hebrew #4549 - מָסַס masas (to dissolve)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

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.

Englishman's Concordance

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Qal.Infinitive constructמְסֹס נֹסֵסIsaiah 10:18; like the melting (wasting away) of a נֹסֵס (q. v.)

Niph`alPerfectוְנָמֵס consecutive Ezekiel 21:12; וְנָמָ֑סExodus 16:21; Psalm 112:10; נָמַ֫סּוּPsalm 97:5 2t; ImperfectיִמַּסDeuteronomy 20:8 +; וַיִּמַּסּוּJudges 15:14; Infinitive absoluteהִמֵּס2 Samuel 17:10; construct id.Psalm 68:3; ParticipleנָמֵסPsalm 22:15 2t.; —

1melt (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.

2most 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.

3Participle=wasted, consumptive (?), 1 Samuel 15:9 ("" נְמִבְזָה, read נִבְזָה see בזה

Niph`al) < read נִמְאֶסֶתworthless, literally rejected (see מאסNiph`al)

Hiph`ilPerfect3plural הֵמַסּוּ אֶתלְֿבָבֵנוּDeuteronomy 1:28cause to melt (=intimidate).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 4549. מָסַס (masas) — 21 Occurrences

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