Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H4959
מָשַׁשׁ
ma.shash · “to feel”
Used 9 times across 4 books
Definition
1) to feel, grope
1a) (Qal) to feel, grope
1b) (Piel) to feel over or through, grope
1b1) to feel through
1b2) to grope
1c)(Hiphil) to feel
1a) (Qal) to feel, grope
1b) (Piel) to feel over or through, grope
1b1) to feel through
1b2) to grope
1c)(Hiphil) to feel
Where it appears
Genesis4
Exodus1
Deuteronomy2
Job2
In the text
Genesis 27:12My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.Genesis 27:22And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.Genesis 31:34Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel’s furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.Genesis 31:37Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.Exodus 10:21And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.Deuteronomy 28:29And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.Job 5:14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.Job 12:25They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
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