Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4374
מְכַסֶּה
mekassehmek-as-seh'
covering
4 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mᵉkaççeh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4374is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4374
a covering, i.e. garment; specifically, a coverlet (for a bed), an awning (from the sun); also the omentum (as covering the intestines)
The King James renders it: clothing, to cover, that which covereth.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
mekasseh is rendered "covering". It stands 4 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 9:19They also brought the fat portions from the ox and the ram—the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver—
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
They also brought the fat portions from the ox and the ram—the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver—
Leviticus 9:19וְהַֽמְכַסֶּה֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's four uses are in Isaiah.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and coverings your1
- and for covering1
- and the covering1
- covering your1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וְהַֽמְכַסֶּה֙1
- וְלִמְכַסֶּ֥ה1
- וּמְכַסֶּ֖יךָ1
- מְכַסֵּֽךְ׃1
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HC/Ncmsc/Sp2ms
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular1HC/R/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Td/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp2fs
Leviticus
one use
They also brought the fat portions from the ox and the ram—the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver—
- וְהַֽמְכַסֶּה֙vehamkhasehconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the covering
Isaiah
two uses
Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.
- וּמְכַסֶּ֖יךָumekhaseikhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and coverings your
Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing.
- וְלִמְכַסֶּ֥הvelimkhasehconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: and for covering
Ezekiel
one use
Of embroidered fine linen from Egypt they made your sail, which served as your banner. Of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah they made your awning.
- מְכַסֵּֽךְ׃mekhasekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: covering your
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.