H4355: מָכַךְ
mâkak · pronounced maw-kak' · “to sink”
Definition
to tumble (in ruins); figuratively, to perish
KJV translates it as: be brought low, decay.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1) to be low, be humiliated
1a) (Qal) to be low, be humiliated
1b) (Niphal) to sink
1c) (Hophal) to be brought low
1a) (Qal) to be low, be humiliated
1b) (Niphal) to sink
1c) (Hophal) to be brought low
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4355 is translated
- they are brought low ×1
- they sank ×1
- it sinks ×1
Bible verses with H4355 (mâkak)
Mâkak appears in 3 verses.
- Job 24:24
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
- Psalms 106:43
Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
- Ecclesiastes 10:18
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.