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מְשַׁמָּה H4923

H4923 is the Hebrew word מְשַׁמָּה, transliterated mᵉshammâh and said mesh-am-maw'. The King James Version most often renders it most.

Word: מְשַׁמָּהTransliteration: mᵉshammâhSaid: mesh-am-maw'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 6 verses

What it means

a waste or amazement.

Where it comes from

from H8074 (שָׁמֵם).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 6 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

most 3×desolate 1×astonishment 1×yea more desolate 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: astonishment, desolate.

Verses using מְשַׁמָּה

All 6 verses, quoted in full.

Isaiah 15:6 · KJV

For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.

Ezekiel 5:15 · KJV

So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.

Ezekiel 6:14 · KJV

So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 33:28 · KJV

For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.

Ezekiel 33:29 · KJV

Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.

Ezekiel 35:3 · KJV

And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.

Common questions

What does Strong's H4923 mean?

H4923 is the Hebrew word מְשַׁמָּה (mᵉshammâh), meaning a waste or amazement.

How is H4923 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it most (3 times), desolate (1 time), astonishment (1 time), yea more desolate (1 time).

How many times does H4923 appear in the Bible?

מְשַׁמָּה (mᵉshammâh) is tagged in 6 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4923 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H8074 (שָׁמֵם).

Nearby entries

H4920 · מְשֶׁלֶמְיָה — Meshelemjah, an Israelite H4921 · מְשִׁלֵּמִית — Meshillemith, an Israelite H4922 · מְשֻׁלֶּמֶת — Meshullemeth, an Israelitess H4924 · מַשְׁמָן — fat, i.e. (literally and abstractly)…H4925 · מִשְׁמַנָּה — Mashmannah, an Israelite H4926 · מִשְׁמָע — a report

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