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מָחָה H4229

H4229 is the Hebrew word מָחָה, transliterated mâchâh and said maw-khaw'. The King James Version most often renders it blot out.

Word: מָחָהTransliteration: mâchâhSaid: maw-khaw'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 28 verses

What it means

properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. grease or make fat; also to touch, i.e. reach to.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 23 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

blot out 7×destroyed 3×destroy 2×put out 2×blotted out 2×utterly 1×if not blot 1×blot 1×reach 1×wipe 1×man wipeth 1×wiping 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: abolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, [idiom] utterly, wipe (away, out).

Verses using מָחָה

All 28 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 6:7 · KJV

And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

Genesis 7:4 · KJV

For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

Genesis 7:23 · KJV

And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

Exodus 17:14 · KJV

And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.

Exodus 32:32 · KJV

Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.

Exodus 32:33 · KJV

And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

Numbers 5:23 · KJV

And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:

Numbers 34:11 · KJV

And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:

Deuteronomy 9:14 · KJV

Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.

Deuteronomy 25:6 · KJV

And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.

Deuteronomy 25:19 · KJV

Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.

Deuteronomy 29:20 · KJV

The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.

Judges 21:17 · KJV

And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

2 Kings 14:27 · KJV

And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

2 Kings 21:13 · KJV

And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.

Nehemiah 4:5 · KJV

And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.

Nehemiah 13:14 · KJV

Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.

Psalm 9:5 · KJV

Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

Psalm 51:1 · KJV

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

Psalm 51:9 · KJV

Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

Psalm 69:28 · KJV

Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

Proverbs 30:20 · KJV

Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

Proverbs 31:3 · KJV

Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

Isaiah 25:6 · KJV

And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

Isaiah 25:8 · KJV

He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.

Isaiah 43:25 · KJV

I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

Isaiah 44:22 · KJV

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

Jeremiah 18:23 · KJV

Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.

Common questions

What does Strong's H4229 mean?

H4229 is the Hebrew word מָחָה (mâchâh), meaning properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. grease or make fat; also to touch, i.e. reach to.

How is H4229 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it blot out (7 times), destroyed (3 times), destroy (2 times), put out (2 times), blotted out (2 times), among others.

How many times does H4229 appear in the Bible?

מָחָה (mâchâh) is tagged in 28 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4229 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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