Word Study · Strong's H4388 · Hebrew

מַכְתֵּשׁ

maktesh

mak-taysh'

Strong's 1890 spelling: maktêsh

“a mortar”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a mortar; by analogy, a socket (of a tooth)

Rendered in the KJV as

hollow place, mortar.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

בַּֽמַּכְתֵּ֡שׁ1
הַמַּכְתֵּ֣שׁ1

How it is rendered · 2

in the mortar1
the deep hollow1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1
the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HRd/Ncmsa · 1
HTd/Ncmsa · 1

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The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Judges1 of 2 · 50%
Proverbs1 of 2 · 50%

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Judges1 occurrence

Judges 15:19הַמַּכְתֵּ֣שׁhamakhteshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.here: the deep hollow

Proverbs1 occurrence

Proverbs 27:22בַּֽמַּכְתֵּ֡שׁbamakhteshpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThough you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.here: in the mortar

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled מַכְתֵּשׁ

H4389 · 1×

מַכְתֵּשׁ

Maktesh

“dell”

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