מָסַסmâçaç

dissolve, melt

Pronunciation: maw-sas' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4549

Meanings

Qal: melting, (wasting away) (Isaiah 10:18)

Niph`al: construct id. (Ezekiel 21:12; Exodus 16:21; Psalms 112:10)

1. melt (Exodus 16:21; Psalms 68:3; Judges 15:14)

2. faint, grow fearful, most often figurative of heart = (Nahum 2:11; 2 Samuel 17:10; Deuteronomy 20:8)

3. = wasted, consumptive (?) (1 Samuel 15:9)

Hiph`il: cause to melt, (= intimidate) (Deuteronomy 1:28)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 21 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 16:21 After this the people gathered the food morning by morning, each family according to its need. And as the sun became hot, the flakes they had not picked up melted and disappeared.
  • Deuteronomy 1:28 Where can we go? Our brothers have demoralized us with their report. They tell us, “The people of the land are taller and more powerful than we are, and their towns are large, with walls rising high into the sky! We even saw giants there—the descendants of Anak!”’
  • Deuteronomy 20:8 “Then the officers will also say, ‘Is anyone here afraid or worried? If you are, you may go home before you frighten anyone else.’
  • Joshua 2:11 No wonder our hearts have melted in fear! No one has the courage to fight after hearing such things. For the Lord your God is the supreme God of the heavens above and the earth below.
  • Joshua 5:1 When all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings who lived along the Mediterranean coast heard how the Lord had dried up the Jordan River so the people of Israel could cross, they lost heart and were paralyzed with fear because of them.
  • Joshua 7:5 chased the Israelites from the town gate as far as the quarries, and they killed about thirty-six who were retreating down the slope. The Israelites were paralyzed with fear at this turn of events, and their courage melted away.
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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).