King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4549
Transliteration: masas
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-sas')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to dissolve, melt
Meaning: to liquefy, to waste, to faint
Word Summary
masas: to dissolve, melt
Original Word: מָסַסTransliteration: masas
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-sas')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to dissolve, melt
Meaning: to liquefy, to waste, to faint
Strong's 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4549. masas
[מָסַס] verb dissolve, melt, intransitive (מְסַס ᵑ7; compare מסה, and II. מאס); —
Qal. Infinitive construct נֹסֵס מְסֹס 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 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 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; 5:1; 7:5; Isaiah 13:7; 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 אֶתלְֿבָבֵנוּ הֵמַסּוּ Deuteronomy 1:28 cause to melt ( = intimidate).