H4223: מְחָא
mᵉchâʼ · pronounced mekh-aw' · “to smite”
Definition
to strike in pieces; also to arrest; specifically to impale
KJV translates it as: hang, smite, stay.
Word origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to H4222 (מָחָא);
Extended definition
1a) (P'al) to strike
1b) (Pael) to hinder
1c) (Ithp'al) to allow to be stricken
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4223 is translated
- it struck ×2
- let him be impaled ×1
- he will strike ×1
Bible verses with H4223 (mᵉchâʼ)
Mᵉchâʼ appears in 4 verses.
- Ezra 6:11
Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.
- Daniel 2:34
Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
- Daniel 2:35
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
- Daniel 4:35
And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?