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Hebrew

Genitalia

מָבוֹשׁStrong’s H4016

mavush (ma-vush)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Mavush is the Hebrew word usually translated “on genitals his”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:”
Deuteronomy 25:11 KJV
Meaning
  1. Private parts, his privates, male genitalsliterally-'that excites shame'
How it's translated
  • on genitals his 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Deuteronomy 1

1 book in all.

Explore in Scripture
    Hebrew dictionary

    מָבוֹשׁ mavush · genitalia

    1) private parts, his privates, male genitals 1a) literally-'that excites shame'

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.