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מָסַס H4549

H4549 is the Hebrew word מָסַס, transliterated mâçaç and said maw-sas'. The King James Version most often renders it melted.

Word: מָסַסTransliteration: mâçaçSaid: maw-sas'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 17 verses

What it means

to liquefy; figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief).

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 18 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

melted 5×melt 4×melteth 2×discouraged 1×faint 1×loosed 1×refuse 1×utterly 1×melt away 1×molten 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: discourage, faint, be loosed, melt (away), refuse, [idiom] utterly.

Verses using מָסַס

All 17 verses, quoted in full.

Deuteronomy 1:28 · KJV

Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.

Deuteronomy 20:8 · KJV

And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as his heart.

Joshua 2:11 · KJV

And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.

Joshua 5:1 · KJV

And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.

Joshua 7:5 · KJV

And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

Judges 15:14 · KJV

And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.

1 Samuel 15:9 · KJV

But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

2 Samuel 17:10 · KJV

And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.

Psalm 22:14 · KJV

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

Psalm 68:2 · KJV

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

Psalm 97:5 · KJV

The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

Psalm 112:10 · KJV

The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

Isaiah 19:1 · KJV

The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.

Isaiah 34:3 · KJV

Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.

Ezekiel 21:7 · KJV

And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.

Micah 1:4 · KJV

And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.

Nahum 2:10 · KJV

She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.

Common questions

What does Strong's H4549 mean?

H4549 is the Hebrew word מָסַס (mâçaç), meaning to liquefy; figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief).

How is H4549 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it melted (5 times), melt (4 times), melteth (2 times), discouraged (1 time), faint (1 time), among others.

How many times does H4549 appear in the Bible?

מָסַס (mâçaç) is tagged in 17 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4549 come from?

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

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