King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4531
Transliteration: maccah
Phonetic Spelling: (mas-saw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: despair
Meaning: a testing, of men, of God
Word Summary
maccah: despair
Original Word: מַסָּהTransliteration: maccah
Phonetic Spelling: (mas-saw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: despair
Meaning: a testing, of men, of God
Strong's Concordance
temptation, trial From nacah; a testing, of men (judicial) or of God (querulous) -- temptation, trial.
see HEBREW nacah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4531. maccah
I. [מַסָּה] noun feminine despair (literally melting, failing); — only יִלְעָ֑ג נְקִיִּים לְמַסַּת Job 9:23 at the despair of innocent ones he mocketh; so ᵑ7 Ew Di Bu Du > Ges Hi and others trial (by calamity), √ נסה.
II. מַסָּה noun feminine test, trial, proving; — ׳מ Psalm 95:8; construct מַסַּת Job 9:23; plural מַסֹּת Deuteronomy 4:34; 7:19, מַסּוֺת 29:2; — testingsor provings of Pharaoh and Egyptians at Exodus, 4:34 (see Dr), 7:19; 29:2 ("" אֹתֹת); — test, trial, of innocent person Job 9:23 according to Hi and others, but see I. מַסָּה below מסס.