מָשַׁךְ mashakh

Hebrew word for “to draw” · Strong’s H4900 · used 36 times in 36 verses

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Meaning

1) to draw, drag, seize;

How it is translated

Glosses given for mashakh in context, with how often each is used:

• drew 4
• draw 2
• tall 2
• will be postponed 2
• when sounds 1
• has dragged 1
• when blow 1
• will march 1
• will draw 1
• those who march 1
• marched 1
• prolonged 1

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Judges 4 (2), Isaiah 18 (2), Ezekiel 12 (2), Genesis 37 (1), Exodus 12 (1), Exodus 19 (1), Deuteronomy 21 (1), Joshua 6 (1), Judges 5 (1), Judges 20 (1)

Forms

• משׁך 5
• תמשׁך 4
• במשׁך 3
• וימשׁכו 2
• משׁכו 2
• משׁכי 2
• ממשׁך 2
• משׁכה 1
• ומשׁכת 1
• ומשׁכתי 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with mashakh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חֶבֶל chevel “cord” 4
• חָלָה chalah “be weak” 4
• מִן־ min “from” 7
• קַוְקָו qav-qav “might” 2
• בָּזָא baza “to divide” 2
• רַכָּב rakkav “charioteer” 2
• דֶּבֶק deveq “joint” 2
• מְבוּסָה mevusah “subjugation” 2
• קֶשֶׁת qeshet “bow” 3
• שִׁרְיוֹן shiryon “armor” 2
• הַר har “mountain” 4
• יַיִן yayin “wine” 3

Key verses

The verses using mashakh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 37:28 — 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:…
• Judges 4:6 — And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw…
• Nehemiah 9:30 — 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…
• Psalms 10:9 — 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.
• Psalms 28:3 — 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.
• Song of Solomon 1:4 — 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…
• Isaiah 5:18 — Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
• Isaiah 66:19 — 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…
• Jeremiah 31:3 — The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
• Ezekiel 12:25 — 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…
• Hosea 7:5 — In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
• Amos 9:13 — 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…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.