Bible Names

Massah: meaning of the name

Massah means “temptation.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Massah in Hebrew and Greek

מַסָּה H4532

Maççâh (mas-saw') — Massah, a place in the Desert

the same as H4531 (מַסָּה);

Places named Massah

Massah in Scripture

“Massah” appears in 4 verses of the King James Version.

  • Exodus 17:7

    And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?

  • Deuteronomy 6:16

    Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

  • Deuteronomy 9:22

    And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth–hattaavah, ye provoked the Lord to wrath.

  • Deuteronomy 33:8

    And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;