4549. masas
Strong's Concordance
masas: to dissolve, melt
Original Word: מָסַס
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: masas
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-sas')
Definition: to dissolve, melt
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to dissolve, melt
NASB Translation
completely lose heart (1), drenched (1), dropped (1), melt (7), melt away (1), melted (5), melting (1), melts (1), wastes away (1), worthless (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[מָסַס] verb dissolve, melt, intransitive (ᵑ7 מְסַס; compare מסה, and II. מאס); —

Qal. Infinitive construct מְסֹס נֹסֵס 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 Psalm 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 Psalm 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; Joshua 5:1; Joshua 7:5; Isaiah 13:7; Isaiah 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 הֵמַסּוּ אֶתלְֿבָבֵנוּ Deuteronomy 1:28 cause to melt ( = intimidate).

Strong's Exhaustive 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.

Forms and Transliterations
הִמֵּ֣ס הֵמַ֨סּוּ המס המסו וְנָמֵ֖ס וְנָמֵ֣ס וְנָמַ֤סּוּ וְנָמַ֥סּוּ וְנָמָ֑ס וְנָמָֽס׃ וַיִּמַּ֣ס וַיִּמַּ֥ס וַיִּמַּ֥סּוּ וימס וימסו ונמס ונמס׃ ונמסו יִמַּ֛ס יִמַּ֥ס יִמָּ֑ס יִמָּֽס׃ ימס כְּהִמֵּ֣ס כִּמְסֹ֥ס כהמס כמסס נָ֝מֵ֗ס נָ֭מַסּוּ נָמֵ֜ס נמס נמסו hê·mas·sū heMassu hêmassū him·mês himMes himmês kə·him·mês kehimMes kəhimmês kim·sōs kimSos kimsōs nā·mas·sū nā·mês Namassu nāmassū naMes nāmês vaiyimMas vaiyimMassu venaMas venaMassu venaMes way·yim·mas way·yim·mas·sū wayyimmas wayyimmassū wə·nā·mās wə·nā·mas·sū wə·nā·mês wənāmās wənāmassū wənāmês yim·mas yim·mās yimmas yimmās
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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

21 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4549
21 Occurrences


hê·mas·sū — 1 Occ.
him·mês — 1 Occ.
kə·him·mês — 1 Occ.
kim·sōs — 1 Occ.
nā·mas·sū — 1 Occ.
nā·mês — 2 Occ.
way·yim·mas — 3 Occ.
way·yim·mas·sū — 1 Occ.
wə·nā·mās — 2 Occ.
wə·nā·mas·sū — 2 Occ.
wə·nā·mês — 2 Occ.
yim·mas — 4 Occ.
















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