleasant), as (figuratively) flattery
Rendered in the KJV as
[idiom] than butter.
- 1occurrencein the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 1inflected formdistinct spellings
Across 1 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 1
- מַחְמָאֹ֣ת1
How it is rendered · 1
- [the] creamy things of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
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- HNcfpc · 1
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