◄ 4549. masas ►
Strong's Lexicon masas: To melt, dissolve, waste away, faint Original Word: מָסַס Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: macac Pronunciation: mah-sas' Phonetic Spelling: (maw-sas') Definition: to liquefy, to waste, to faint Meaning: To liquefy, to waste, to faint Word Origin: A primitive root Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G868 (ἀφίημι, aphiemi): to send away, leave alone, permit • G1026 (βιβρώσκω, bibrosko): to eat, devour • G1168 (δειλιάω, deiliao): to be timid, fearful • G1262 (διαλύω, dialyo): to dissolve, break up • G1839 (ἐκλείπω, ekleipo): to fail, faint • G2274 (ἡττάομαι, hettaomai): to be inferior, to be overcome • G2352 (θροέω, throeo): to be troubled, frightened • G4422 (πτοέω, ptoeo): to terrify, frighten • G4531 (σαλεύω, saleuo): to shake, disturb • G5080 (τείνω, teino): to stretch, extend These Greek entries reflect similar themes of weakening, dissolving, or being overcome, aligning with the Hebrew concept of מָסַס (masas) as a process of melting or fainting. Usage: The verb מָסַס (masas) is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe the process of melting or dissolving, often metaphorically to express the weakening or fainting of strength, courage, or resolve. It can refer to physical melting, as of wax or metal, or to the emotional or spiritual weakening of individuals or groups. Context: • The root מָסַס (masas) appears in various contexts throughout the Old Testament, often conveying the idea of melting or dissolving. This can be literal, as in the melting of physical substances, or figurative, as in the melting of hearts or courage. • In Exodus 15:15, the term is used to describe the emotional state of the Canaanite kings: "Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed; trembling seized the leaders of Moab; the dwellers of Canaan melted away." • In Joshua 2:11, Rahab describes the fear of the inhabitants of Jericho: "When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone's courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in heaven above and on the earth below." • The term is also used in poetic and prophetic literature to describe the weakening of strength or resolve, as seen in Isaiah 13:7: "Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man's heart will melt." • The imagery of melting is often associated with fear, distress, or divine judgment, emphasizing the totality of the emotional or physical collapse. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin a prim. root Definition to dissolve, melt NASB Translation completely lose heart (1), drenched (1), dropped (1), melt (7), melt away (1), melted (5), melting (1), melts (1), wastes away (1), worthless (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs [מָסַס] verb dissolve, melt, intransitive (ᵑ7 מְסַס; compare מסה, and II. מאס); — Qal. Infinitive construct מְסֹס נֹסֵס Isaiah 10:18; like the melting (wasting away) of a נֹסֵס (q. v.) Niph`al Perfect וְנָמֵס consecutive Ezekiel 21:12; וְנָמָ֑ס Exodus 16:21; Psalm 112:10; נָמַ֫סּוּ Psalm 97:5 2t; Imperfect יִמַּס Deuteronomy 20:8 +; וַיִּמַּסּוּ Judges 15:14; Infinitive absolute הִמֵּס 2 Samuel 17:10; construct id. Psalm 68:3; Participle נָמֵס Psalm 22:15 2t.; — 1 melt (intransitive) of manna Exodus 16:21; wax Psalm 68:3 (simile of wicked); manacles Judges 15:14 (= vanished, dropped off); wicked Psalm 112:10 (melt away); especially of hills and mountains Micah 1:4; Psalm 97:5; Isaiah 34:3. 2 most often figurative of heart = faint, grow fearful, Nahum 2:11; 2 Samuel 17:10 (twice in verse) (compare Dr), Deuteronomy 20:8; Joshua 2:11; Joshua 5:1; Joshua 7:5; Isaiah 13:7; Isaiah 19:1; Ezekiel 21:12; Psalm 22:15. 3 Participle = wasted, consumptive (?), 1 Samuel 15:9 ("" נְמִבְזָה, read נִבְזָה see בזה Niph`al) < read נִמְאֶסֶת worthless, literally rejected (see מאס Niph`al) Hiph`il Perfect3plural הֵמַסּוּ אֶתלְֿבָבֵנוּ Deuteronomy 1:28 cause to melt ( = intimidate). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance discourage, faint, be loosed, melt away, refuse, utterly A primitive root; to liquefy; figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief) -- discourage, faint, be loosed, melt (away), refuse, X utterly. Forms and Transliterations הִמֵּ֣ס הֵמַ֨סּוּ המס המסו וְנָמֵ֖ס וְנָמֵ֣ס וְנָמַ֤סּוּ וְנָמַ֥סּוּ וְנָמָ֑ס וְנָמָֽס׃ וַיִּמַּ֣ס וַיִּמַּ֥ס וַיִּמַּ֥סּוּ וימס וימסו ונמס ונמס׃ ונמסו יִמַּ֛ס יִמַּ֥ס יִמָּ֑ס יִמָּֽס׃ ימס כְּהִמֵּ֣ס כִּמְסֹ֥ס כהמס כמסס נָ֝מֵ֗ס נָ֭מַסּוּ נָמֵ֜ס נמס נמסו hê·mas·sū heMassu hêmassū him·mês himMes himmês kə·him·mês kehimMes kəhimmês kim·sōs kimSos kimsōs nā·mas·sū nā·mês Namassu nāmassū naMes nāmês vaiyimMas vaiyimMassu venaMas venaMassu venaMes way·yim·mas way·yim·mas·sū wayyimmas wayyimmassū wə·nā·mās wə·nā·mas·sū wə·nā·mês wənāmās wənāmassū wənāmês yim·mas yim·mās yimmas yimmās Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Exodus 16:21 HEB: וְחַ֥ם הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ וְנָמָֽס׃ NAS: grew hot, it would melt. KJV: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. INT: grew the sun melt Deuteronomy 1:28 HEB: עֹלִ֗ים אַחֵינוּ֩ הֵמַ֨סּוּ אֶת־ לְבָבֵ֜נוּ NAS: have made our hearts melt, saying, KJV: our brethren have discouraged our heart, INT: go our brethren melt our hearts saying Deuteronomy 20:8 HEB: לְבֵית֑וֹ וְלֹ֥א יִמַּ֛ס אֶת־ לְבַ֥ב NAS: hearts melt like his heart.' KJV: heart faint as well as his heart. INT: to his house not melt hearts his brothers' Joshua 2:11 HEB: וַנִּשְׁמַע֙ וַיִּמַּ֣ס לְבָבֵ֔נוּ וְלֹא־ NAS: [it], our hearts melted and no KJV: [these things], our hearts did melt, neither did there remain INT: heard melted our hearts and no Joshua 5:1 HEB: (עָבְרָ֑ם ק) וַיִּמַּ֣ס לְבָבָ֗ם וְלֹא־ NAS: that their hearts melted, and there was no KJV: that their heart melted, neither was there spirit INT: until alienate melted their hearts no Joshua 7:5 HEB: וַיַּכּ֖וּם בַּמּוֹרָ֑ד וַיִּמַּ֥ס לְבַב־ הָעָ֖ם NAS: of the people melted and became KJV: of the people melted, and became as water. INT: down the descent melted the hearts of the people Judges 15:14 HEB: בָּעֲר֣וּ בָאֵ֔שׁ וַיִּמַּ֥סּוּ אֱסוּרָ֖יו מֵעַ֥ל NAS: and his bonds dropped from his hands. KJV: and his bands loosed from off his hands. INT: burned fire dropped and his bonds from 1 Samuel 15:9 HEB: הַמְּלָאכָ֛ה נְמִבְזָ֥ה וְנָמֵ֖ס אֹתָ֥הּ הֶחֱרִֽימוּ׃ NAS: despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed. KJV: [that was] vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. INT: thing despised and worthless utterly 2 Samuel 17:10 HEB: כְּלֵ֥ב הָאַרְיֵ֖ה הִמֵּ֣ס יִמָּ֑ס כִּֽי־ NAS: of a lion, will completely lose heart; KJV: of a lion, shall utterly melt: INT: the heart of a lion will completely lose for 2 Samuel 17:10 HEB: הָאַרְיֵ֖ה הִמֵּ֣ס יִמָּ֑ס כִּֽי־ יֹדֵ֤עַ NAS: will completely lose heart; for all KJV: shall utterly melt: for all Israel INT: of a lion will completely lose for knows Psalm 22:14 HEB: לִ֭בִּי כַּדּוֹנָ֑ג נָ֝מֵ֗ס בְּת֣וֹךְ מֵעָֽי׃ NAS: is like wax; It is melted within KJV: is like wax; it is melted in the midst INT: my heart wax is melted within of my bowels Psalm 68:2 HEB: עָשָׁ֗ן תִּ֫נְדֹּ֥ף כְּהִמֵּ֣ס דּ֭וֹנַג מִפְּנֵי־ NAS: As wax melts before KJV: as wax melteth before INT: smoke away melts wax before Psalm 97:5 HEB: הָרִ֗ים כַּדּוֹנַ֗ג נָ֭מַסּוּ מִלִּפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה NAS: The mountains melted like wax KJV: The hills melted like wax INT: the mountains wax melted the presence of the LORD Psalm 112:10 HEB: שִׁנָּ֣יו יַחֲרֹ֣ק וְנָמָ֑ס תַּאֲוַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים NAS: his teeth and melt away; The desire KJV: with his teeth, and melt away: the desire INT: his teeth will gnash and melt the desire of the wicked Isaiah 10:18 HEB: יְכַלֶּ֑ה וְהָיָ֖ה כִּמְסֹ֥ס נֹסֵֽס׃ NAS: And it will be as when a sick man wastes away. KJV: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth. INT: will destroy become wastes lift up as an ensign Isaiah 13:7 HEB: לְבַ֥ב אֱנ֖וֹשׁ יִמָּֽס׃ NAS: man's heart will melt. KJV: and every man's heart shall melt: INT: heart man's will melt Isaiah 19:1 HEB: וּלְבַ֥ב מִצְרַ֖יִם יִמַּ֥ס בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃ NAS: of the Egyptians will melt within KJV: of Egypt shall melt in the midst INT: and the heart of the Egyptians will melt within Isaiah 34:3 HEB: יַעֲלֶ֣ה בָאְשָׁ֑ם וְנָמַ֥סּוּ הָרִ֖ים מִדָּמָֽם׃ NAS: And the mountains will be drenched with their blood. KJV: and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. INT: will give their stench will be drenched and the mountains their blood Ezekiel 21:7 HEB: כִֽי־ בָאָ֡ה וְנָמֵ֣ס כָּל־ לֵב֩ NAS: and every heart will melt, all hands KJV: and every heart shall melt, and all hands INT: and when is coming will melt and every heart Micah 1:4 HEB: וְנָמַ֤סּוּ הֶֽהָרִים֙ תַּחְתָּ֔יו NAS: The mountains will melt under KJV: And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys INT: will melt the mountains under Nahum 2:10 HEB: וּמְבֻלָּקָ֑ה וְלֵ֨ב נָמֵ֜ס וּפִ֣ק בִּרְכַּ֗יִם NAS: Hearts are melting and knees KJV: and the heart melteth, and the knees INT: and waste Hearts are melting knocking and knees 21 Occurrences Strong's Hebrew 4549 21 Occurrences hê·mas·sū — 1 Occ. him·mês — 1 Occ. kə·him·mês — 1 Occ. kim·sōs — 1 Occ. nā·mas·sū — 1 Occ. nā·mês — 2 Occ. way·yim·mas — 3 Occ. way·yim·mas·sū — 1 Occ. wə·nā·mās — 2 Occ. wə·nā·mas·sū — 2 Occ. wə·nā·mês — 2 Occ. yim·mas — 4 Occ.