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H4388Hebrew

מַכתֵּשׁ

Definition and meaning

maktesh (mak-taysh') n-m. 1. a mortar 2. by analogy, a socket (of a tooth) [from H3806] KJV: hollow place, mortar. Root(s): H3806

Tagged KJV passages

2 matching verses - 2.0 tagged occurrences

Highlighted words carry the exact Strong's tag in the installed KJV text. A verse may contain more than one occurrence. These are tagged English renderings, not independently verified original-language token counts.

Judges 15:19

But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.

Matched English: placeProverbs 27:22

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

Matched English: mortar