4122. Maher Shalal Chash Baz
Strong's Lexicon
Maher Shalal Chash Baz: "Swift is the booty, speedy is the prey."

Original Word: מַהֵר שָׁלָל חָשׁ בַּז
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Maher Shalal Chash Baz
Pronunciation: mah-HARE sha-LAL khash BAZ
Phonetic Spelling: (mah-hare' shaw-lawl' khawsh baz)
Definition: "Swift is the booty, speedy is the prey."
Meaning: Maher-Shalal-Chash-Baz

Word Origin: This is a compound name in Hebrew, derived from the words מַהֵר (maher, "hasten"), שָׁלָל (shalal, "spoil"), חָשׁ (chash, "swift"), and בַּז (baz, "booty").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for this specific Hebrew name in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a unique prophetic name found in the Old Testament.

Usage: Maher Shalal Chash Baz is a symbolic name given by the prophet Isaiah to his son. The name is a prophetic message indicating the imminent plundering and spoiling of Damascus and Samaria by the Assyrian king. It serves as a sign of God's swift judgment upon these nations.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the 8th century BC, the kingdoms of Israel and Syria formed an alliance against the Assyrian Empire. King Ahaz of Judah, fearing this alliance, sought help from Assyria. Isaiah's prophecy, including the naming of his son Maher Shalal Chash Baz, was a divine message to Ahaz, indicating that the Assyrian threat would soon overtake Israel and Syria, thus rendering their alliance futile.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from maher, shalal, chush, and baz
Definition
"swift (is) booty, speedy (is) prey," symbolic name of Isaiah's son
NASB Translation
Maher-shalal-hash-baz (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
מַהֵר שָׁלָל חָשׁ בַּז as proper name, masculine Isaiah 8:1,3(literally Swift is booty, speedy is prey).

II. מהר

( √ of following; compare probably Assyrian mâru, send, whence tamirtu, tamartu, (missive,) gift, DlHWB 389f.; see NöZMG xl. 1886, 154).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Maher-sha-lal-bash-baz

From maher and shalal and chuwsh and baz; hasting (is he (the enemy) to the) booty, swift (to the) prey; Maher-Shalal-Chash-Baz; the symbolical name of the son of Isaiah -- Maher-sha-lal-bash-baz.

see HEBREW maher

see HEBREW shalal

see HEBREW chuwsh

see HEBREW baz

Forms and Transliterations
בַּֽז׃ בז׃ baz
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Englishman's Concordance
Isaiah 8:1
HEB: שָׁלָ֖ל חָ֥שׁ בַּֽז׃
KJV: pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
INT: letters ordinary Mahershalalhashbaz

Isaiah 8:3
HEB: שָׁלָ֖ל חָ֥שׁ בַּֽז׃
NAS: to me, Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz;
KJV: his name Mahershalalhashbaz.
INT: Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz

2 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4122
2 Occurrences


baz — 2 Occ.















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