hebrew #4229 - מָחָה machah (to wipe)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

A primitive root; properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. Grease or make fat; also to touch, i.e. Reach to -- abolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, X utterly, wipe (away, out).

Englishman's Concordance

Brown-Driver-Briggs

QalPerfect3masculine singular מָחָהNumbers 5:23 3t.; 3 feminine singular ˜מחֲתָהProverbs 30:20 4t. Pf; Imperfectיִמְחֶה2 Kings 21:13; וַיִּמַח (Baer; variant reading וַיִּמַּח) Genesis 7:23; 1singular suffix אֶמְחֶנּוּExodus 32:33; 4t. Imperfect; ImperativeמְחֵהPsalm 51:3; Psalm 51:11; suffix מְחֵנִיExodus 32:32; Infinitive absoluteמָחֹהExodus 17:14; constructלִמְחוֺת2 Kings 14:27; ParticipleמֹחֶהIsaiah 43:25; feminine plural (לְ)מֹחוֺתProverbs 31:3; (Ges Fl Nö De Str for ᵑ0לַמְחוֺת); —

1wipe, the mouth Proverbs 30:20; tears from (מעל) the face Isaiah 25:8; written curse, into the water (אלמֿים) for drinking Numbers 5:23 (P); Moses' name from the book (מספר) of God Exodus 32:32,33 (J); וּמָחִיתִי אֶתֿיְרוּשָׁלִַם כַּאֲשֶׁר יִמְחֶה אֶתהַֿצַּלַּחַת מָחָה וְהָפַךְ עַלמָּֿנֶיהָ2 Kings 21:13and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipeth a dish, — he doth wipe and turn it (but read probably מָחֹה וְהָפֹךְ) upside down.

2blot out=obliterate from the memory, מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִםfrom under heaven e.g. the name Deuteronomy 9:14; Deuteronomy 29:19; 2 Kings 14:27; the remembrance Exodus 17:14 (twice in verse) (J), Deuteronomy 25:19; the name for ever Psalm 9:6; transgressions (פשׁע; no more remembered by God against sinner) Psalm 51:3; Isaiah 43:25; Isaiah 44:22; עָוןPsalm 51:11.

3blot out=exterminate, כלהֿיקוֺם all existing things Genesis 7:23 (J) and mankind, מֵעַל מְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָהGenesis 6:7; Genesis 7:4 (J); מֹחוֺת מְלָכִיןProverbs 31:3 (with the text-change, see above)=destroyers of kings (i.e. impure women), but expression strange and dubious.

Niph`alPerfect3masculine plural נִמְחוּEzekiel 6:6; ImperfectיִמָּחֶהDeuteronomy 25:6; Judges 21:17; יִמַּחPsalm 109:13; 3feminine singular תִּמָּ֑חPsalm 109:14; 4t. Imperfect; —

1be wiped outמִסֵּפֶר חַיִּיםPsalm 69:29.

2be blotted out, מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל of a name Deuteronomy 25:6, a tribe Judges 21:17; name ("" posterity) Psalm 109:13; from memory, of sins Nehemiah 3:37; Psalm 109:14; reproach, Proverbs 6:33.

3be exterminated, מִןהָֿאָרֶץGenesis 7:23 (J); of idolatrous works of Israel Ezekiel 6:6.

Hiph`ilImperfect2masculine singular תֶּ֫מַחNehemiah 13:14; תֶּ֑מְחִיJeremiah 18:23 (but tone suggests תֶּ֫מַח compare Ges<sup>§ 75</sup>. R. 17; Gie reads Qal and doubts Hiph`il altogether); InfinitiveלַמְחוֺתProverbs 31:3 (=לְהַמְחוֺת but see Qal 3); — blot out, from the memory; pious acts Nehemiah 13:14; sins Jeremiah 18:23.

II. מָחָהverbstrike (Aramaic מְחָא (II), ; according to L Gei^{Urspr. d. spr. 416} Lag^{Semitic i. 26, BN 142} Nö^{ZMG xxxii, 1878, 409 weakend} from =, Hebrew מָחַץ q. v. compare Dr^{§ 178 n}.; Assyrian ma—û=crush, oppress, according to Dl^{HWB 396}); — Perfect3masculine singular consecutive, וּמָחָה׳עַלכֶּֿתֶף וגוNumbers 34:11 (P) and the border shall strike upon (reach unto) the shoulder of the sea of Chinnereth ( > Di and others derive from I. מָחָהrub along by, brush past, skirt).

III. מָחָהverb denominative only

Pu`alParticipleמְמֻחָיִם (Ges^{§ 75}. R.13) in phrase ׳שְׁמָנִים מIsaiah 25:6 fat pieces full of marrow.

מְחִי see II. מחה.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 4229. מָחָה (machah) — 36 Occurrences

Genesis 6:7
HEB:וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֗ה אֶמְחֶ֨ה אֶת־ הָאָדָ֤ם
NAS: said, I will blot out man
KJV: said, I will destroy man
INT: said the LORD will blot man whom

Genesis 7:4
HEB:וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים לָ֑יְלָה וּמָחִ֗יתִי אֶֽת־ כָּל־
NAS: nights; and I will blot out from the face
KJV: that I have made will I destroy from off
INT: and forty nights will blot every living

Genesis 7:23
HEB: וַיִּ֜מַח אֶֽת־ כָּל־
NAS:Thus He blotted out every living thing
KJV: And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face
INT:blotted every living

Genesis 7:23
HEB:ע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וַיִּמָּח֖וּ מִן־ הָאָ֑רֶץ
NAS: of the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth;
KJV: of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth:
INT: birds of the sky were blotted from the earth

Exodus 17:14
HEB:יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ כִּֽי־ מָחֹ֤ה אֶמְחֶה֙ אֶת־
NAS: it to Joshua, that I will utterly blot
KJV: of Joshua: for I will utterly put out
INT: to Joshua for will utterly blot the memory

Exodus 17:14
HEB:כִּֽי־ מָחֹ֤ה אֶמְחֶה֙ אֶת־ זֵ֣כֶר
NAS: that I will utterly blot out the memory
KJV: for I will utterly put out the remembrance
INT: for will utterly blot the memory of Amalek

Exodus 32:32
HEB:וְאִם־ אַ֕יִן מְחֵ֣נִי נָ֔א מִֽסִּפְרְךָ֖
NAS: not, please blot me out from Your book
KJV: their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book
INT: if else blot please your book

Exodus 32:33
HEB:חָֽטָא־ לִ֔י אֶמְחֶ֖נּוּ מִסִּפְרִֽי׃
NAS: has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book.
KJV: hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
INT: Whosoever has sinned will blot of my book

Numbers 5:23
HEB:הַכֹּהֵ֖ן בַּסֵּ֑פֶר וּמָחָ֖ה אֶל־ מֵ֥י
NAS: on a scroll, and he shall wash them off into the water
KJV: in a book, and he shall blot [them] out with the bitter
INT: the priest A scroll shall wash into the water

Numbers 34:11
HEB:וְיָרַ֣ד הַגְּב֔וּל וּמָחָ֛ה עַל־ כֶּ֥תֶף
NAS: shall go down and reach to the slope
KJV: shall descend, and shall reach unto the side
INT: down and the border and reach unto the slope

Deuteronomy 9:14
HEB:מִמֶּ֙נִּי֙ וְאַשְׁמִידֵ֔ם וְאֶמְחֶ֣ה אֶת־ שְׁמָ֔ם
NAS: that I may destroy them and blot out their name
KJV: that I may destroy them, and blot out their name
INT: than may destroy and blot their name under

Deuteronomy 25:6
HEB:הַמֵּ֑ת וְלֹֽא־ יִמָּחֶ֥ה שְׁמ֖וֹ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
NAS: so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.
KJV: that his name be not put out of Israel.
INT: of his dead not will not be blotted his name Israel

Deuteronomy 25:19
HEB:נַחֲלָה֙ לְרִשְׁתָּ֔הּ תִּמְחֶה֙ אֶת־ זֵ֣כֶר
NAS: to possess, you shall blot out the memory
KJV: to possess it, [that] thou shalt blot out the remembrance
INT: an inheritance to possess shall blot the memory of Amalek

Deuteronomy 29:20
HEB:בַּסֵּ֣פֶר הַזֶּ֑ה וּמָחָ֤ה יְהוָה֙ אֶת־
NAS: on him, and the LORD will blot out his name
KJV: upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name
INT: book this will blot and the LORD his name

Judges 21:17
HEB:לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן וְלֹֽא־ יִמָּחֶ֥ה שֵׁ֖בֶט מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
NAS: that a tribe will not be blotted out from Israel.
KJV: that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
INT: of Benjamin so will not be blotted A tribe Israel

2 Kings 14:27
HEB:דִבֶּ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה לִמְחוֹת֙ אֶת־ שֵׁ֣ם
NAS: did not say that He would blot out the name
KJV: said not that he would blot out the name
INT: say the LORD blot the name of Israel

2 Kings 21:13
HEB:בֵּ֣ית אַחְאָ֑ב וּמָחִ֨יתִי אֶת־ יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם
NAS: of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem
KJV: of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem
INT: of the house of Ahab will wipe Jerusalem one

2 Kings 21:13
HEB:יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־ יִמְחֶ֤ה אֶת־ הַצַּלַּ֙חַת֙
NAS: Jerusalem as one wipes a dish,
KJV: Jerusalem as [a man] wipeth a dish,
INT: Jerusalem one wipes A dish wiping

2 Kings 21:13
HEB:אֶת־ הַצַּלַּ֙חַת֙ מָחָ֔ה וְהָפַ֖ךְ עַל־
NAS: a dish, wiping it and turning
KJV: a dish, wiping [it], and turning
INT: wipes A dish wiping and turning over

Nehemiah 4:5
HEB:מִלְּפָנֶ֣יךָ אַל־ תִּמָּחֶ֑ה כִּ֥י הִכְעִ֖יסוּ
NAS: and let not their sin be blotted out before
KJV: and let not their sin be blotted out from before
INT: before nay be blotted for anger

Nehemiah 13:14
HEB:זֹ֑את וְאַל־ תֶּ֣מַח חֲסָדַ֗י אֲשֶׁ֥ר
NAS: O my God, and do not blot out my loyal deeds
KJV: me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good
INT: and do not blot my loyal which

Psalm 9:5
HEB:רָשָׁ֑ע שְׁמָ֥ם מָ֝חִ֗יתָ לְעוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד׃
NAS: the wicked; You have blotted out their name
KJV: the wicked, thou hast put out their name
INT: the wicked their name have blotted forever and ever

Psalm 51:1
HEB:כְּרֹ֥ב רַ֝חֲמֶ֗יךָ מְחֵ֣ה פְשָׁעָֽי׃
NAS: of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.
KJV: of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
INT: to the greatness of your compassion blot my transgressions

Psalm 51:9
HEB:וְֽכָל־ עֲוֹ֖נֹתַ֣י מְחֵֽה׃
NAS: from my sins And blot out all
KJV: from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
INT: all my iniquities and blot

Psalm 69:28
HEB: יִ֭מָּחֽוּ מִסֵּ֣פֶר חַיִּ֑ים
NAS:May they be blotted out of the book
KJV:Let them be blotted out of the book
INT:may they be blotted of the book of life

Psalm 109:13
HEB:בְּד֥וֹר אַ֝חֵ֗ר יִמַּ֥ח שְׁמָֽם׃
NAS: let their name be blotted out.
KJV: let their name be blotted out.
INT: generation A following be blotted their name

Psalm 109:14
HEB:אִ֝מּ֗וֹ אַל־ תִּמָּֽח׃
NAS: of his mother be blotted out.
KJV: of his mother be blotted out.
INT: of his mother nay be blotted

Proverbs 6:33
HEB:וְ֝חֶרְפָּת֗וֹ לֹ֣א תִמָּחֶֽה׃
NAS: And his reproach will not be blotted out.
KJV: and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
INT: and his reproach not will not be blotted

Proverbs 30:20
HEB:מְנָ֫אָ֥פֶת אָ֭כְלָה וּמָ֣חֲתָה פִ֑יהָ וְ֝אָמְרָ֗ה
NAS: She eats and wipes her mouth,
KJV: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth,
INT: of an adulterous eats and wipes her mouth and says

Proverbs 31:3
HEB:חֵילֶ֑ךָ וּ֝דְרָכֶ֗יךָ לַֽמְח֥וֹת מְלָכִֽין׃
NAS: Or your ways to that which destroys kings.
KJV: nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
INT: your strength your ways destroys kings

Isaiah 25:6
HEB:שְׁמָרִ֑ים שְׁמָנִים֙ מְמֻ֣חָיִ֔ם שְׁמָרִ֖ים מְזֻקָּקִֽים׃
NAS: choice pieces with marrow, [And] refined,
KJV: of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees
INT: of aged choice marrow wine refined

Isaiah 25:8
HEB:הַמָּ֙וֶת֙ לָנֶ֔צַח וּמָחָ֨ה אֲדֹנָ֧י יְהוִ֛ה
NAS: And the Lord GOD will wipe tears away
KJV: GOD will wipe away tears
INT: death for all will wipe and the Lord GOD

Isaiah 43:25
HEB:אָנֹכִ֥י ה֛וּא מֹחֶ֥ה פְשָׁעֶ֖יךָ לְמַעֲנִ֑י
NAS:I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions
KJV:I, [even] I, [am] he that blotteth out thy transgressions
INT: I who wipes your transgressions sake

Isaiah 44:22
HEB: מָחִ֤יתִי כָעָב֙ פְּשָׁעֶ֔יךָ
NAS:I have wiped out your transgressions
KJV:I have blotted out, as a thick cloud,
INT:have wiped A thick your transgressions

Jeremiah 18:23
HEB:מִלְּפָנֶ֣יךָ אַל־ תֶּ֑מְחִי [וְהָיוּ כ]
NAS: their iniquity Or blot out their sin
KJV: not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin
INT: your sight not blot become may they be overthrown

Ezekiel 6:6
HEB:וְנִגְדְּעוּ֙ חַמָּ֣נֵיכֶ֔ם וְנִמְח֖וּ מַעֲשֵׂיכֶֽם׃
NAS: and your works may be blotted out.
KJV: and your works may be abolished.
INT: may be cut your incense may be blotted and your works