King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4290
Transliteration: machtereth
Phonetic Spelling: (makh-teh'-reth)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a breaking in, burglary
Meaning: a burglary, unexpected examination
Word Summary
machtereth: a breaking in, burglary
Original Word: מַחְתֶּרֶתTransliteration: machtereth
Phonetic Spelling: (makh-teh'-reth)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a breaking in, burglary
Meaning: a burglary, unexpected examination
Strong's Concordance
breaking up, secret search From chathar; a burglary; figuratively, unexpected examination -- breaking up, secret search.
see HEBREW chathar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4290. machtereth
מַחְתֶּ֫רֶת noun masculine breaking in, burglary — ׳אִםבַּֿמּ הַגַּנָּב יִמָּצֵא Exodus 22:1 i.e. caught in the act (JE); so בַּמּ ׳לֹא מְצָאתִים Jeremiah 2:34, not in the act of breaking in didst thou find them (2 feminine singular suffix Ges§ 44, 2, R 4), i.e. those whom thou hast slain were not detected in crime.