מוּגmûwg
melt
Pronunciation: moog · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4127
Meanings
Qal
1. melt (Amos 9:5; Psalms 46:7; Ezekiel 21:20)
2. cause to melt (Isaiah 64:6)
Niph`al: melt away, figurative for be helpless, disorganized (through terror, etc.) (Nahum 2:7; Exodus 15:15; Psalms 75:4)
Po>l.: soften, dissolve, thou softenest it (Psalms 65:11; Job 30:22; Habakkuk 3:6)
Hithpo`el: melt (Nahum 1:5; Psalms 107:26; Amos 9:13)
Where it appears
Appears 17 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 15:15 The leaders of Edom are terrified; the nobles of Moab tremble. All who live in Canaan melt away;
- Joshua 2:9 “I know the Lord has given you this land,” she told them. “We are all afraid of you. Everyone in the land is living in terror.
- Joshua 2:24 “The Lord has given us the whole land,” they said, “for all the people in the land are terrified of us.”
- 1 Samuel 14:16 Saul’s lookouts in Gibeah of Benjamin saw a strange sight—the vast army of Philistines began to melt away in every direction.
- Job 30:22 You throw me into the whirlwind and destroy me in the storm.
- Psalms 46:6 The nations are in chaos, and their kingdoms crumble! God’s voice thunders, and the earth melts!
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).