King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4600
Transliteration: maak
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-ak')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to press, squeeze
Meaning: to press, to pierce, emasculate, handle
Word Summary
maak: to press, squeeze
Original Word: מָעַךְTransliteration: maak
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-ak')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to press, squeeze
Meaning: to press, to pierce, emasculate, handle
Strong's Concordance
bruised, stuck, be pressed A primitive root; to press, i.e. To pierce, emasculate, handle -- bruised, stuck, be pressed.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4600. maak
[מָעַךְ] verb press, squeeze (Late Hebrew id.; מְעַךְ ᵑ7; Arabic rub); —
Qal Passive participle וְכָרוּת וְנָתוּק וְכָתוּת וּמָעוּךְ Leviticus 22:24 (H), not to be offered to ׳י, reference to emasculation (compare Di); מְעוּכָהבָֿאָרֶץ וַחֲנִיתוֺ 1 Samuel 26:7 and his spear pressed (thrust) into the ground.
Pu`al Perfect3masculine plural שְׁדֵיהֶן מֹעֲכוּ שָׁמָּה Ezekiel 23:3 there were their breasts squeezed ("" עִשּׂוּ; unchastely; figurative of intercourse of Samaria and Jerusalem with Egypt, involving idolatry).