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makh.tesh H4388

מַכְתֵּשׁ (makh.tesh) means “hollow” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

מַכְתֵּשׁ Hebrew · H4388 2 tagged occurrences in 2 verses

Pronunciation guide: mak-taysh' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H4388

מַכְתֵּשׁ · makh.tesh · hollow

mortar

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H3806 (כָּתַשׁ); a mortar; by analogy, a socket (of a tooth)

KJV glosses: hollow place, mortar.

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How translators render H4388

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
the hollow place 1
with mortar 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
an hollow place 1
in a mortar 1

Verses containing H4388

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  1. Judges 15:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So 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.

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  2. Proverbs 27:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.

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Sources and text

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