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מָחַץ H4272
H4272 is the Hebrew word מָחַץ, transliterated mâchats and said maw-khats'. The King James Version most often renders it wound.
What it means
to dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroy.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 14 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: dip, pierce (through), smite (through), strike through, wound.
Verses using מָחַץ
All 14 verses, quoted in full.
Numbers 24:8 · KJV
God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
Numbers 24:17 · KJV
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Deuteronomy 32:39 · KJV
See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
Deuteronomy 33:11 · KJV
Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.
Judges 5:26 · KJV
She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.
2 Samuel 22:39 · KJV
And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
Job 5:18 · KJV
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Job 26:12 · KJV
He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
Psalm 18:38 · KJV
I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
Psalm 68:21 · KJV
But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
Psalm 68:23 · KJV
That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
Psalm 110:5 · KJV
The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
Psalm 110:6 · KJV
He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
Habakkuk 3:13 · KJV
Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.
Common questions
What does Strong's H4272 mean?
H4272 is the Hebrew word מָחַץ (mâchats), meaning to dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroy.
How is H4272 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it wound (3 times), smite (2 times), wounded (2 times), pierce (1 time), pierced (1 time), among others.
How many times does H4272 appear in the Bible?
מָחַץ (mâchats) is tagged in 14 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H4272 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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