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מָשַׁךְ H4900

H4900 is the Hebrew word מָשַׁךְ, transliterated mâshak and said maw-shak'. The King James Version most often renders it draw.

Word: מָשַׁךְTransliteration: mâshakSaid: maw-shak'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 34 verses

What it means

to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.).

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 22 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

draw 7×drew 3×draweth 2×scattered 2×draw out 1×soundeth long 1×drawn 1×make a long 1×handle 1×drew themselves along 1×certain man drew 1×didst thou forbear 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: draw (along, out), continue, defer, extend, forbear, [idiom] give, handle, make (pro-, sound) long, [idiom] sow, scatter, stretch out.

Verses using מָשַׁךְ

All 34 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 37:28 · KJV

Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

Exodus 12:21 · KJV

Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.

Exodus 19:13 · KJV

There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

Deuteronomy 21:3 · KJV

And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;

Joshua 6:5 · KJV

And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.

Judges 4:6 · KJV

And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

Judges 4:7 · KJV

And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.

Judges 5:14 · KJV

Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.

Judges 20:37 · KJV

And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.

1 Kings 22:34 · KJV

And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.

2 Chronicles 18:33 · KJV

And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.

Nehemiah 9:30 · KJV

Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.

Job 21:33 · KJV

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

Job 24:22 · KJV

He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

Job 41:1 · KJV

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

Psalm 10:9 · KJV

He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

Psalm 28:3 · KJV

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

Psalm 36:10 · KJV

O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

Psalm 85:5 · KJV

Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?

Psalm 109:12 · KJV

Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.

Proverbs 13:12 · KJV

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

Ecclesiastes 2:3 · KJV

I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

Song of Solomon 1:4 · KJV

Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

Isaiah 5:18 · KJV

Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:

Isaiah 18:2 · KJV

That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!

Isaiah 18:7 · KJV

In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.

Isaiah 66:19 · KJV

And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

Jeremiah 38:13 · KJV

So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

Ezekiel 12:25 · KJV

For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 12:28 · KJV

Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 32:20 · KJV

They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.

Hosea 7:5 · KJV

In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.

Hosea 11:4 · KJV

I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.

Amos 9:13 · KJV

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.

Common questions

What does Strong's H4900 mean?

H4900 is the Hebrew word מָשַׁךְ (mâshak), meaning to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.).

How is H4900 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it draw (7 times), drew (3 times), draweth (2 times), scattered (2 times), draw out (1 time), among others.

How many times does H4900 appear in the Bible?

מָשַׁךְ (mâshak) is tagged in 34 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4900 come from?

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

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